APA ots news: OMV refinery Schwechat: No indication of sabotage – no…

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.

Query note:

OMV Aktiengesellschaft

Andreas Rinofner

+43 1 40440-21357

[email protected]

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