Re: 'Brexit Diet'
Originally Posted by
Omah
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the diagram at that link indicates that of the 47% from European pipelines, 21% of Europe's gas comes from Norway and
36% of Europe's gas comes from Russia.
https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2019/03/11...xport-a3952803
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Last year was the first for the Netherlands to be net importer of natural gas. Almost 12 billion euros worth of natural gas was imported and 9.8 billion euros were exported: a trade deficit of more than 2.1 billion euros. The Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) reports this on the basis of provisional figures for the Dutch trade in goods.
It was already clear earlier that the Netherlands imported more gas in 2018 than it exported. However, it is now for the first time that the financial consequences are known.
Since 2012, the extraction of natural gas in the Netherlands has more than halved. At the same time, imports have been increasing for years, mainly from Norway and Russia. In 2018, the Netherlands imported nearly 56 billion cubic meters of natural gas, doubling compared to 2012.
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So the netherlands exports their own gas to get foreign valuta (£) and import cheap gas from russia for it's own consumption.