25 Oct 2017 19:45

Wintershall Russia gets new CEO

MOSCOW. Oct 25 (Interfax) - Torsten Murin, currently Vice President of Nord Stream and Gas Transport, will become head of Wintershall Russia from January 1, 2018, the German company said in a statement.

He will replace Margarita Hoffmann, who will take over the Nord Stream and Gas Transport division which Murin headed in Kassel.

This will make Hoffmann responsible for Wintershall's participation in projects involving gas transport and transit routes, including the Baltic pipelines Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2, as well as the OPAL and NEL pipelines on continental Europe.