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
- Leading operators
- Other operators
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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
- Molasse basin
- Upper Rhine Valley basin
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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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Reserves
- Reserves by shore status
- Reserves by basin
- Reserves by report
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Tables and charts
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Remaining Reserves and Contingent Resources at 01/01/2026Liquid and Gas Production 2026Net Acreage 2026
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Contingent Resources by Sector at 01/01/2026Operating Expenditure by Region (US$ Million) 2016-2025Germany - major geological basinsNorthwest German basinMolasse and Upper Rhine Valley basinsGermany - current licencesReserves by Sector at 01/01/2026Reserves by Basin at 01/01/2026Reserves at 01/01/2026
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What's included
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