Like in other parts of the world also the Dutch are thinking about winning shale gas. Some tests were done, and a journalist from Euronews wants to know if the moratorium on these shale gas test drillings is now lifted.
It turns out that the Dutch moratorium on Shale gas test drilling is still in place. The Dutch ministry first asked for a research after the effects on humans and the environment and it is not clear yet what organisation will do the research.
A press officer of the Dutch ministry of Agriculture says that it is expected that the results of the research will come out in the middle of 2013.