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CEO of Eni Paolo Scaroni has said that the partners in the South Stream pipeline have decided to begin work on the Austrian section of the pipeline before it begins work on the Italian section. Speaking to reporters today, Mr. Scaroni said a decision had been made to begin work on the northern Austrian...
European Union should make clear whether it supported the search for and production of gas. The head of OMV AG, Austria’s leading oil and gas company, has appealed to political leaders to take a stand for gas as a key future source of energy, saying that too little attention is paid in Europe...
OMV AG has placed a temporary halt to plans to drill for shale gas in Lower Austria's wine country. In a statement issued on Friday, the Austrian energy giant said that it would wait for the completion of comprehensive environmental and social studies by the Federal Environmental Agency and TÜV Austria.
The Minister in charge of energy matters in Austria, Reinhold Mitterlehner, Federal Minister for Economy, Family and Youth for the Austrian government, gave the keynote ministerial address at the European Gas Conference in Vienna, Austria. His topic was the European gas market in 2012. He said the fact...
The Governor of Lower Austria has called for legislative changes to be introduce to preclude the drilling for shale gas due to concerns over the potential impact of hydraulic fracturing. Geological studies conducted by OMV AG have shown the potential for large shale gas reserves in the Lower Austria...
How does leadership from one of Central Europe’s largest E&P enterprises see Europe’s energy future? Gas will play a huge roll, according to Dr. Werner Auli, Former Member of the Executive Board of OMV Aktiengesellschaft, whose E&P division is active in Austria and Romania.
Representatives for Austrian energy giant OMV AG received a far from a friendly reception at an information session on potential shale gas development held on Monday Citizens of Poysdorf located in the Weinviertel (wine quarter) of Lower Austria were symbolically dressed in black Monday morning...
Austrian OMV Gas GmbH has been renamed to "Gas Connect Austria", the OMV Group announced today, as part of a reshape of the company to adhere to a gas act and a complete rebrand of the company. OMV says the rebranding is a necessary and furthering step to ensure the separation of " the areas...
Oil and gas group OMV AG today announced its intent to sell its subsidiaries in Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina as part of its revised focus on exploration and production projects in the future. The sales would constitute a total withdrawal from both markets. Currently, OMV wholly owns a retail...
OMV Exploration & Production GmbH said the Austrian company is in talks with the local authorities in the Vienna basin where it has determined great potential shale gas reserves, as part of preparatory work for a pilot project. The location itself is a highly suitable place, according to an OMV...