US EditionNAM Could Face €20 Mil. Fine for Secretly Dumping Hazardous Waste in Empty Gas Fields
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The Public Prosecution Service (OM) is demanding a €20 million fine in a criminal case against the Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij (NAM). The OM accuses NAM of, among other things, injecting large quantities of hazardous waste deep into the ground without the proper permits. NAM injected waste into the empty underground gas fields near Borgsweer in Groningen. The waste was released, in part, during the processing of natural gas from the North …
NAM could face €20 mil. fine for secretly dumping hazardous waste in empty gas fields
The Public Prosecution Service (OM) recommended a fine of €20 million in a criminal case against the Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij (NAM). According to the OM, NAM secretly dumped large amounts of hazardous waste into empty underground gas fields in Groningen and handled hazardous substances without the proper permits, NOS reports.
The Public Prosecution Service is demanding a €20 million fine against the Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij (Dutch Petroleum Company) for environmental offenses. According to the Public Prosecution Service, NAM processed waste from North Sea natural gas extraction for years without a valid permit and handled waste streams negligently. On Tuesday, the public prosecutor criticized the oil company's "non-transparent" practices in the Zwolle court.…
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