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	<title>News BASF-Products : Oil and Gas</title>
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	<description>News from the BASF Oil and Gas division</description>
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	<copyright>2008, BASF SE</copyright>
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	  <title><![CDATA[BASF enters a challenging 2008 with a record first quarter]]></title>  							 
	  <link>http://media.basf.com/en/presse/mitteilungen/pm.htm?pmid=3073</link> 
          <description><![CDATA[Ludwigshafen, Germany - April 24, 2008 - The BASF Group has continued on its successful path in the first three months of 2008. Having posted a further record quarter, it is confident with regard to the coming months. First-quarter sales rose by almost 9 percent to €15.9 billion, while income from operations (EBIT) before special items increased by more than 11 percent compared with the same period of 2007 to almost €2.4 billion.]]></description> 
	 <pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate> 
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	  <title><![CDATA[New Keroflux® plant begins operation at Ludwigshafen site]]></title>  							 
	  <link>http://media.basf.com/en/presse/mitteilungen/pm.htm?pmid=3015</link> 
          <description><![CDATA[BASF SE has started up a new Keroflux plant at its Ludwigshafen site. The Keroflux® brands are refinery chemicals and so-called cold flow improvers.]]></description> 
	 <pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate> 
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	  <title><![CDATA[New record year 2007 gives BASF confidence for 2008]]></title>  							 
	  <link>http://media.basf.com/en/presse/mitteilungen/pm.htm?pmid=3004</link> 
          <description><![CDATA[Ludwigshafen, Germany – February 21, 2008 – For BASF, 2007 was another record year. Thanks to organic growth and the very positive development of the acquired businesses, BASF posted sales of almost €58 billion and income from operations (EBIT) before special items of more than €7.6 billion in 2007.]]></description> 
	 <pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate> 
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	  <title><![CDATA[Wintershall acquires five new exploration licenses in Norway]]></title>  							 
	  <link>http://investor.basf.com/en/investor/news/mitteilungen/pm.htm?pmid=2996</link> 
          <description><![CDATA[Oslo/Kassel. In the latest licensing round, APA 2007, the Norwegian     Energy Ministry awarded Wintershall Norge A.S. shares in five new explo-ration licenses. Of these, the BASF subsidiary was awarded two new li-censes in the European Arctic Sea and three new licenses in the Norwe-gian North Sea.]]></description> 
	 <pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 12:30:00 GMT</pubDate> 
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	  <title><![CDATA[BASF producing natural gas in Siberia with Gazprom]]></title>  							 
	  <link>http://media.basf.com/en/presse/mitteilungen/pm.htm?pmid=2947</link> 
          <description><![CDATA[-Production launch at the Yuzhno Russkoye gas field<br />-Wintershall to have 35 percent share in economic rewards<br />-WINGAS secures Russian gas exports for Europe through to 2036<br /><br />Moscow. BASF AG and Russia’s OAO Gazprom today (December 18, 2007) officially launched production operations at the Russian natural gas field Yuzhno Russkoye. This is the first time that a German company has been directly involved in the production of natural gas in West Siberia.]]></description> 
	 <pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate> 
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	  <title><![CDATA[BASF heading for record year again]]></title>  							 
	  <link>http://media.basf.com/en/presse/mitteilungen/pm.htm?pmid=2891</link> 
          <description><![CDATA[- Increased sales (up 5 percent) and EBIT before special items (up 6 percent) in third quarter <br />- Earnings per share more than doubled in third quarter<br />- Positive outlook for 2007: Significant sales increase to nearly €58 billion and EBIT before special items above previous year’s record level<br /><br />BASF – The Chemical Company – also increased its sales and earnings in the third quarter of 2007 and is thus heading for a record year again. BASF’s Chief Financial Officer Dr. Kurt Bock pointed out to analysts and journalists that all segments contributed to the increase in sales. In particular, the businesses acquired last year performed strongly.]]></description> 
	 <pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2007 07:30:00 GMT</pubDate> 
	 <category>Oil and Gas</category>
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	  <title><![CDATA[Asset swap between BASF and Gazprom largely completed ]]></title>  							 
	  <link>http://media.basf.com/en/presse/mitteilungen/pm.htm?pmid=2888</link> 
          <description><![CDATA[Ludwigshafen/Moscow: BASF Aktiengesellschaft and Russian company OAO Gazprom have today (25.10.2007) largely completed their asset swap by legal transferring their respective shareholdings.]]></description> 
	 <pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2007 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate> 
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	  <title><![CDATA[BASF increases capacity for low molecular weight polyisobutene in Antwerp]]></title>  							 
	  <link>http://media.basf.com/en/presse/mitteilungen/pm.htm?pmid=2853</link> 
          <description><![CDATA[BASF will expand its plant for low molecular weight, highly reactive polyisobutene (HR PIB), which is marketed globally under the Glissopal® trademark, at its Verbund site in Antwerp, Belgium. BASF will thereby increase its capacity for Glissopal® in Antwerp by 25 000 tonnes to a total of 100 000 tonnes per year. The start up of the expanded capacity is planned for March 2008.]]></description> 
	 <pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2007 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate> 
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	  <title><![CDATA[BASF posts very strong results in second quarter of 2007]]></title>  							 
	  <link>http://media.basf.com/en/presse/mitteilungen/pm.htm?pmid=2793</link> 
          <description><![CDATA[- Volume demand remains strong: Second-quarter sales climb to €14.7 billion (up 19 percent)<br />- EBIT before special items reaches €2.0 billion (up 6 percent)<br />- Further portfolio measures: Strategic options under review for parts of styrenics business<br />- Outlook for 2007 confirmed: Significantly higher sales, EBIT before special items to at least match the previous year’s record level<br /><br />BASF – The Chemical Company – remains in top form: In the second quarter and first half of 2007, the company again exceeded the record results posted in the same periods of the previous year. In the second quarter, BASF increased sales by 19 percent and income from operations (EBIT) before special items by 6 percent.]]></description> 
	 <pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2007 07:30:00 GMT</pubDate> 
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	  <title><![CDATA[German district court regards lawsuit against BASF as unfounded]]></title>  							 
	  <link>http://media.basf.com/en/presse/mitteilungen/pm.htm?pmid=2716</link> 
          <description><![CDATA[At today’s hearing, The District Court of Frankenthal fully supported the legal position of BASF that the claims brought by the U.S.-based company Moncrief are without any merit. The Court announced that it will reject the lawsuit brought against BASF as unfounded.]]></description> 
	 <pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2007 15:40:00 GMT</pubDate> 
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