One-off payment for the extraction of hydrocarbons
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Netherlands Enterprise Agency, RVO
Checked 25 Nov 2025
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Do you have a licence to extract hydrocarbons? And will you start using a site for the extraction? Then you must pay a one-off fee for this to the province where the site is located.
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at your municipality, province, or water authority
When do you pay to the province?
You must pay 1 lump sum to the province if:
- you have a hydrocarbon extraction licence or if you have been designated to make the payment as a co-holder of the licence
- you intend to use a site in the province to extract hydrocarbons
- the mining structures required for extraction are present on the site
How much you have to pay depends on the size site's of the surface area. You pay per square metre. The amount changes each year. Your province can provide more information on this.