The Dutch disease came about after a large natural gas field was discovered after 1960 .
< /ref > The term was coined in 1977 by The Economist to describe the decline of the manufacturing sector in the Netherlands after the discovery of a large natural gas field in 1959 , culminating in the world 's biggest public-private partnership N.V. Nederlandse Gasunie between Esso ( now ExxonMobil ) , Shell and the Dutch government in 1963. “ The Dutch Disease ” ( November 26 , 1977 ) .
Dutch disease