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OMV and Repsol Searching for Oil in Romania.
Petrom, the Romanian subsidiary of OMV and the Spanish Repsol Group have agreed on a joint venture in Romania. Investments estimated at approximately EUR 50 mn in the next two years.
February 23, 2013
OMV Sells Its Marketing Subsidiary in Croatia
With this transaction OMV Refining and Marketing has completed the next step in implementing the defined divestment program.
February 1, 2013
Nabucco Pipeline Is Taking Shape Slowly
The natural gas pipeline commences Front End Engineering and Design services for Nabucco West project.
January 28, 2013
Bayerngas Leaves Nabucco
The German natural gas company does not want to join the pipeline project.
January 28, 2013
Nabucco: Decision Will Be Announced by Mid-2013
The Shah Deniz II consortium will announce its decision on the pipeline project in June, Nabucco´s CEO Reinhard Mitschek says.
January 21, 2013
Strong Political Support for Nabucco
Nabucco countries acknowledge the ministerial declaration extending legal and regulatory framework to Nabucco West.
January 19, 2013
Serbia: Dinkic Underlines Importance of South Stream Pipeline
The South Stream pipeline is a “national project” and of vital interest for Serbia, Minister of Economics Mladjan Dinkic says.
January 19, 2013
Croatia Finds Compromise with Gazprom
Croatia will be connected with the South Stream pipeline. The construction costs will total € 60m.
January 17, 2013
Austria: Regional Energy Providers Invest Massively in Renewable Energy
In 2013, the regional energy supplier Energie AG wants to invest € 180m. The Vienna-listed EVN group intends to increase its renewable energy portfolio by € 800m until 2020.
January 16, 2013
Shah Deniz Consortium to Enter Nabucco Project
Today, the Nabucco´s shareholders and the Shah Deniz Consortium agreed on a joint declaration.
January 10, 2013
OMV: Final Investment Decision for Aasta Hansteen Gas Field
World’s largest floating spar platform in the Northern Norwegian Sea: Final investment decision taken to develop the promising Aasta Hansteen gas field including new pipeline infrastructure.
January 9, 2013
New Hope for Nabucco
The gas pipeline project is said to get a new major shareholder. In case of the entry of the Shah Deniz II consortium, Nabucco´s utilization would be secured.
December 22, 2012
Nabucco: Official Approval in Bulgaria
Bulgarian Ministry approves Nabucco National Environmental Impact Assessment Report.
December 22, 2012
Petrom: Major Gas Deal Signed
OMV Petrom exploring shallow water sector of Neptun block in the Black Sea.
December 22, 2012
EVN Posts Mixed Results
The Austrian energy company records an increase in revenues. EBIT fell by 7.0%, net profits grow slightly. Outlook 2012/13: Group net profit is expected to be on the prior-year level.
December 13, 2012
South Stream: No Pipelines to Austria
Austria will not be connected to the Russian pipeline project. Neither OMV nor Gazprom make a comment.
December 12, 2012
OMV and RWE Talk About Stakes in Nabucco
The German energy group plans sells its shares to Austrian OMV. OMV´s CEO Roiss expects that the consortium of Nabucco will change.
December 8, 2012
Russia Starts South Stream Pipeline
Today, the Russian gas group Gazprom has officially begun the construction works of the pipeline project.
December 7, 2012
Bulgaria Puts Pressure on Nabucco
Bulgaria wants the Nabucco project to start as soon as possible.
December 5, 2012
OMV Sells Its Marketing Subsidiary in Bosnia-Herzegovina
With this move, OMV Refining & Marketing has completed the next step in implementing the defined divestment program that contributes to reduce the weighting of the Refining and Marketing division in the overall OMV portfolio.
November 30, 2012
OMV Focuses on Black Sea and North Sea
By 2020, the Austrian oil and gas group will ship natural gas from the Black Sea to Austria. Investments in the North Sea region are being fostered.
November 24, 2012
OMV to Expand Production
Until 2016, the Austrian gas and oil group intends to enhance the daily production up to 350,000 barrels.
November 22, 2012
OMV Underlines Necessity of Shale Gas Production
The Austrian oil and gas group stresses that shale gas may reduce the dependency on Russian natural gas.
November 20, 2012
South Stream Pipeline: Construction Works to Begin in December
The pipeline projects of Russia´s gas group Gazprom makes substantial progress. Europe´s dependence on Russia is growing further.
November 12, 2012
OMV Fosters its Presence in the UK
The Austrian oil and gas group has been awarded 16 exploration blocks and part-blocks in one of its core growth markets West of Shetlands.
November 9, 2012
OMV: Good Performance Expected
The Austrian oil and gas group will publish the results for the first nine months tomorrow.
November 6, 2012
Croatia Does not Participate in South Stream Pipeline
The Russian gas pipeline South Stream will not run across Croatia. Initially, Croatia was viewed as transit country.
November 5, 2012
South Stream Pipeline: Gazprom Concludes Contract with Hungary
The Russian energy group Gazprom has negotiated the last conditions of the contract with Serbia and Hungary.
November 2, 2012
OMV Announces Production Growth
Due to recovery of production in Yemen, OMV´s oil output was up substantially.
October 19, 2012
OMV Signs Major Oil Acquisition in Norway
“A further important move to establish Norway as core country in OMV’s Exploration and Production portfolio”: The Austrian oil group acquires a 20% stake in the Edvard Grieg oil field development from RWE.
October 16, 2012
„Nabucco Is not Dead at All“
The EU-Commissioner of Energy Günther Oettinger is optimistic that Nabucco will be successful. According to Austria´s Minister of Economics Reinhold Mitterlehner, the prospects of success are “50+”.
October 9, 2012
OMV Expands in Pakistan
OMV and Latif joint venture partners sign lease deed for the development of Latif gas field in the province of Sindh, Pakistan. Latif field production will contribute around 6,000 boe/d of production to OMV in 2014.
October 5, 2012
OMV Considers Joining Tanap
The Austrian oil and gas company intends to invest up to $ 7.0bn in the Turkish-Azeri project.
September 25, 2012
MOL Announces Massive Investments in Hungary
The Hungarian oil group plans to make investments of € 1.1bn in the next three years.
September 25, 2012
Total, OMV and Repsol pay € 48m for Test Drillings in Bulgaria´s Black Sea
Bulgaria wants to reduce its dependence on Russian energy. The consortium has paid € 48m to Bulgaria.
September 22, 2012
OMV Issues Eurobonds Worth € 1.5bn
OMV raises € 1.5bn in long-dated Eurobonds and announces tender offers for its 2014 Eurobond as well as its 2014 and 2016 Schuldschein loan notes to further extend its debt maturity profile.
September 19, 2012
OMV Gives Up Fracking Plans
The Austrian oil and gas company announced that there will be no shale gas production in Austria.
September 17, 2012
Kuwait Petroleum Interested in Croatian and Bosnian OMV Stations
OMV sells 91 petrol stations in Croatia and Bosnia. After the Croatian INA has announced to have submitted a binding offer, Kwait Petroleum shows interest.
September 14, 2012
OMV Sells 15% Stake in CEGH to Slovak Eurstream
The Austrian oil company reduced its share in Central European Gas Hub from 80% to 65%.
September 14, 2012
INA Underlines Interest in OMV´s Petrol Stations
The Croatian oil group wants to take over the petrol station business of Austrian OMV in Croatia and Bosnia.
September 12, 2012
Croatian INA Submits Offer to OMV
Austrian OMV sells its petrol station business in Croatia and Bosnia. The Croatian subsidiary of Hungarian MOL has submitted a binding offer.
September 5, 2012
OMV and Total Start Gas Drillings in Bulgaria´s Black Sea
Bulgaria wants to reduce its dependence on Russian energy. Together with the French Total Group and the Spanish Repsol Group, Austrian OMV begins test gas drillings in the Bulgarian Black Sea.
September 1, 2012
South Stream Pipeline May Run Across Croatia
Instead of Hungary, the pipeline project South Stream may pass through Croatia. Gazprom currently negotiates with the Croatian operator Plinacro.
August 20, 2012
OMV Starts Gas Drillings in Ukraine
Together with the U.S. oils group ExxonMobil, the Dutch-British Shell Group, and the Ukrainian Nadra Ukrayny, OMV´s subsidiary Petrom starts natural gas drillings in the Ukrainian Black Sea region.
August 17, 2012
Verbund to Sell Stake in Enerjisa?
The German energy group eon is said to be interested in Verbund´s Turkish interest.
August 17, 2012
OMV to Focus on Gas Business
The Austrian oil and gas company intends to exploit natural gas in proximity to Europe. The Black Sea and the North Sea are the strategically most important areas.
August 8, 2012
OMV: Higher Profit than Expected
In the second quarter, clean CCS EBIT was at € 865 mn, up 82% vs. Q2/11. Sales grew by 25%. Gearing ratio down to 31% vs. 34% in Q2/11.
August 8, 2012
Proceedings Against Bulgarian Subsidiary of OMV Stopped
The Bulgarian Competition Authority KZK stopped investigations against OMV Bulgaria, Rompetrol, Lukoil and Naftex Petrol. The companies were suspected of price fixing.
August 1, 2012
New Hope for Nabucco West
The Aseri Minister of Energy Natik Aliyev thinks that Nabucco West would be better than the rival project TAP.
July 27, 2012
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