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The German producer is focused on high-graded production, including from its Dutch assets

“We like the efficient, low-cost, and low-emissions options.” So says Dawn Summers, COO of German producer Wintershall Dea. And she sets out to Petroleum Economist what this means in practice, both for the firm’s Dutch upstream business, but also its linked Southern North Sea (SNS) operations across the maritime border with the UK. The company, through its Wintershall Noordzee 50/50 joint venture with Russia’s Gazprom, produces from 19 offshore production facilities in Dutch and British waters, all controlled from a central control room at Den Helder in the Netherlands. This enables it to increase operational efficiency and to produce economically even from small fields in the SNS. Is it fai

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