Denmark's farewell to North Sea oil to be mapped

Denmark lacks answers as to how it'll shut down its oil and gas fields in the North Sea when the time comes. And everything should preferably hit the mark on the first go. That's why the Centre for Oil and Gas now initiates a large-scale research project to find solutions to the shutdown of these fields.
Photo: Magnus Holm/Politiken/Ritzau Scanpix
Photo: Magnus Holm/Politiken/Ritzau Scanpix

Many chapters have been written in the tale of Danish oil efforts in the North Sea since the Maersk Group was awarded the sole concession on oil and gas extraction in the country in 1975. Since then, around 3.8 billion barrels of oil equivalent have been extracted, more than DKK 400 billion (EUR 53.7 billion) have been deposited in the treasury, and new players have entered the stage.

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