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The merger of German energy companies Wintershall and DEA creates Europe鈥檚 biggest private oil and gas company at a time when international climate researchers urge industrialised countries to tame their appetite for carbon-intensive energy generation, Daniel Wetzel writes in the Welt am Sonntag. However, Lord Browne of Madingley, head of DEA鈥檚 owner L1 麻豆无码版, says the new company called Wintershall DEA will 鈥渞ather be a company for gas and oil than for oil and gas,鈥� since 70 percent of its output will be natural gas, which is considered an important bridge fuel in the energy transition due to its comparatively low CO₂-intensity. Natural gas might 鈥渂ecome part of the problem in 50 years 鈥� but over the next decades, it will be part of the solution for climate protection,鈥� Browne said. 

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