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BASFBASF SE is the world’s leading chemical enterprise. Its portfolio comprises chemicals, plastics, performance products, agricultural products, pharmaceuticals, animal and human nutrition, personal care, as well as natural gas and oil. WintershallWintershall Holding AG is the oil and gas branch of BASF. Wintershall is active all over the world in oil and gas exploration and production, including operations in the North Sea, the Caspian Sea, North Africa, the Middle East and South America. Wintershall projects connecting platforms with onshore pipeline nets in the North Sea and off the coasts of Argentina and North Africa, include a recent project in the environmentally sensitive region of the Wadden Sea on the German North Sea coast. WINGASEstablished in 1993, WINGAS GmbH & Co. KG is a joint venture of Wintershall and Gazprom, with each holding shares of 50 per cent. WINGAS is a natural gas trading company and supplies gas via its more than 2,000 kilometre-long network of pipelines to consumers in Germany and Western Europe. Through Nord Stream, WINGAS will procure 9 bcm of natural gas per year for a period of 25 years. |
Link to BASFMore information on the Nord Stream shareholder BASF is available at BASF's website Link to WintershallFor more information on BASF's oil and gas subsidiary Wintershall see Link to WINGASFor more information on BASF and Gazprom's joint venture WINGAS see |
