Tag Archives: Wintershall

Hazardous waste has been stored in part of the Wintershall potash mine in the Werra region of eastern Hesse/Germany since 1972. The Herfa-Neurode underground waste disposal site, which today belongs to the K+S Werra Verbundwerk, is the longest-serving and largest of its kind in the world, setting standards in safe storage to this day (Figure 1). Now, the 50th anniversary of ...

Maria Moraeus Hanssen, COO and Deputy CEO of Wintershall Dea, Hamburg and Kassel, will leave the company on 31st December 2019 in order to pursue other opportunities. Until that time she will continue in her present role providing board-level leadership of the EMEA business units and the merger integration.

On 6th November 2018, BASF and LetterOne resolved to appoint Paul Smith as the future CFO and member of the board of management of Wintershall DEA. His appointment comes into effect on completion of the merger between Wintershall and DEA. Subject to obtaining the standard authorisations from the relevant government authorities, this is expected to take place within the first ...

Andreas Scheck has taken the decision to leave Wintershall Deutschland, Kassel/Germany, to pursue a new challenge in his career. Volker Riha, previously Head of Self-operated Crude Oil and Natural Gas Production and deputy to Scheck, has assumed the managerial role provisionally.

Oil and gas group Wintershall, Kassel/Germany, has appointed Hugo Dijkgraaf Managing Director of its Norwegian subsidiary. He succeeds Bernd Schrimpf, who has retired.

Thilo Wieland, former General Manager of Wintershall Libya, was appointed to the Board of Executive Directors at Wintershall Holding GmbH, Kassel/Germany, on 1st December 2015 and is responsible for Exploration & Production in Russia, North Africa and South America.

Wintershall Holding GmbH, based in Kassel, has expanded its Board of Management and also appointed Thilo Wieland from the Department of Exploration & Production in Russia, North Africa and South America to the Supervisory Board.

Mario Mehren, former Head of Exploration and Production in Russia, North Africa and South America, succeeded Rainer Seele as Chairman of the Board of Management at Wintershall Holding GmbH, Kassel (Germany), on 1st June 2015.