APA ots news: OMV refinery Schwechat: No indication of sabotage – no investigations by the State Security and Intelligence Directorate
Vienna (APA-ots) – According to reports without factual basis in individual media
about an alleged act of sabotage in the Schwechat refinery
June 2022, OMV immediately contacted the State Security Directorate
and message service (DSN) contacted. In this conversation
was once again made clear that in the course of the investigations of the
Cause of accident by internal experts and external experts
no indications of an act of sabotage were found.
Accordingly, DSN has also confirmed to OMV that it
no investigations.
background
During the legally required water pressure test in the frame
of the final work of the OMV refinery Schwechat general overhaul
occurred on June 3, 2022 following a mechanical incident
significant damage to the crude oil distillation plant. This plant
refines most of the crude oil into its component parts and
thus ready for further processing in the refinery. Consequently
only 20% of the total refinery capacity could be used. the
OMV plans to open the Schwechat refinery in the first half of October
fully operational again.
OMV Aktiengesellschaft
With group sales of EUR 36 billion and a
One of the largest with a workforce of around 22,400 in 2021
listed industrial companies in Austria.
In the Chemicals & Materials division, OMV counts through its
Subsidiary Borealis is one of the world’s leading providers
advanced and circular polyolefin solutions and
is a European market leader in basic chemicals,
plant nutrients and plastic recycling. Together with the two
important joint ventures – Borouge (with ADNOC, in the UAE and
Singapore) and Baystar (with TotalEnergies, in the US) – delivers
Borealis products and services to customers around the world
World. The OMV Refining & Marketing Division produces and
markets fuels and raw materials for the chemical industry,
operates three refineries in Europe and holds a 15% stake
in a refinery joint venture in the UAE. OMV operates around
1,800 filling stations in ten European countries. To the activities
also belongs to Gas & Power Eastern Europe, where they also have a gas-fired power plant in
Romania operates. In the Exploration & Production division
explores, develops and produces OMV oil and gas in the four
Core regions of Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa,
North Sea and Asia-Pacific. The average daily production
was 2021, including the production of a joint venture in Russia,
at 486,000 boe/d with a focus on the production of natural gas
(~60%). From March 1, 2022, Russian companies will not
more consolidated. Activities include gas marketing
Western Europe, where they also have gas storage facilities in Austria and Germany
operates.
OMV will evolve from an integrated oil, gas and
chemical company into a leading provider of innovative
develop sustainable fuels, chemicals and materials and
a leading global role in the circular economy
take in. With the shift to a low-carbon business, pursued
OMV’s goal, by 2050 at the latest, in all three scopes
to become climate neutral.
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