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Read the latest headlines about developments in the international oil and gas industry in Vienna and Austria
MOL: Oil Supply to Hungary not Endangered
According to Hungarian oil and gas enterprise MOL, the supply to Hungary is not endangered by the delivery stop of Russian oild products passing through Ukraine.
May 9, 2014
Calls for European Energy Union Become Louder
Polish PM Tusk called for a European energy union. His Hungarian counterpart supports the idea.
May 9, 2014
Do Taxes Justify a Relocation of Business?
Tax sensitive business operations should be relocated to other areas if necessary, according to the head of Erste Bank Austria.
April 24, 2014
Eder: Policy-Makers Have to Make Decisions
Wolfgang Eder, CEO of Austrian steel manufacturer voestalpine, claims not to have heard anything from the Austrian policy makers after he raised criticizm with regard to the Austrian business location.
April 24, 2014
Austria: Federation of Trade Unions Warns of Privatizations
The Austrian Federation of Trade Unions warns the Austrian state not to push through with further privatizations.
December 11, 2013
WEF: Russian Economy Needs Change in Domestic Institutional Environment
The Russian Federation is poised for transformation.
November 1, 2013
Dispute about Gas between Russian and Ukraine about to Escalate
According to Russian energy giant Gazprom, Ukraine has not yet paid deliveries of natural gas in the amount of around € 639m.
October 29, 2013
Romanian Romgaz Starts IPO
Tomorrow, Monday, the Romanian government sells a 15% stake in Romgaz via the stock exchange. In the last months, the IMF has urged Romania to accelerate the privatization policy.
October 21, 2013
OMV: Weakest Refining Margin Since 2009
Compared to the same period in 2012, the whole production of Austrian oil company OMV has decreased in the third quarter as well as compared to the previous quarter.
October 18, 2013
Bulgaria Supports Trans Adriatic Pipeline
During yesterday’s world media meeting, on behalf of his country Bulgarian President Rosen Plevniev expressed his support of the Trans Adriatic Pipeline project (TAP).
October 16, 2013
Ukrainian Gas Pipeline Key Issue for EU Commission
A gas pipeline plan in the Ukraine is among the EU Commission’s key infrastructure projects.
October 16, 2013
Solution to Croatian/Hungarian Mol Issue Expected Soon
The Croatian justice has issued an international arrest warrant for the head of Hungarian oil company Mol.
October 15, 2013
EU Commission Favors New Nabucco Project
After OMV’s pipeline project Nabucco failed, the EU Commission takes into consideration a stripped-down version along the Danube.
October 14, 2013
Croatia: Hypo Group Losing Last Industrial Participation
Croatian chemical company Dioki is facing bankruptcy which is why Hypo Group is losing one of the last industrial participations in the country.
October 14, 2013
Serbia’s Participation in South Stream Not at Risk
According to Petar Skundic, Serbian energy advisor to the Prime Minister, the gas pipeline project is not imperiled by the government’s austerity measures.
October 14, 2013
Romania Keeps Majority Stake in Romgaz
Romania´s government will privatize 15% of the country´s biggest natural gas producer. The opening of the economy to foreign investors bears potential dangers.
October 12, 2013
Gazprom May Face Proceedings by Austrian OMV
OMV considers arbitral proceedings against Russian Gazprom in case no joint solution will be found.
October 9, 2013
Hungary and Croatia to Solve MOL/INA Issue
Both Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs Janos Martonyi and his Croatian counterpart Vesna Pusic intend to solve the issue between Hungarian MOL and Croatian INA.
October 9, 2013
Poland Hopes for Cheap Gas by Gazprom
The Polish government is hoping to be able to bargain prices with Russian energy giant Gazprom, Polish Minister for Economy Janusz Piechocinski announced today.
October 8, 2013
Hungary Rejects Extradiction of Head of Mol
A Hungarian court rejected the extradiction of Zsolt Hernadi, who is alleged of having bribed former Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanander.
October 7, 2013
Hungarian MOL May Withdraw from Croatia
The Hungarian government considers selling MOL´s Croatian peer INA.
October 4, 2013
EU Commission to Lead Cartel Proceedings Against Gazprom
The Russian energy giant Gazprom might face penalties of up to € 11bn.
October 3, 2013
Rosneft Wants to Take over Majority of TNK-BP
The World’s biggest oil company Rosneft intends taking over British-Russian joint venture TNK-BP at the beginning of next year.
September 30, 2013
Poland Leads Ranking of Top Enterprises in CEE
Credit insurance company Coface has for the fifth time published a study about the Top 500 enterprises in Central and Eastern Europe.
September 24, 2013
Further Nationalizations in Hungary?
In order to acquire further foreign-owned bank and energy companies, Hungary issues new sovereign bonds.
September 23, 2013
Keuschnigg: Losses of Hypo Compensated by Privatizations
Christian Keuschnigg, head of the IHS (Austrian Institute for Higher Studies) suggests to privatize OMV, Post and Telekom Austria to pay for Hypo Group.
September 20, 2013
Gazprom to Team Up With Macedonia
Russian energy giant Gazprom is interested in cooperating with FYR Macedonia.
September 17, 2013
Romania: Austrian Investors Demand Transparency
In an interview with Business Review Romania, Rudolf Lukavsky, commercial counselor for Romania and Moldova at the Austrian Embassy described the downsides and advantages of the economic environment in the country.
September 17, 2013
Serbia Welcomes Russian FDI
Serbian Prime Minister announced that his country was interested in Russian investments.
September 13, 2013
TAP: Surveys with Contractors to Begin
Trans Adriatic Pipeline has authorized its contractors to start surveys.
September 9, 2013
OMV: Oil Discovery in Northern Europe
Austrian Energy Enterprise OMV has discovered significant amounts of oil in the Barents Sea. Around 200m to 500m barrel are estimated to be exploitable.
September 6, 2013
OMV to Take Over Offshore Block in Madagascar
OMV acquires interest in offshore Madagascar block
September 2, 2013
Romania: Planning on Energy Sufficiency by 2018/19
Gas pipeline between Romania and Moldova is set to become operational this year.
August 30, 2013
Romania Claims Compensations for Nabucco
Romania claims EU compensation for abandoned Nabucco project.
August 29, 2013
OMV: Discovery of Gas in Pakistan
OMV: Discovery of gas and condensate in the Mehar block, Pakistan.
August 29, 2013
Slovenia: Decrease of Net Electricity
In the seven months of 2013, Slovenia's total consumption of electricity decreased for less than 1% over the same period one year ago.
August 27, 2013
Ukraine Diversifies Sources of Reverse Gas Supply
Ukraine plans on soon opening two more routes through Romania and Slovakia.
August 22, 2013
Romania: Without Nabucco, Better Chances for Higher Pay-Out for Transgaz
This year's tariffs revisions are better suited to protect the company for the drop in gas consumption, thus RBI sees lower risk of unrealized revenues.
August 20, 2013
Ukraine Remains in a Recession for a Year
In the second quarter of 2013 GDP contracted by 1.1 percent on a year-on-year comparison basis.
August 20, 2013
OMV: Biggest Additional Purchase in Company’s History
OMV invests billions in a participation in the North Sea: The Austrian energy company acquires stakes of Norwegian enterprise Statoil in oil and gas fields in the North Sea for around € 2bn.
August 19, 2013
Ukraine Reduces Imports of Gas by 35 Percent
From January to June 2013, Ukraine was able to reduce gas import by more than 35 percent compared to the same period last year, according to Ukrainian Statistics Service.
August 16, 2013
US to Support Ukraine Gain Energy Independence
One of the key priorities of US Ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey R. Pyatt is the support of Ukraine to gain greater independence in the energy sector.
August 14, 2013
Petrom: New Unit at Petrobrazi Refinery
OMV Petrom commissioned the new gas desulfurization and sulfur recovery unit at Petrobrazi.
August 8, 2013
Gazprom Acquires Kirghiz Gas Network
In return for a symbolic purchase price, the Kirghiz natural gas network is taken over completely by Gazprom. The Russian energy giant intends to invest billions of rubel in infrastructure.
July 29, 2013
Serbia and Bulgaria to Team Up in Energy Policy
Serbia and Bulgaria discuss South Stream, Nis-Sofia gas interconnection and the completion of the section of Corridor 10
July 24, 2013
OMV: Problems in Libya Slow Down Production
The total production of OMV in the second quarter of 2013 has decreased compared to the same period of time in the previous year and the first quarter of the current year.
July 24, 2013
Bulgaria: South Stream Offers 6,000 New Jobs
South Stream Bulgaria´s CEO Georgi Gegov stresses the economic effect of the new gas pipeline from Russia to Western Europe.
July 18, 2013
Russian Economy Shows Insufficient Diversification
The Russian economy is primarily based on commodities, economists at the Moscow Higher School of Economics report. In the medium term, Russia has no growth potential, the experts say.
July 18, 2013
OMV: Major Gas Discovery in Australia
Successful appraisal of the Zola gas discovery offshore Australia.
July 16, 2013
ExxonMobil Signs Agreement with Ukrainian Government
ExxonMobil regards 45bn cubic meters of gas production realistic.
July 15, 2013