Natural Resources and Geothermal Energy in the Netherlands Annual Review 2015
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Natural resources and geothermal energy in the Netherlands Annual review 2015 Natural resources and geothermal energy in the Netherlands Annual review 2015 NATURAL RESOURCES AND GEOTHERMAL ENERGY IN THE NETHERLANDS 2015 Annual review An overview of exploration, production and underground storage 1 2 Preface As well as reporting on the exploration and production of hydrocarbons, rock salt and geothermal energy in the Netherlands, this annual review entitled ‘Natural Resources and Geothermal Energy in the Netherlands’ also reports on the underground storage of natural gas, nitrogen, CO 2 and saline water. In so doing it covers all the exploration, production and storage activities in onshore Netherlands and in the Dutch part of the continental shelf that fall under the Mining Act. The first section of this annual review deals with developments during the year 2015. The second part of this report comprises annexes giving an overview of the situation as at 1 January 2016, and the developments during preceding decades. The first nine chapters deal with the exploration, production and underground storage of hydrocarbons. Chapters 1 and 2 review the changes in the estimates of natural gas and oil resources in 2015 and the resulting situation as of 1 January 2016. These chapters also present a prognosis for the gas and oil production for the next 25 years. Due to the issues associated with the induced seismicity in Groningen, only the production from the small fields is reported. The remaining volumes of natural gas and oil are reported in accordance with the Petroleum Resource Management System (PRMS). Chapters 3 to 8 contain information on developments relating to licensing, exploration and related matters (seismic surveys, drilling activities, the placing of new platforms and the laying of pipelines). Chapter 9 summarises the produced volumes of natural gas, condensate and oil. Chapters 10 to 13 report on the underground storage of substances and on the exploration and production of coal, rock salt and geothermal energy. This report has been compiled by TNO, at the request of the Energy Market Directorate of the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs. It includes data that the Minister of Economic Affairs is required to supply to both Chambers of the Dutch Parliament in accordance with article 125 of the Mining Act. The digital version of this review can be found on the Netherlands Oil and Gas Portal: www.nlog.nl The volumes of gas and oil have been expressed in accordance with article 11.3.1. of the Mining Regulations: gas in normal cubic metres and oil (a liquid) in standard cubic metres. Facts and figures from this annual review may be reproduced only if the source is fully acknowledged. No rights can be derived from this report. The Hague, July 2016. 3 4 CONTENTS Preface .................................................................................................................................... 3 Key figures for 2015 ................................................................................................................ 9 1. Natural gas resources and future domestic production .................................................... 11 2. Oil resources ................................................................................................................... 27 3. Hydrocarbon licences, changes in 2015 Netherlands territory ......................................... 30 4. Hydrocarbon licences, changes in 2015 Netherlands continental shelf ............................ 33 5. Hydrocarbon licences: company changes, name changes and legal mergers in 2015 ..... 40 6. Seismic surveys ............................................................................................................... 42 7. Oil and gas wells completed in 2015 ................................................................................ 43 8. Platforms and pipelines, Netherlands continental shelf .................................................... 47 9. Production of gas and oil ................................................................................................. 49 10. Underground storage ....................................................................................................... 57 11. Coal ................................................................................................................................. 59 12. Rock salt .......................................................................................................................... 60 13. Geothermal energy .......................................................................................................... 63 Annexes ............................................................................................................................... 75 Natural gas and oil accumulations by status as at 1 January 2016 ........................................ 79 Exploration licences for hydrocarbons ................................................................................... 93 Production licences for hydrocarbons .................................................................................... 94 Underground storage licences Netherlands territory as at 1 January 2016 ............................ 97 Exploration licences for rock salt ........................................................................................... 98 Production licences for rock salt ............................................................................................ 99 Exploration licences for geothermal energy ......................................................................... 100 Production licences for geothermal energy .......................................................................... 104 Exploration licences for hydrocarbons ................................................................................. 105 Production licences for hydrocarbons Netherlands continental shelf as at 1 January 2016.. 108 Blocks and operators Netherlands continental shelf as at 1 January 2016 .......................... 117 Seismic surveys .................................................................................................................. 124 Oil and gas wells ................................................................................................................. 127 Number of wells, Netherlands territory ................................................................................. 127 Number of wells, Netherlands continental shelf ................................................................... 129 5 Number of wells Netherlands territory and continental shelf since 1960 .............................. 131 Platforms ............................................................................................................................. 133 Pipelines .............................................................................................................................. 138 Production of natural gas (in million nm 3) ............................................................................. 144 Gas reserves and cumulative production in billion nm 3 ........................................................ 146 Oil production in 1000 sm 3 ................................................................................................... 148 Oil reserves and cumulative production in million sm 3 ......................................................... 150 Natural gas revenues .......................................................................................................... 152 Authorities involved in mining operations ............................................................................. 155 Definitions of selected terms ................................................................................................ 156 Appendices ........................................................................................................................ 161 Geological Time table .......................................................................................................... 162 Mining legislation map ......................................................................................................... 163 6 Note: In this annual report the natural gas volumes are given in normal cubic metres (Nm³). ‘Normal’ relates to the reference conditions 0°C and 101.325 kPa. 1 Nm³.= 0,9475 Sm³. In a few instances the volumes of natural gas are given in Groningen gas equivalents (m 3Geq) of 35.17 mega joules gross calorific value per m³ at 0°C and 101.325 kPa. This is explicitly indicated in the text. Volumes of oil and condensate are given in standard cubic metres (Sm³). 'Standard’ relates to the reference conditions 15°C and 101.325 kPa. The name of GdF Suez E&P Nederland B.V and GdF Suez E&P Participation Nederland B.V. was formally changed to to ENGIE E&P Nederland B.V. and ENGIE E&P Participation Nederland B.V, respectively. This annual report adopts GDF SUEZ for the description of activities during 2015. In the overviews which have 1 January 2016 as date ENGIE is used. 7 8 KEY FIGURES FOR 2015 Natural gas and oil resources The natural gas resources as at 1 January 2016 are estimated at 891 billion Nm 3, of which 665 billion Nm 3 are in the Groningen gas field. The small fields in Netherlands Territory (i.e. onshore) contain 109 billion Nm 3 natural gas; those in the Dutch sector of the continental shelf contain 117 billion Nm 3 natural gas. Oil resources at 1 January 2016 were 31.6 million Sm3, of