Overview

• LBEG approved an immediate-execution permit for One-Dyas to start producing gas in German waters off Borkum after years of legal dispute.
• Fridays for Future and Deutsche Umwelthilfe are opening a protest camp on the island from Thursday with more than 200 participants and a strike set for September 5.
• The federal cabinet presented a draft law to ban oil and gas extraction in six marine protected areas, which does not apply to the Borkum site in Lower Saxony’s coastal waters.
• Environmental groups warn of climate and ecological damage near the UNESCO-listed Wadden Sea and along a power-cable route through a protected reef, with a recent court ruling allowing cable work to proceed.
• One-Dyas has been test-producing on the Dutch side since March and says it plans further drilling of about 50 billion cubic meters, while DUH estimates the project would cover roughly 1% of Germany’s gas demand and cause around 65 million tonnes of CO2.