Wintershall Dea Recorded no Disruptions at Its Assets in North Africa
The head of the oil and gas company, Mario Meren, said that the company has no operating assets in Israel
The German Wintershall Dea, one of the largest oil and gas companies in Europe, has not recorded any disruptions in the operation of its assets in the Middle East and North Africa amid the escalation of the conflict between Israel and Palestine. This was stated by the head of the company, Mario Meren, during an online conference.
“We are monitoring the situation very closely. We do not have operating assets in Israel. We have them in Egypt, Algeria and Libya. As long as work is being done on these assets, there are no failures,” he said.
According to him, the countries of the Middle East and North Africa are demonstrating that they want and can become part of Europe’s energy supply, in particular – suppliers of gas, and in the future – hydrogen.
The situation in the Middle East sharply worsened after the infiltration of Hamas militants from the Gaza Strip into Israel on October 7, which was accompanied by the killing of residents of Israeli border villages and the capture of more than 200 hostages, including children, women and the elderly. Hamas calls the attack a response to Israeli actions against the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. Israel announced a complete blockade of Gaza and began retaliating against the strip and certain areas of Lebanon and Syria. Clashes also occur in the West Bank.
According to the latest data, more than 1.4 thousand people became victims of the conflict on the Israeli side, and over 5.2 thousand were injured. As a result of Israeli strikes on Gaza, according to the enclave’s Ministry of Health, more than 7 thousand Palestinians were killed and almost 18.5 thousand were injured.
