Effective as of 1 February, Uwe Balasus-Lange (49) took over the function as Head of the newly created division Germany/Denmark of DEA Deutsche Erdoel AG. He was previously engaged as Head of Field Development at the Hamburg-based company.
In the course of his past career Mr Balasus-Lange acquired extensive experience in Germany and abroad as well as in-depth functional expertise in all areas of the upstream business.
Mr Balasus-Lange is familiar with the details of the scope and tasks of the new division created as part of the restructuring programme as he was engaged as production engineer in the natural gas production facility in Lower Saxony and as Head of the Bavarian gas storage facilities. As Head of the Holstein Production District, he was also in charge of crude oil production from Germany’s largest oil field, Mittelplate. From 2001 to 2004, Balasus-Lange also acquired international functional expertise by assuming managerial activities for the DEA Egypt Branch and the Suez Oil Company in Egypt.