Tag: Wintershall
The EU wants to skim off the profits of oil and gas companies
Shell logo With the “solidarity levy”, Brussels is targeting companies in the oil, gas and coal sectors as well as refineries. (Photo: Reuters) Brussels, Strasbourg The EU is pushing ahead…
Energy Industry’s Lehman Moment: The Editor-in-Chief’s Weekly Recap
Good morning dear readers, As I write these lines, I am on my way back from the Handelsblatt Bank Summit in Frankfurt. The summit, at which several hundred of the…
Germany’s business model in danger: the editor-in-chief’s weekly review
Good morning dear readers, Conversations with economists are no fun these days. At best, they go like this: “Mood largely stable at a lousy level,” is how Deka’s experts describe…
Chancellor on the road, energy companies cream off, the property tax madness: the editor-in-chief’s weekly review
Good morning dear readers, Olaf Scholz has certainly had better weeks. First came the scandal surrounding his appearance with Palestinian President Abbas in the Federal Chancellery, who was able to…
RWE makes billions in profits, Uniper needs to be rescued
RWE Gersteinwerk power plant Some are making a profit thanks to high energy prices, while others are making losses. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf While municipal utilities and suppliers are announcing price…
France wants to support Germany with gas supplies
Paris France offers Germany gas supply support. As the Handelsblatt learned from French government circles, several options are currently being examined in Paris to mitigate the consequences of the reduced…
EU countries agree on gas emergency plan
EU special meeting of energy ministers in Brussels The German Economics Minister Robert Habeck (2nd from left) in conversation with his fellow ministers Teresa Ribera Rodriguez (Spain), Rob Jetten (Netherlands)…
EU countries agree on gas emergency plan
EU special meeting of energy ministers in Brussels The German Economics Minister Robert Habeck (2nd from left) in conversation with his fellow ministers Teresa Ribera Rodriguez (Spain), Rob Jetten (Netherlands)…
Gas crisis: Economic institutes cautiously give the all-clear
LPG plant near Dunkirk Is there enough gas in Europe for the winter? (Photo: Gilles ROLLE/REA/laif) Berlin Russia is making cuts again: As of Wednesday, the state-owned company Gazprom will…
EU countries launch emergency plan to reduce gas consumption
EU special meeting of energy ministers in Brussels The German Economics Minister Robert Habeck (2nd from left) in conversation with his fellow ministers Teresa Ribera Rodriguez (Spain), Rob Jetten (Netherlands)…
Gas crisis: Economic institutes cautiously give the all-clear
LPG plant near Dunkirk Is there enough gas in Europe for the winter? (Photo: Gilles ROLLE/REA/laif) Berlin Russia is making cuts again: As of Wednesday, the state-owned company Gazprom will…
Wintershall benefits from high energy prices
Drone recording of “Völkersen Nord Z6” Natural gas production plant of the gas and oil company Wintershall Dea near Bremen. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf The boss of the Kassel-based oil and…
Wintershall benefits from high energy prices
Drone recording of “Völkersen Nord Z6” Natural gas production plant of the gas and oil company Wintershall Dea near Bremen. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf The boss of the Kassel-based oil and…
Jump in profits for Wintershall – burden on production in Russia
Dusseldorf The boss of the Kassel-based oil and gas group Wintershall Dea wants to produce more oil and gas in Germany. “We have to play the trump cards that we…
Jump in profits for Wintershall – burden on production in Russia
Oil field in Emlichheim Wintershall Dea is the largest oil and gas producer in Germany. (Photo: AP) Dusseldorf The oil and gas group Wintershall Dea presents strong figures for the…
Chemical group BASF earned more than expected in the second quarter
BASF plant The chemical company also earns good money with its Wintershall holding. (Photo: AP) Ludwigshafen Higher sales prices kept the chemical group BASF on course in the second quarter.…
What Russia is doing with the unexported gas
Measuring device at a receiving station for natural gas Several factors allow Russia and Gazprom to reduce gas supplies. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf While fears of a gas shortage are growing…
What Russia is doing with the unexported gas
Dusseldorf While fears of a gas shortage are growing among European companies, politicians and citizens, Russia has more gas than the population usually uses. According to the Federal Association for…
Conversion to hydrogen: slowed down by EU rules
hydrogen tank Green hydrogen is considered the future of energy production. (Photo: dpa) Brussels Hydrogen is considered the miracle weapon of the energy transition: it can be used wherever gas…
Ukraine War: The Putin Mistake of German Corporations
cartoon (Photo: Kostas Koufogiorgos) It is very easy to say, especially in window speeches about the market economy, that responsibility and liability also go hand in hand with entrepreneurial freedom.…