OMV Considering Closer Cooperation with Azerbaijan

Central- & Eastern EuropeRomania ♦ Published: May 20, 2011; 14:47 ♦ (Vindobona)

The Austrian oil and gas group is in talks about investments in the oil-rich country which is an important supplier for Nabucco.

OMV Considering Closer Cooperation with Azerbaijan / Picture: © Vindobona.org

CEO Gerhard Roiss met Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev in Baku this week. On the occasion of this encounter OMV signed a memorandum of understanding for extended cooperation with state-owned SOCAR (State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic). According to reports, the talks did not only turn on collaboration in the midstream segment (pipelines), but also in the upstream business…