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Wintershall, the German oil and gas major, has purchased a 10 percent stake in the Ghasha natural gas mega-project in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, boosting the future merger between Wintershall and Deutsche Erdoel AG (DEA) set for 2019.

German chemicals and energy group BASF and LetterOne, the investment vehicle of Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman and chaired by former BP Chief Executive Lord Browne, signed a definitive transaction agreement to merge their respective German-based oil and gas businesses, BASF’s Wintershall and Fridman’s Deutsche Erdoel AG (DEA).