Wintershall DeaWintershall и DEA Deutsche Erdoel AG.

Компания владеет концессиями по всему миру, насчитывает около 3000 сотрудников и производит в общей сложности 575 000 баррелей нефтяного эквивалента/сутки.

Wintershall and DEA Deutsche Erdoel AG become Wintershall Dea. The merger creates Europe’s leading independent oil and gas company. It holds concessions worldwide, has around 3,000 employees, and produces a combined 575,000 boe/day to begin with.

DEA was formerly a subsidiary of RWE, which put DEA for sale in 2013.
Wintershall, a consortium of KKR & Co. and Kufpec, and an investment company L1 Energy of Mikhail Fridman made their bids.
In March 2014 it was announced that DEA would be bought by L1 Energy for €5.1 billion.
On August 22, 2014 Germany's economy ministry approved the sales to Russian tycoon Mikhail Fridman and his co-investors.