Reuters Staff: JANUARY 30, 2018 / 3:58 PM
* The Netherlands is most gas-reliant EU nation
* Groningen gas output already 60 pct below 2013 peak
* Government to cut production as much as possible
* Falling export obligations ease demand pressure
By Bart H. Meijer
AMSTERDAM, Jan 30 (Reuters) – The Netherlands can cut gas output from the Groningen field by roughly a fifth after this month’s tremors but it will need to fill some of the gap with increased imports to meet domestic needs and honour its export contracts, analysts say.