6 – Income from companies accounted for using the equity method

The largest portion of income from companies accounted for using the equity method pertained to the Oil & Gas segment, especially the companies GASCADE Gastransport GmbH, based in Kassel, Germany; Nord Stream AG, based in Zug, Switzerland; and OAO Severneftegazprom, based in Krasnoselkup, Russian Federation.

The decline in income from companies accounted for using the equity method in the second quarter and first half of 2015 was partly attributable to the sale of shares in Styrolution Holding GmbH, based in Frankfurt, Germany, effective November 17, 2014, as well as a scheduled plant shutdown at BASF-YPC Company Ltd. in Nanjing, China, in the second quarter of 2015.