Oil and gas

Overview of operational activities of RWE Dea Activities at home and abroad

RWE Dea can look back on more than 113 years’ experience in the field of exploration for and production of natural gas and crude oil. As a company operating on an international scale, RWE Dea's current activities take place in the core regions of central Europe, in North Africa and the region around the Caspian Sea.

Geoscientific and engineering expertise

Owing to the size of the investments involved, being able to draw on outstanding professional competence and technical expertise is vital in the exploration and production of oil and gas. In addition to extensive specialist knowledge in geology and geophysics, RWE Dea also has a great deal of specialist know-how in the use of state-of-the-art drilling and production technologies at its disposal.
An established culture of consistently applying the numerous innovations emerging in the specialist fields of geological and geophysical exploration methodologies, reservoir engineering as well as drilling and production technologies enables the company’s scientists and engineers to tackle exploration projects of ever-increasing complexity and places RWE Dea at the forefront of technological progress.

Knowledge transfer

The expertise available at RWE Dea is also of great importance for other divisions within the RWE Group. For joint projects involving specialists in conventional power station technology (RWE Power) as well as regenerative energies (RWE Innogy), RWE Dea contributes valuable support in relation to various geoscientific and technical issues. For example, projects such as the evaluation of potential underground storage facilities or the construction of geothermal power stations all rely on excellent geological expertise even at the planning stages leading up subsurface exploration.