OMV

OMV is Austria's largest oil-producing, refining and gas station operating company. It was founded in 1956 as the state-owned "?sterreichische Mineral?lverwaltung Aktiengesellschaft".

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• 1960: refinery Schwechat was opened.
• 1985: start of oil exploration in Libya
• 1990: the first OMV-brand named gas station was opened
• 2004: majority aquisition of Romania's former state-owned Petrom SA

Austria: The Republic of Austria (German: Republik ?sterreich) is a landlocked country in central Europe. It borders Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. The capital is the city of Vienn...

Oil: Oil is a generic term for organic liquids that are not miscible with water. The name comes from Latin oleum (olive oil)....

Refining: Refining is the process of purification of a substance. The term is usually used of a natural resource that is almost in a usable form, but which is more useful in its pure form. For instance, most types of natural petroleum will burn straight from the ground, but it will burn poorly and quickly c...