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Press releases 2006

11/30/2006	Information about Wintershall and WINGAS on the Internet now also in Russian
	Website presents international activities
10/27/2006	Fire Drill with Local Fire Brigade
	High performance turbo extinguisher goes on show in Rehden
10/04/2006	Nord Stream: The Pipeline through the Baltic Sea is a Priority Energy Project for the European Union
	Nord Stream, the new company name, replaces the working title „North European Gas Pipeline (NEGP) Company“. At the same time the project enters a new phase and the company opens its head office in Zug, Switzerland.
08/30/2006	Wintershall bundles activities under new roof
	Wintershall Holding AG filed for entry in the commercial register
08/28/2006	Gas-producing platform L5-C is disposed to relaunch
	Wintershall expands offshore production in the Netherlands / Natural gas reserves of 4.3 billion cubic meters are expected
08/18/2006	Siberian Soccer Players Visit Friends in Kassel
	Wintershall supports ten-day youth camp
07/05/2006	VNG and WIEH sign international import agreement in Moscow
	Some 90 billion cubic meters of natural gas from Russia until end of 2030
06/30/2006	Mittelplate Consortium: New logistics center ensures smooth drilling activities
	The new logistics center is yet another building block as part of efforts to improve the ecological balance of oil production from Germany's largest oil field, Mittelplate
06/26/2006	Germans: Russian Gas is Secure
	Forsa survey shows that Germans trust Russia / Natural gas favorite energy carrier in Germany / Schröder's commitment rated positively
06/26/2006	Wintershall granted more exploratory licenses in Danish North Sea
	First exploration well started in Denmark
06/13/2006	German-Russian City Partnership Extended
	Exchange program launched / Mayor from Siberia visits Kassel / "Wintershall Master Scholarship" awarded
06/02/2006	German-Russian joint venture starts drilling its first production well in Siberia
	Achimgaz will produce 8.3 billion cubic meters of natural gas each year / New web site
06/02/2006	Mittelplate Consortium: New drilling rig develops more Mittelplate oil
	Germany's largest oil reserves are now being developed by one of the most modern drilling rigs in Europe
04/27/2006	BASF and Gazprom agree on swap of assets
	Cooperation to be intensified along the entire value chain
04/26/2006	Achimgaz joint venture starts production wells in Siberia
	German-Russian partnership extended further
04/21/2006	Wintershall Supports the “Mission of Peace” Concerts in Germany
	Prizewinners of “Open Europe”, the Moscow festival for children and young people, will appear in Berlin
04/13/2006	Mittelplate Consortium: Mittelplate Info Point reopens.
	After the winter break the Mittelplate Consortium will reopen in Friedrichskoog Spitze
04/03/2006	Wintershall Norge A.S. Opens Office
	Norwegian subsidiary to coordinate activities
03/30/2006	NEGP Company: First Meeting Of The Shareholders' Committee of the North European Gas Pipeline (NEGP) Company's
	Personnel decisions taken
03/28/2006	“Europe has a unique starting position in the global race for energy”
	80% of global reserves within a radius of 4500 kilometers / BASF subsidiary again increases its oil and gas production in 2005 / Gas volumes sold in Natural Gas Trading again significantly exceed market growth / First production wells to start with Gazprom in Siberia
03/28/2006	Increasing capital expenditure on expansion of activities
	Exploration and production expanded in the North Sea / The world’s southernmost offshore platform operational off Tierra del Fuego / New field on stream in Libya
03/28/2006	Further volume increases for natural gas trading companies
	Gas volume sold by WINGAS up by 13 percent / Construction of storage facilities strengthens supply security in Europe / Formation of WINGAS TRANSPORT
03/28/2006	Achimgaz joint venture starts production wells in Siberia
	German-Russian partnership extended further
03/21/2006	Handelsblatt to broadcast Annual Press Event
	Looking back and thinking ahead - Wintershall is about to present the most important activities of the past year and at the same time give an outlook on the current fiscal year
03/14/2006	Wilsum: Preparations for drilling a natural gas well
	Press release of Gaz de France Produktion Exploration Deutschland GmbH
02/22/2006	Mittelplate Consortium: Mittelplate pipeline increases oil production and is environmentally sound to boot
	The pipeline link from the Mittelplate drilling and production platform is already paying dividends
01/12/2006	A tough job out in the North Sea
	NDR television reports on life aboard the only German gas production platform
01/04/2006	Wintershall expands production in the North Sea
	Russia still an important partner for energy supply "Europe needs a direct connection to Siberian gas sources"
01/03/2006	Guaranteed security of supply
	WINGAS operates Western Europe's largest natural gas storage facility / Additional storage facilities under construction in the UK and Austria
01/02/2006	WINGAS Statement on Supply Reductions on the Transit Route Through Ukraine
	For decades Gazprom has proved to be a reliable partner in supplying Germany and Western Europe with natural gas