The North Sea country hopes to generate a further 27.5billion Danish krones ($4.8 billion) from the measure, Reuters said, citing theDanish government.
The news wire said the tax hike would not affect the largerplayers but would affect those like state oil company Dong and US independentgiant Hess.
Reuters said the increase specifically would not affect thelargest player in the Danish market, Danish Underground Consortium.
