Tytsjerksteradiel with Wetterskip and province in appeal against permit establishment for gas extraction near Burgum

Additional facilities 

This is a permit for additional technical facilities needed to increase maximum gas production from 180,000 to 450,000 cubic meters per day. This permit anticipates a new extraction plan. So the Minister of Climate and Green Growth is already issuing an environmental permit that allows higher production at location TID-200 in Burgum, while no permit for a new extraction plan has yet been issued. 

"Then spanne jo de karre foar it hynder," believes Alderman Tytsy Willemsma. In the preliminary process, the municipality of Tytsjerksteradiel has already pointed out the order of the course of events. The Minister of Climate and Green Growth has assessed that this is a valid way. Daily director of Wetterskip Fryslan Remco van Maurik adds: In this permit, the Ministry only tests the effects on the topsoil and says: later in the extraction plan we will study the subsoil. We find that a paper reality, because these licensed activities have an effect on the subsoil anyway. For example, the increase in daily production creates an additional risk of soil vibration in the subsoil."

Soil subsidence 

The municipality of Tytsjerksteradiel, together with the water board and province, is concerned about subsidence and the risks it entails, such as problems with water management. "Ús system dêr't it stedske himelwetter by op'e boezem los wurdt hieltydber kwetsder. This problem can be solved net mei jild," said Alderman Willemsma. 

In Tytsjerksteradiel, the soil has already sunk more than 22 centimeters due to current gas extraction. This has caused irreversible damage with consequences for housing, agriculture and infrastructure. According to the Minister of Climate and Green Growth, this does not play a role in the permit that has now been granted, but will only be addressed in the decision on the extraction plan. This is in remarkable gong fan saken" thinks alderman Tytsy Willemsma. "Mei dizze fergunning kin de deiopbrings mear as ferdûbele wurde sûnder dat de gefolgen hjirfan yn in winningsplan beoardiele binne". Delegate Friso Douwstra of the Province of Fryslân adds: "There is gjin draachflak foar gas extraction yn Fryslân. We meitsje ús hjir grutte soar oer. De steapele effekten binne ûndúdlik en risikofol en it smyt ûnomkearbere skea op dy't boppedat dreech te bewizen. Giet gaswinning dochs troch? Then Fryslân fynt that fan elke fertsjinne euro minimaal in tredde werom nei de regio moet. Foarkom Grinzer tastannen. Nije or ekstra gas extraction yn Fryslân? Doch it net!"