Vienna headquartered Austrian multinational integrated oil & gas company OMV has informed that a mechanical incident occurred at the Schwechat Refinery in Austria which has been undergoing its maintenance turnaround since 19 April 2022. Two persons were slightly injured. The incident has damaged the main distillation unit for crude oil. For this reason, the start-up of the refinery will be partially delayed. A review of the extent of the damage and the duration of the shutdown is still underway. OMV said “We will work closely with our customers and suppliers to mitigate any impact on product availability.”Two years after OMV was established in 1956, the groundwork for the expansion of the Schwechat Refinery was laid, and in 1960 the new plant became operative. Today the Schwechat Refinery is one of the largest and most modern inland refineries in Europe and is where OMV distills and refines crude oil and semi-finished products, converting them into high-quality mineral oil products and petrochemical raw materials. 9.6 million tons of crude oil can be processed annually in the high-tech plants in Schwechat. The Schwechat Refinery is supplied by the Adria-Wien-Pipeline AWP, a branch connection of the Transalpine Oil Pipeline TAL, and one of the most important pipelines transporting crude oil from the Mediterranean to Northern Europe.
Vienna headquartered Austrian multinational integrated oil & gas company OMV has informed that a mechanical incident occurred at the Schwechat Refinery in Austria which has been undergoing its maintenance turnaround since 19 April 2022. Two persons were slightly injured. The incident has damaged the main distillation unit for crude oil. For this reason, the start-up of the refinery will be partially delayed. A review of the extent of the damage and the duration of the shutdown is still underway. OMV said “We will work closely with our customers and suppliers to mitigate any impact on product availability.”Two years after OMV was established in 1956, the groundwork for the expansion of the Schwechat Refinery was laid, and in 1960 the new plant became operative. Today the Schwechat Refinery is one of the largest and most modern inland refineries in Europe and is where OMV distills and refines crude oil and semi-finished products, converting them into high-quality mineral oil products and petrochemical raw materials. 9.6 million tons of crude oil can be processed annually in the high-tech plants in Schwechat. The Schwechat Refinery is supplied by the Adria-Wien-Pipeline AWP, a branch connection of the Transalpine Oil Pipeline TAL, and one of the most important pipelines transporting crude oil from the Mediterranean to Northern Europe.
