Danish North Sea oil running low
Denmark's status as the European Union's only country self-sufficient in oil and gas is nearing its end. National production will continue to slide, down from estimated 15 million cubic meters this year to about three million by 2025, while annual demand will remain unchanged.
'We're pretty certain there are no more big fields in the North Sea any longer. We would have found them by now', says Dong chief executive Anders Eldrup to Ritzau.
There are currently 50 oil and gas production platforms in the Danish area of the North Sea. Shell owns most of those, while Maersk Oil and Gas operates 15 and Dong Energy has three platforms.
Denmark has been the only EU country self-sufficient in oil and gas since the 1990s.
Source: Copenhagen Post