THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP) – The Groningen natural gas field, the largest in the European Union, is running out of reserves, with an estimated 17 years left before stocks will be depleted, The Netherlands announced on Friday. “Dutch natural gas is nearly finished,” said Peter Hein van Mulligen, chief economist at the country’s Central Statistics Bureau (CBS). “Since natural gas was discovered in 1959 in Groningen, we’ve used up some 80 percent of our reserves. If […]