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Wintershall Makes Oil Discovery in Danish North Sea

25.03.2013 - Germany's Wintershall has made what it says could be a major oil discovery in the Danish North Sea, pending appraisal drilling. Wintershall, the exploration arm of chemicals group...

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German Minister Dashes Hopes for Shale Gas Fracking

11.02.2013 - Germany's environment minister said on Monday he did not want to make it easy for companies to start using controversial gas drilling methods, or fracking, dampening gas explorers'...

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European Energy Firms Back Gazprom at Pipeline Ceremony

07.12.2012 - European energy executives lined up with Russian President Vladimir Putin to witness the first weld on the South Stream pipeline on Friday in a show of support for a project that...

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Wintershall Makes Oil Discovery in Dutch North Sea

04.12.2012 - Germany's Wintershall has made what could be a major oil discovery in the Dutch North Sea, pending appraisal drilling in 2013, the company said on Tuesday. Wintershall, the...

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Norway Challenges Russia with New Gas Pricing in Europe

20.11.2012 - Norway's Statoil signed a 10-year gas supply deal with Germany's Wintershall, based on spot prices that challenged Russian gas export monopoly Gazprom, which insists on oil-linked...

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BASF Bolstered by Libyan Oil and Pesticides

25.10.2012 - Libyan oil and demand for pesticides will help Germany's BASF meet its target of higher operating profit this year, offsetting a downturn in its main industrial chemicals and...

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Wintershall Unfazed by Argentina's Repsol Row

22.05.2012 - Germany's Wintershall , the oil and gas arm of chemicals group BASF, said on Monday it was unperturbed by the enforced nationalisation of Argentine oil company YPF, having just...

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BASF Defies Doomsters with Forecast for Growth

24.02.2012 - Germany's BASF, the world's largest chemical maker by sales, dismissed analyst forecasts its business would shrink this year, saying sales and earnings would rise, driven by an...