Guest contributions

"Natural gas is green energy" - Interview with Gerhard König for Energie & Management magazine
Gerhard König, Management Spokesman of WINGAS, on selling gas in times of collapsing prices and excess supply

“Partner in and for Europe” - Interview with John Feldmann for Gazprom's employees magazine
Dr. John Feldmann, Member of the Board of Executive Directors of BASF AG, explains in an interview with Gazprom magazine why the cooperation between the world’s largest chemicals group and Gazprom is so successful.

WINGAS gas storage facilities ensure supplies
Guest article by Dr. Peter Klingenberger, Director Gas Storage Facilities at WINGAS GmbH, for "rathausconsult", the magazine for municipal economies, March 2007

"Pipeline gas remains decisive for Europe"
Hilmar Rempel, deputy head of the energy raw materials unit at the Federal German Institute for Geosciences and Raw Materials reports on the importance of liquefied natural gas for Germany. GASWINNER Issue 1/2007

“It won’t happen without Russia!”
Supply security cannot be guaranteed through regulation; it must be guaranteed through corporate activity, investment and partnership-based dialog between the EU and Russia. This was the opinion recently expressed by Rainer Seele, Chairman of the WINGAS Management Board. GASWINNER Issue 1/2007

"Gas storage facilities will have to close the gaps"
Natural gas storage facilities will become even more important in the future. This is the result of a recent study by Dr. Felix Höffler from the Max Planck Institute in Bonn and Madjid Kübler from TEAM CONSULT Management Consulting, which was presented at the WINGAS Business Forum. GASWINNER Issue 4/2006

"Supervisory boards are prepared for competition"
The results of the representative WINGAS survey into the decision-making behavior of municipal supervisory boards were very informative. This was the opinion of Michael Schöneich, President and Chief Executive Officer, Association of German Municipal Enterprises (VKU). MARKTWINNER Issue 3/2006

Germany is one of the most important markets
Alexei Miller, Chairman of the OAO Gazprom Management Committee, sees Germany as a key market in the European Union, GASWINNER Ausgabe 3/2006

"Unique starting position for Europe"
Security of European energy supplies, the partnership with Russia, and price developments for natural gas are the hot topics in the industry these days. Rainer Seele, Chairman of the WINGAS Management Board, explains his position. GASWINNER Issue 3/2006

“With entrepreneurial freedom and responsibility”
In an interview Gerhard König, Managing Director of WINGAS, gives his opinion on the Green Book of the EU Commission, GASWINNER Issue 1/2006

"A reliable partner for Europe"
Interview of GASWINNER with Alexander Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of Gazprom, Issue 1/2006

"Unique starting position"
Interview of Hessische Allgemeine (HNA) with Dr. Rainer Seele, chairman of the board of managing directors of WINGAS, published June 10,2006

"Germany is one of the most important markets in Europe for us."
Bild am Sonntag (BAMS) interview with Chairman of the OAO Gazprom Management Committee, Alexei Miller, published April 30, 2006