Overview:

Summary

This profile is the essential source for top-level energy industry data and information. The report provides an overview of each of the key sub-segments of the energy industry in Germany. It details the market structure, regulatory environment, infrastructure and provides historical and forecasted statistics relating to the supply/demand balance for each of the key sub-segments. It also provides information relating to the natural gas assets (gas fields, LNG terminals, pipelines and underground gas storage terminals) in Germany. The report also analyses the fiscal regime relevant to the natural gas assets in Germany and compares the investment environment in Germany with other countries in the region. The profiles of the major companies operating in the natural gas sector in Germany together with the latest news and deals are also included in the report.

Scope

• Historic and forecast data relating to production, consumption, imports, exports and reserves are provided for each industry sub-segment for the period 1996-2020.

• Historical and forecast data and information for all the major gas fields, LNG Terminals, pipelines and underground gas storage terminals in Germany for the period 2000-2013.

• Operator and equity details for major natural gas assets in Germany.

• Key information relating to market regulations, key energy assets and the key companies operating in the Germany’s energy industry.

• Detailed information on key fiscal terms (such as rents, bonuses, royalty, cost recovery and corporate taxes) pertaining the geography is also provided. A sample calculation detailing how fiscal terms apply to a typical asset in the regime is included.

• Information on the top companies in the Germany including business description, strategic analysis, and financial information. Key companies covered include BP p.l.c, Royal Dutch Shell plc and ConocoPhilips

• Product and brand updates, strategy changes, R&D projects, corporate expansions and contractions and regulatory changes.

• Key mergers and acquisitions, partnerships, private equity and venture capital investments, and IPOs.

Reasons to buy

• Gain a strong understanding of Germany’s gas market.

• Facilitate market analysis and forecasting of future industry trends.

• Evaluate the attractiveness of this geography for gas investment in the light of government policies and the fiscal environment.

• Facilitate decision making on the basis of strong historic and forecast production, reserves and capacity data.

• Understand the Germany’s policies and fiscal terms, and their impact on contractor’s profits from upstream gas assets.

• Assess your competitor’s major natural gas assets and their performance.

• Analyze the latest news and financial deals in the gas sector in Germany.

• Develop strategies based on the latest operational, financial, and regulatory events.

• Do deals with an understanding of how competitors are financed, and the mergers and partnerships that have shaped the market.

• Identify and analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the leading companies in the German gas market.

Companies Mentioned
 

BP p.l.c.
Royal Dutch Shell plc
ConocoPhillips

1 Table of Contents

1.1 List of Tables

1.2 List Of Figures

2 Germany Energy Sector

2.1 Germany Energy Sector, Market Overview

2.2 Germany Energy Sector, Natural Gas

2.2.1 Germany Natural Gas, Overview

2.2.2 Germany Natural Gas, Supply and Demand Balance

2.2.3 Germany Natural Gas, Regulatory Structure

2.2.4 Germany Natural Gas, Infrastructure

 

3 Germany, Fiscal Regime

3.1 Germany Petroleum Fiscal Environment

3.1.1 Governing Law

3.1.2 Licensing Authority

3.1.3 Contract Type

3.1.4 State Participation

3.2 License Terms

3.2.1 Exploration License (EL) Duration

3.2.2 Relinquishment during Exploration

3.2.3 Exploration obligation

3.2.4 Production Rights, Area & Duration

3.3 Key Fiscal Terms

3.3.1 Royalty

3.3.2 Fees

3.3.3 VAT

3.3.4 Taxation

3.3.5 Withholding Tax

3.3.6 Deductions and Depreciation

3.4 Germany, Fiscal System - Economic Modeling Methodology

3.4.1 Sample Economic Modeling Methodology

3.5 Germany Fiscal System - Sample Economics

3.6 Germany Fiscal System - Sample Asset Valuation

4 Germany Gas Upstream Investment Environment Benchmarking

4.1 Introduction

4.2 The Overall Ranking

4.3 Upstream Fiscal Attractiveness

4.3.1 Maximum Government Take Index

4.3.2 Maximum State Participation

4.4 Gas Sector Performance

4.4.1 Exploration Activity

4.4.2 Gas Production

4.4.3 Gas Reserves

4.4.4 Gas Consumption

4.5 Economic Performance

4.5.1 GDP Growth Index

4.5.2 FDI Confidence Index

4.5.3 Balance of Trade Index

4.6 Socio-Political Performance

5 Germany Exploration And Production Gas Sector

5.1 Germany Exploration and Production Gas Sector, Country Snapshot

5.1.1 Germany Exploration and Production Sector, Key Data

5.1.2 Germany Exploration and Production Gas Sector, Natural Gas Assets Map

5.2 Germany Exploration and Production Sector, Marketed Natural Gas Production

5.2.1 Germany Exploration and Production Sector, Total Marketed Natural Gas-Historical Production

5.2.2 Germany Exploration and Production Sector, Marketed Natural Gas -Historical Production by Type

5.2.3 Germany Exploration and Production Sector, Marketed Natural Gas Production by Assets

5.2.4 Germany Exploration and Production Sector, Marketed Equity Weighted Natural Gas Production by Company

5.2.5 Germany Exploration and Production Sector, Market Share based on Marketed Natural Gas Production

5.3 Germany Exploration and Production Sector, Marketed Natural Gas Forecasts

5.3.1 Germany Exploration and Production Sector, Marketed Natural Gas Forecasted Production

5.4 Germany Exploration And Production Sector, Natural Gas Asset Details

5.4.1 Germany Exploration And Production Sector, Active Natural Gas Asset Details

5.5 Germany Exploration and Production Sector, Recent Discoveries

5.5.1 Dec 17, 2009: Wintershall Confirms Oil At Ravn-3 Appraisal Well At Licence 5/06 In Danish North Sea

5.6 Germany Exploration and Production Sector, Drilling and Production Updates

5.6.1 Jan 05, 2010: RWE Dea Updates On Herzogsbrunnen 1 Well In Germany

5.6.2 Dec 07, 2009: RWE Dea To Start Exploratory Drilling In Northern Germany

 

6 Germany Pipeline Sector

6.1 Germany Pipeline Sector, Key Data

6.2 Germany Pipeline Sector, An Overview

6.3 Germany Pipeline Sector, Comparison of Key Natural Gas Pipeline Companies

6.4 Germany Pipeline Sector, Natural Gas Pipelines

7 Germany LNG Sector

7.1 Germany LNG Sector, Regasification

7.1.1 Germany LNG Sector, Regasification, Total Regasification Capacity

7.1.2 Germany LNG Sector, Regasification Capacity (Bcf) Market Share by Company

7.2 Germany LNG Industry, Planned Regasification, Capacity Expansions and Capex

7.3 Germany LNG Sector, Regasification Capacity

7.3.1 Germany LNG Sector, Regasification, Asset- Wise Regasification Capacity

 

8 Germany Under Ground Storage Gas Sector

8.1 Germany Under Ground Storage Sector, Key Data

8.2 Germany Underground Gas Storage Sector, An Overview

8.3 Germany Underground Gas Storage Sector, Market Share by Company

8.4 Germany Underground Gas Storage Industry

8.4.1 Underground Gas Storage Industry in Germany, Storage Capacity by Area, 2009

8.4.2 Germany Underground Gas Storage Sector, Storage Capacity of Active Terminals

8.4.3 Germany Underground Gas Storage Sector, Storage Capacity of Planned Terminals

 

9 Profile of BP p.l.c.

9.1 BP p.l.c., Key Information

9.2 BP p.l.c., Company Overview

9.3 BP p.l.c., Business Description

9.3.1 Business Overview

9.3.2 Exploration and Production

9.3.3 Other Businesses and Corporate Segment

9.3.4 Refining and Marketing

9.4 BP p.l.c., SWOT Analysis

9.4.1 Overview

9.4.2 BP p.l.c. Strengths

9.4.3 BP p.l.c. Weaknesses

9.4.4 BP p.l.c. Opportunities

9.4.5 BP p.l.c. Threats

 

10 Profile of Royal Dutch Shell plc

10.1 Royal Dutch Shell plc, Key Information

10.2 Royal Dutch Shell plc, Company Overview

10.3 Royal Dutch Shell plc, Business Description

10.3.1 Business Overview

10.3.2 Chemicals

10.3.3 Corporate

10.3.4 Exploration and Production

10.3.5 Gas and Power

10.3.6 Oil Products

10.3.7 Oil Sands

10.4 Royal Dutch Shell plc, SWOT Analysis

10.4.1 Overview

10.4.2 Royal Dutch Shell plc Strengths

10.4.3 Royal Dutch Shell plc Weaknesses

10.4.4 Royal Dutch Shell plc Opportunities

10.4.5 Royal Dutch Shell plc Threats

 

11 Profile of ConocoPhillips

11.1 ConocoPhillips, Key Information

11.2 ConocoPhillips, Company Overview

11.3 ConocoPhillips, Business Description

11.3.1 Business Overview

11.3.2 Chemicals Segment

11.3.3 Emerging Businesses Segment

11.3.4 Exploration and Production Segment

11.3.5 LUKOIL Investment

11.3.6 Midstream Segment

11.3.7 Refining, Marketing and Transportation

11.4 ConocoPhillips, SWOT Analysis

11.4.1 Overview

11.4.2 ConocoPhillips Strengths

11.4.3 ConocoPhillips Weaknesses

11.4.4 ConocoPhillips Opportunities

11.4.5 ConocoPhillips Threats

 

12 Financial Deals Landscape

12.1 Detailed Deal Summary

12.1.1 Acquisition

12.1.2 Private Equity

12.1.3 Venture Financing

12.1.4 Debt Offerings

12.1.5 Partnerships

12.1.6 Asset Transactions

 

13 Recent Developments

13.1 License Awards

13.1.1 Dec 21, 2009: Germany Issues Construction Permit To Nord Stream Pipeline Project

13.2 Strategy and Business Expansion

13.2.1 Oct 12, 2009: OMV And University Of Vienna Sign Framework Agreement To Foster Scientific Collaboration

13.3 Financial Announcements

13.3.1 Oct 29, 2009: BASF Reports Net Income Of EUR237 Million In Q3 2009

13.3.2 Aug 28, 2009: EWE Reports Net Profit Of EUR256.5 Million In H1 2009

13.4 Other Significant Developments

13.4.1 Mar 30, 2010: Nord Stream Pipelay Vessel Enters Baltic Sea

13.4.2 Mar 23, 2010: Azerbaijan Seeks Iran, Iraq's Participation In Nabucco Gas Pipeline Project

13.4.3 Mar 16, 2010: Nord Stream Completes Phase I Financing For Pipeline Project

13.4.4 Feb 24, 2010: RWE Dea Updates On Quellenburg 1 Well In Lower Saxony, Germany

13.4.5 Jan 22, 2010: Nord Stream Awards EUR1 Billion Pipe Supply Contract To OMK, Sumitomo And Europipe

13.4.6 Jan 18, 2010: Gassco Transports 99.8 Billion Scm Of Norwegian Gas To European Terminals In 2009

13.4.7 Jan 06, 2010: RWE Dea Appoints Thomas Rappuhn As Its New Chairman

13.4.8 Dec 28, 2009: Nord Stream Receives Permit To Construct Natural Gas Pipeline In Germany’s Exclusive Economic Zone

13.4.9 Dec 17, 2009: Wintershall Invests In Domestic Oil Production

13.4.10 Dec 17, 2009: E.ON Ruhrgas Announces Management Changes

13.4.11 Dec 14, 2009: Wintershall To Change Its Legal Form

13.4.12 Dec 10, 2009: VNG Appoints Ties Tiessen To Its Board

13.4.13 Nov 23, 2009: RWE Power Places Gas Pipeline At Gerstein Plant In Operation In Germany

13.4.14 Nov 13, 2009: Free Capacities At Inzenham-West Natural Gas Storage Facility From April 2012: RWE Dea Says

13.4.15 Nov 09, 2009: Gazprom, Siemens Review Agreement On Strategic Partnership

13.4.16 Oct 02, 2009: Gazprom, E.ON Ruhrgas Discuss Cooperation In Gas Sector

13.5 New Contracts Announcements

13.5.1 Mar 18, 2010: Technip Secures Contract For Nord Stream Project In Baltic Sea

13.5.2 Dec 30, 2009: PGNiG Signs Crude Oil Sales Agreement With TOTAL

 

14 Appendix

14.1 Methodology

14.1.1 Coverage

14.1.2 Secondary Research

14.1.3 Primary Research

14.1.4 E&P Forecasts

14.1.5 Midstream Forecasts

14.1.6 Expert Panel Validation

14.2 Contact Us

14.3 About GlobalData

14.4 Disclaimer

1.1 List of Tables

Table 1: Germany, Historical and Forecasted Production and Consumption of Natural Gas (Bcf), 1996-2020

Table 2: Germany, Historical and Forecasted Exports and Imports of Natural Gas (Bcf), 1996-2020

Table 3: Germany, Historical Reserves of Natural Gas (Bcf), 1996-2009

Table 4: Germany(Offshore), Remaining NPV, Sensitivity to Discount Rates for sample model

Table 5: Western Europe, Investment Benchmarking, Overall Country Rankings, March 2010

Table 6: Western Europe, Investment Benchmarking, Upstream Fiscal Attractiveness, March 2010

Table 7: Western Europe, Investment Benchmarking, Gas Sector Performance, March 2010

Table 8: Western Europe, Investment Benchmarking, Economic Performance, March 2010

Table 9: Western Europe, Country Standings, Economic Performance, March 2010

Table 10: Western Europe, Investment Benchmarking, Socio-Political Performance, March 2010

Table 11: Western Europe, Country Standings, Socio-Political Performance, March 2010

Table 12: Germany, Natural Gas Key Statistics, 2009

Table 13: Germany, Total Marketed Natural Gas Production (MMcf), 2002-2009

Table 14: Germany, Marketed Natural Gas Production (MMcf) by Type, 2002-2009

Table 15: Germany, Marketed Natural Gas Production (MMcf), by Assets, 2002-2009

Table 16: Germany, Marketed Equity Weighted Natural Gas Production by Company (MMcf), 2002-2009

Table 17: Germany, Market Share (%) based on Marketed Natural Gas Production, 2002- 2009

Table 18: Germany, Marketed Natural Gas Production Forecast by Assets(MMcf), 2010-2015

Table 19: Germany, Active Gas Field Asset Details

Table 20: Germany, Pipeline Key Statistics, 2009

Table 21: Germany, Natural Gas Pipelines Length By Company (Km), 2009

Table 22: Germany, Natural Gas Pipelines, 2009

Table 23: Germany Regasification Capacity (Bcf), 2000-2015

Table 24: Germany, Regasification Capacity by Company (Bcf), 2000-2015

Table 25: Germany, Planned LNG Regasification Terminals and Capex, 2010-15

Table 26: Germany LNG Sector, Regasification Capacity (Bcf), 2000-2015

Table 27: Germany Underground Gas Storage Key Statistics, 2009

Table 28: Germany Underground Gas Storage Capacity by Company (MMcf), 2009

Table 29: Germany, Underground Working Gas Capacity (MMcf) by Area, 2009

Table 30: Germany, Active Underground Gas Storage Capacity (MMcf), 2009

Table 31: Germany, Planned Underground Gas Storage Capacity (MMcf), 2009

Table 32: BP p.l.c., Key Facts

Table 33: BP p.l.c., SWOT Analysis

Table 34: Royal Dutch Shell plc, Key Facts

Table 35: Royal Dutch Shell plc, SWOT Analysis

Table 36: ConocoPhillips, Key Facts

Table 37: ConocoPhillips, SWOT Analysis

Table 38: EEG-Erdgas Transport To Sell Its 5.26% Stake In VNG To Gazprom Germania

Table 39: Gazprom Acquires 49% Stake In Gerosgaz From E.ON

Table 40: EnBW Acquires 26% Stake In EWE

Table 41: Deutsche Rohstoff Acquires 33% Interest In Rhein Petroleum

Table 42: EnBW To Acquire 47.89% Stake In VNG From EWE

Table 43: Ventizz Capital Partners Acquires 72.28% Stake In SSP Technology

Table 44: Deutsche Rohstoff Raises $6.19 Million In Venture Financing Round

Table 45: EWE Completes 5.25% Bond Offering For $698 Million

Table 46: BASF Issues 4.25% Notes For $279 Million

Table 47: BASF Issues 4.625% Notes For $492 Million

Table 48: RWE Completes 5.5% Bond Offering For $824 Million

Table 49: RWE Completes 6.12% Bond Offering For $1.6 Billion

Table 50: E.ON prices Its Bond Offering For $300 Million

Table 51: RWE Completes Public Offering Of $2,087.37 Million Euro Benchmark Bonds

Table 52: BASF Issues 3.75% Notes For $1,792 Million

Table 53: BASF Issues 5.875% Notes For $572 Million

Table 54: BASF Completes Offering Of $211.43 Million Of 4.5% Bonds Due 2016

Table 55: BASF Issues 5.125% Notes For $1,941 Million

Table 56: E.ON Completes Private Placement For $2036.79 Million

Table 57: RP Rhein Petroleum Enters Into Joint Venture With Wintershall Holding

Table 58: EnBW Energie Baden-Wurttemberg Forms Joint Venture With Electricite de France

Table 59: GDF Suez To Acquire 9% Stake In Nord Stream Gas Pipeline Project

Table 60: GDF Suez To Acquire 40% Stake In H&L Gas Field

Table 61: Wintershall Holding To Acquire 25% Interest In Cuxhaven Concession

Table 62: Hansa Hydrocarbons To Acquire 20% Interest In H & L Blocks From Wintershall

Table 63: RWE To Sell German Gas Grid

1.2 List of Figures

Figure 1: Germany, Energy Sector Break-Up(%), 2009

Figure 2: Germany, Historical and Forecasted Production and Consumption of Natural Gas (Bcf), 1996-2020

Figure 3: Germany, Historical and Forecasted Exports and Imports of Natural Gas (Bcf), 1996-2020

Figure 4: Germany, Historical Reserves of Natural Gas (Bcf), 1996-2009

Figure 5: Germany, Sample Full Field Economics, Sample Cash Flows

Figure 6: Germany(Offshore), Sample Full Field Economics, Government and Contractor Takes

Figure 7: Germany(Offshore), Sample Full Field Economics, Post Tax Cash Flow vs. Gross Revenue

Figure 8: Germany(Offshore), Sample Full Field Economics, Project Post Tax Cash Flows At Various Discount Rates

Figure 9: Western Europe, Country Standings, Upstream Fiscal Attractiveness, March 2010

Figure 10: Western Europe, Country Standings, Gas Sector Performance, by Reserves-Exploration & Production, March 2010

Figure 11: Western Europe, Country Standings, Gas Sector Performance, by Production & Consumption, March 2010

Figure 12: Western Europe, Country Standings, Exploration Blocks Awarded, March 2010

Figure 13: Western Europe, Country Standings, Economic Performance, March 2010

Figure 14: Western Europe, Country Standings, Socio-Political Performance, March 2010

Figure 15: Germany, Natural Gas Assets Map, 2009

Figure 16: Germany, Total Marketed Natural Gas Production (MMcf), 2002-2009

Figure 17: Germany, Marketed Natural Gas Production (MMcf) by Type, 2002-2009

Figure 18: Germany, Marketed Equity Weighted Natural Gas Production by Company (MMcf), 2002-2009

Figure 19: Germany, Market Share (%) based on Marketed Natural Gas Production, 2009

Figure 20: Germany, Natural Gas Pipelines Length By Company (Km), 2009

Figure 21: Germany Regasification Capacity (Bcf), 2000-2015

Figure 22: Germany Regasification Capacity, Market Share by Company (Bcf), 2000-2015

Figure 23: Germany Underground Gas Storage Capacity, Market Shares (%), 2009

Figure 24: Germany, Underground Working Gas Capacity (MMcf) by Area (%), 2009

Figure 25: GlobalData Methodology