AMSTERDAM, June 19 (Reuters) - Gas production at the vast
Groningen field in the Netherlands is set to drop to 9.3 billion
cubic metres (bcm) in the year through October 2021, the Dutch
gas sector regulator said on Friday.
Production at the field, operated by a joint venture of
Royal Dutch Shell and Exxon Mobil, is capped at
11.8 bcm for the year ending October 2020, although the
government has said that level will probably not be reached.
The government aims to end production at what was once
Europe's largest natural gas field altogether by the end of 2022
to limit seismic risks in the region.
(Reporting by Bart Meijer; Editing by Jan Harvey)