Country Report
Germany upstream summary
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Report summary
Germany is the eighth largest producer of oil and gas in Europe, although since 2013 it has entered terminal decline. The oil and gas industry in Germany has been in existence since 1860, when the first oil discovery was made at Wietze in Lower Saxony. Prior to the development of the North Sea, Germany's oil and gas reserves were by far the largest in Western Europe. Today, Germany is primarily a gas producing country, with almost all production onshore.
Table of contents
- Executive summary
- Key facts
- Location maps
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Key companies
- Leading operators
- Other operators
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Geology
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Introduction
- Onshore
- Offshore
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Northwest German basin
- Overview
- Reservoirs
- Source rocks
- Key producing areas
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Molasse basin
- Overview
- Reservoirs
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Upper Rhine Valley basin
- Overview
- Reservoirs
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Offshore
- Overview
- Reservoirs
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Introduction
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Exploration
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Licensing
- Overview
- Onshore
- Offshore
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Drilling
- Drilling activity
- Key recent activity
- Future activity
- Ban on hydraulic fracturing
- Historical drilling activity
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Licensing
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Reserves and resources
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Reserves
- Reserves by shore status
- Reserves by basin
- Reserves by report
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Reserves
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Production
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Liquids
- Overview
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Gas
- Overview
- Gas quality and calorific value (CV)
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Liquids
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Infrastructure
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Oil infrastructure
- Overview
- Key import pipeline
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Gas infrastructure
- Overview
- Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2
- OPAL, NEL, EUGAL
- JAGAL and STEGAL (non-operational)
- MEGAL
- MIDAL and WEDAL
- Norpipe, Europipe and NETRA
- TENP, NETG and METG
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Oil infrastructure
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Costs
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Capital costs
- Capital expenditure by location
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Operating costs
- Operating expenditure by location
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Capital costs
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Policy and regulation
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Key legislation
- Overview
- Federal Mining Act (Bundesberggesetz (BBergG))
- Shale gas legislation
- Regulatory body
- State participation
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Key legislation
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Fiscal terms
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Overview
- Upstream
- Midstream and downstream
- Current fiscal terms
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Concessions
- Licence periods
- State equity
- Fiscal/contractual ring-fences
- Bonuses, rentals and fees
- Royalty
- Corporate income tax (corporate tax and solidarity surcharge)
- Municipal trade tax
- EU temporary solidarity contribution (2022-23)
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Overview
Tables and charts
This report includes the following images and tables:
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Germany - liquid production by basinGermany - gas production by basinKey facts: Table 1
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Country mapReserves and contingent resources at 01/01/2025Liquids and Gas Production 2024Net Acreage 2025Germany - liquids and gas reservesGermany - remaining reservesGermany - major geological basinsNorthwest German basinMolasse and Upper Rhine Valley basins
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What's included
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