Oil and gas field · Friesland, Netherlands
Metslawier
Metslawier is an idle oil and gas field in Friesland, Netherlands, owned by Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij B.V. and ExxonMobil Producing Netherlands B.V.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Friesland | NLOG · Free reuse with credit · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Idle (temporarily abandoned) | NLOG · Free reuse with credit · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Commodities | gas | NLOG · Free reuse with credit · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 1997 | NLOG · Free reuse with credit · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Discovered | 1994 | NLOG · Free reuse with credit · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Onshore or offshore | Onshore | NLOG · Free reuse with credit · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Owner | Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij B.V. (licensee of the production licence) | NLOG · Free reuse with credit · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Owner | ExxonMobil Producing Netherlands B.V. (licensee of the production licence) | NLOG · Free reuse with credit · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij B.V. | NLOG · Free reuse with credit · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this oil and gas field and its owner.Who owns it up to the parent company, its licensees, their shares and its reserves, and an introduction to the owner.
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Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij B.V. owns 162 of the 532 oil and gas fields in the Netherlands in our data with a named owner; the most of any owner. Counts cover the oil and gas fields in our data that name an owner, holder or operator; an asset with several owners counts for each.
| Owner in Netherlands | Rank | Oil and gas fields | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij B.V. | 1st | 162 | 30% |
| Tenaz Energy Netherlands B.V. | 2nd | 67 | 13% |
| Wintershall Noordzee B.V. | 2nd | 67 | 13% |
| Eni Energy Netherlands B.V. | 4th | 51 | 9.6% |
| Vermilion Energy Netherlands B.V. | 5th | 46 | 8.6% |
Timeline
Dated facts about this oil and gas field from its sources, oldest first.
- Discovered
- Production started
Owners, operator and place
Oil and gas licences attached to this oil and gas field
- Production licence Noord-Friesland159,270 ha
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