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One-Dyas Cleared to Begin Gas Drilling in German North Sea Waters

The Sofortvollzug lifts the lawsuit’s hold by invoking overriding energy security interests.

Das niederländische Unternehmen One-Dyas darf mit der Erdgasförderung in der Nordsee vor Borkum beginnen. Das niedersächsische Landesamt für Bergbau, Energie und Geologie (LBEG) habe dem beantragten Sofortvollzug zugestimmt, erklärte die Behörde.
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Overview

  • Lower Saxony’s mining authority granted a Sofortvollzug, letting One-Dyas begin drilling at the Borkum site in German waters immediately.
  • The measure suspends the halting effect of Deutsche Umwelthilfe’s lawsuit against the permit issued last year.
  • Officials said the public interest in secure energy supply and lowering dependence on non‑EU gas imports justified immediate enforcement.
  • A Germany–Netherlands unitarisation treaty was signed last week, and an August court ruling cleared a Riffgat wind‑farm power cable to the platform.
  • One-Dyas already started a test phase on the Dutch side, the platform sits about 20 kilometers off Borkum, and environmental groups warn of risks to protected Wadden Sea habitats.