Tyra gas field closure indicative of North Sea maturity

摘要

The decision taken at end-2016 by Denmark’s Maersk Oil tornclose the Tyra gas field in the Danish sector of the NorthrnSea in 2018 is likely to have far-reaching implications forrnthe country’s gas sector and for the wider northwestrnEuropean market. It illustrates that European gas importrndependency is not just about demand growth, which hasrnbeen relatively weak in recent years, but the maturation ofrndomestic resources, both in the North Sea and onshore inrnthe Netherlands.