OMV today announced the successful start-up of its 10 megawatts green hydrogen production plant located at the Schwechat refinery near Vienna Approximately EUR 25 million have been invested in the facility which has the capacity to produce up to 1,500 metric tons of green hydrogen per year The green hydrogen will be used to produce more sustainable fuels and chemicals including sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and renewable diesel (HVO) OMV’s new 10 megawatts polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) electrolyzer is powered entirely by renewable electricity generated from wind This innovation leads to an annual savings of up to 15,000 metric tons of CO2 emissions* equivalent to the CO2 consumption of 2,000 persons per year** OMV Board Member Fuels & Feedstock and Chemicals: “With the start-up of Austria's largest electrolysis plant we are re-inventing how essentials we use in everyday life are produced sustainably Green hydrogen is at the heart of this transformation serving as a critical component in producing fuels and chemicals while advancing the decarbonization of our Schwechat site By building robust local production and supply chains for green hydrogen in Europe OMV is not only advancing climate goals but also safeguarding industrial progress The expertise gained from this initiative will act as a springboard for pioneering projects OMV has set itself the goal of becoming net zero by 2050 at the latest This will be supported by flagship transformation projects in areas such as geothermal energy and the chemical recycling in the chemical sector A central component of this transformation is the production and use of green hydrogen to support the production processes at refineries The plant is certified according to the Renewable Energy Directive (EU) 2018/2001 (RED II) for producing RFNBOs (renewable fuel of non-biological origin) It is supported by the Climate and Energy Fund Austria and a part of the WIVA P&G - Hydrogen Initiative Model Region Austria Power & Gas The support from Kommunalkredit during the development phase of the plant helped ensure the project's successful advancement and completion * The CO2 savings are based on the GHG footprint of renewable hydrogen produced within the plant compared to the fossil comparator from the European Renewable Energy Directive (RED II) checked by the independent certification company TÜV SÜD during the regular certification audits according to RED II requirements.** Based on EU average mix per person of 7.5t CO2 eq/year according UBA report 2024 2320 Schwechat/Lower AustriaCapacity: 10 megawatts Start of operation: April 2025Production volume: up to 1,500 metric tons of green hydrogen per yearCO2 emission savings: up to 15,000 metric tons per yearInvestment volume: approx Brigitte KöckTel: +43 (1) 40440-0media.relations@omv.com OMV GroupOMV PetromBorealis Group Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles., opens new tab , opens new tab Browse an unrivalled portfolio of real-time and historical market data and insights from worldwide sources and experts. , opens new tabScreen for heightened risk individual and entities globally to help uncover hidden risks in business relationships and human networks. © 2025 Reuters. All rights reserved has commissioned a new plant for converting end-of-life plastics into circular feedstocks at its 204,000-b/d integrated refining complex in Schwechat the new plant uses OMV’s proprietary ReOil technology to process up to 16,000 tonnes/year of hard-to-recycle post-consumer mixed plastic waste into pyrolysis oil which serves as a feedstock for producing sustainable base chemicals that are subsequently converted into everyday applications such as food packaging Part of OMV’s strategy to achieve climate neutrality across its operations by 2050 at the latest startup of the ReOil chemical recycling plant and its production of circular virgin-quality plastics will reintegrate the equivalent annual plastic waste generated by 160,000 Austrian households otherwise remaining unrecyclable into the value chain OMV estimates the new ReOil plant’s chemical recycling of post-consumer mixed plastic waste can achieve a 34% reduction in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions compared to the alternative incineration of that waste Commissioning of Schwechat’s ReOil plant follows the refinery’s on-premises testing of the technology in a pilot plant that began operating at the site in 2018 (OGJ Online, May 10, 2019) Achieving nearly 30,000 cracking hours to date OMV said the ReOil pilot plant sustainably processed more than 2.1 million kg of plastic waste during the trial period prompting the decision to move forward with construction of the larger Confirmation of the plant’s startup comes just a week after OMV secured up to €81.63 million in funding from the European Climate Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA) for a proposed first-of-its-kind full-scale ReOil plant in Austria that would process up to 200,000 tpy of used plastics otherwise destined for landfills or incineration Part of the European Union’s (EU) Innovation Fund program—one of the largest global programs for promoting innovative low-carbon technologies that focuses on highly innovative technologies and flagship projects in Europe aimed at achieving major CO2 emission reductions—OMV confirmed the Mar 11 CINEA grant represents the largest public funding the company has ever received for a standalone project the grant will specifically fund OMV’s ReOil 25000 project that—if approved—would become Europe’s largest chemical recycling plant reaching a relative greenhouse gas (GHG) emission avoidance of 115% the 2021-25 EU ETS benchmark of 6.84 tCO2e/tH2 by avoiding nearly 2.2 million tpy of CO2e over its first 10 years of operation according to the project’s official EU Innovation Fund description While OMV said final investment decision on ReOil 25000 remains subject to approval EU Innovation Fund confirmed the project is scheduled for an anticipated financial close date of Mar for a proposed start-of-operation date on Sept Robert Brelsford joined Oil & Gas Journal in October 2013 as downstream technology editor after 8 years as a crude oil price and news reporter on spot crude transactions at the US Gulf Coast He holds a BA (2000) in English from Rice University and an MS (2003) in education and social policy from Northwestern University You are using an outdated browser. Please upgrade your browser or activate Google Chrome Frame to improve your experience OMV says it has successfully started its 10 MW green hydrogen plant at the Schwechat refinery near Vienna while Austrian university TU Graz says it has inaugurated a hydrogen electrolysis test center at its Inffeldgasse Campus to develop and test hydrogen technologies OMV has announced the successful start-up of its 10 MW green hydrogen plant at the Schwechat refinery near Vienna calling it the largest installation of its kind in Austria The Austrian oil and gas company said it invested €25 million ($28.41 million) in the facility which can produce up to 1,500 metric tons of green hydrogen per year The green hydrogen will be used to produce fuels and chemicals which uses a polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) electrolyzer runs entirely on renewable electricity from wind TU Graz has inaugurated a hydrogen electrolysis test center at its Inffeldgasse Campus to develop and test hydrogen technologies The university said the 250-square-meter facility houses electrolyzers with a total capacity of 1.6 MW to 2.5 MW and includes a dedicated transformer station to ensure stable power supply allowing researchers to simulate various electricity scenarios hydrogen flows through a pipeline to an 18-meter-high storage tank with a 190 kg (48m³) capacity it travels via a 315-meter underground pipeline to several institutes at Campus Inffeldgasse where it is available around the clock for research TU Graz said researchers will use the hydrogen on new and upgraded test rigs for next-generation large engines The industrial-scale ammonia cracker has a modular design that makes it compatible with hybrid floating storage and regasification units (FSRUs) and dedicated floating hydrogen terminals with a send-out capacity of up to 210,000 tonnes of hydrogen annually Ammonia storage can range from 10,000m³ to 120,000m³ BMW has launched pilot operations of its first hydrogen trucks at Plant Leipzig under the European H2Haul project, working with Iveco, DHL, and TEAL mobility. 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We’re working hard to create next-generation e-fuels and are planning to develop a novel process technology that will transform sustainably produced e-Methanol into e-SAF. has commissioned a new co-processing plant for production of renewable diesel blending components at its 9.6-million tonne/year (tpy) integrated refining complex in Schwechat Completed at an overall investment of about €200 million the new co-processing plant will have flexibility to process up to 160,000 tpy of liquid biomass—including waste-based and advanced feedstocks such as used cooking oil and liquid from nut shells—into high-quality renewable hydrogenated vegetable oil (HVO) components used to produce OMV’s proprietary more sustainable Produced from renewable feedstocks that do not compete with food and feed production the plant’s output of HVO blending component fully complies with the European Union’s (EU) requirements for increased production of sustainable fuel components as well as ISCC System GmbH’s International Sustainability Carbon Certification (ISCC) including ISCC EU and ISCC Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) PLUS co-processing certifications Alongside enabling Schwechat’s production of MaxxMotion diesel to customers in Austria OMV said the refinery’s new co-processing plant will help the operator to reduce its CO2 emissions by up to 360,000 tpy or the equivalent of removing 38,000 vehicles from the road Addition of the new plant at Schwechat comes as part of OMV’s larger transformation plan for the refinery in line with the global transition to net-zero operations by 2050 we are investing in transforming the OMV refinery in Schwechat The new plant highlights OMV’s innovative capabilities as one of the first companies in Europe to deploy co-processing on an industrial scale It also allows us to support the trend towards more sustainable mobility at high levels of quality and performance across our [filling station] network,” said Martijn van Koten OMV’s executive vice-president of fuels and feedstock Startup of the new co-processing plant follows field trials conducted at the site in 2016-17 according to OMV’s 2023 sustainability report Approved for construction in December 2020 the refinery’s new plant was to start with a mix of vegetable oils (e.g. rapeseed and sunflower oils) and in the future include other waste or advanced streams such as UCO or cashew nutshell liquid by 2025 Please Register or Sign in to view this content Quantum Oil service subscribers have access to: Get in touch with us for subscription information on all Quantum platforms, or help with the service. causing it to switch to high-flare operations that alarmed passersby and prompted calls to the fire brigade Schwechat is OMV's biggest refinery and the company describes it as one of the biggest in Europe with a capacity of 9.6 million tonnes of crude oil a year which is partly owned by OMV and going through a merger has its own production site adjoining the refinery the petrochemical plant at the Schwechat refinery broke down," OMV said in a statement "High-flare operation was immediately started in accordance with all necessary safety precautions We are currently working intensively to resume operations at the plant," OMV said adding that running high flares was "a routine process" Earlier on Tuesday a spokesman for the fire brigade in Lower Austria said it had received an alert about a possible fire at the refinery A passerby informed Reuters earlier on Tuesday that there were unusually tall flames at the refinery The fire brigade spokesman later said it was a false alarm due to flaring at the plant Borealis was not immediately available for comment (Reporting by Francois Murphy; editing by David Evans) Get insights and exclusive content from the world of business and finance that you can trust 2024 – OMV concludes power purchase agreements (PPAs) with VERBUND and ImWind and secures an annual purchase of 67 GWh of sustainable electricity This volume corresponds to the annual power consumption of around 16,000 households1 OMV will be able to cover over 35 percent of the external electricity requirements of the Schwechat refinery and the Adria Wien Pipeline (AWP) This enables OMV to reduce its carbon footprint and accelerate the use of renewable energy sources The sustainable power obtained by OMV comes from renewable energy sources and comprises 65 percent hydropower and 35 percent wind energy which will help OMV save around 11,000 tons of CO2 per year and a total of around 60,300 tons for the term of the agreements It will lead to a significant reduction of the Scope 2 emissions from the Schwechat refinery and the Adria Wien Pipeline “Our collaborations with VERBUND and ImWind will contribute to the reliable and sustainable energy supply to our facilities We are advancing our ambitious decarbonization targets in our Strategy 2030 The partnerships for renewable energy play an important role in supporting the transition towards a low-carbon future and we will continue to expand our portfolio of PPAs,” says Alfred Stern Chairman of the Executive Board and CEO of OMV AG VERBUND is Austria’s leading electricity company and will provide OMV with 44 GWh of electricity obtained from hydropower annually for four years starting in January 2025 an Austrian wind power and photovoltaics pioneer will last for eight years and ensures an annual capacity of 23.5 GWh derived from wind power The supply is due to start in November 2024 consumption of 4,200 KWh/year for a three-person household Elena Menasse OMV Spokesperson EnergyTel: +43 (1) 40440-0elena.menasse@omv.com Florian GregerSVP Investor Relations & SustainabilityTel.: +43 (1) 40440-21600investor.relations@omv.com Davos 2025: OMV CEO on Europe's Gas Supplies OMV AG: A profile apart in the oil industry Monday - Friday 9am-12pm / 2pm-6pm GMT + 1 All financial news and data tailored to specific country editions Austrian energy company OMV reports another chemical recycling advance After 15 years of research and development the company has commissioned its new ReOil plant at its Schwechat refinery near Vienna The plant can process up to 16,000 tonnes of hard-to-recycle plastic waste per year – equivalent to the amount of plastic waste generated by around 160,000 Austrian households in a year chairman of the executive board and CEO of OMV underscored the importance of this technology: "The essential materials of the future need to become more sustainable and circular OMV’s chemical recycling technology plays a pivotal role in driving growth in our Chemicals segment The start-up of the new ReOil plant marks a significant milestone on our path towards achieving climate neutrality by 2050 at the latest ReOil processes plastic waste that would otherwise remain unrecyclable we are advancing circularity as a cornerstone of our responsible transformation.".. 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[Shutterstock/ max.ku] VIENNA (Reuters) -The petrochemical plant at Austrian oil and gas company OMV's Schwechat refinery near Vienna suffered an outage on Tuesday Vienna Airport is setting the stage to provide a comfortable stay for travellers and attain a five-star rating the largest in Austria and located in Schwechat is set to expand its terminal to improve its facilities and services is undertaking the expansion project with an estimated investment of €420m ($451.24m) The project involves the southward expansion of the existing Terminal 3 (T3) The expansion will provide an improved experience for travellers and position Vienna Airport among the world’s leading airports Preparation for the construction began in July 2023. Construction began officially with a ground-breaking ceremony in February 2024 The expanded terminal is expected to commence operations in 2027 The design of the new terminal area aims to reflect Vienna’s charm and local flavour offering a modern and quality environment rather than a sterile terminal building The expansion will add approximately 70,000m² (753,473ft²) to T3 as well as 18 new bus gates – ten for Schengen departures and eight for non-Schengen departures Vienna Airport will also introduce a centralised security checkpoint ensuring a seamless experience for passengers The retail and restaurant offerings will be increased by expanding the shopping and retail space by 50% adding more than 30 new outlets across an additional 10,000m² of floor space totalling 30,000m² The new shopping and restaurant offerings will feature both Austrian and international premium brands catering to the diverse preferences of passengers The project also includes the introduction of new and exclusive lounges such as the Austrian Airlines Lounge spanning 4,000m² and the Vienna Airport Lounge both designed to reflect the Viennese Art Nouveau style The construction involves clearing the site demolishing the outer facade of Terminal 3’s connection area and installing the cable trays and shaft structures with more than 900 bored piles laying the foundation for the new structure It will start with the construction of a six-storey building proceeding to the detailed work of interior fitting and installation of a comprehensive building system The entire building has been digitally scanned and represented in a 3D building information modelling (BIM) system The digital twin of the building provides a detailed visualisation of all rooms It also encompasses the wiring and connections essential for future energy supply Recording construction work in real time allows operational management to access current information on fittings and installations The terminal extension at Vienna Airport will incorporate state-of-the-art building technology solutions which include optimised thermal insulation and a highly insulating facade An intelligent building control system is set to be implemented featuring highly efficient ventilation facilities with the capability of free cooling A significant aspect of the sustainable design is its own photovoltaic facilities projected to generate approximately 50kWh of electricity a year A consortium of construction companies comprising PORR and ELIN secured a €265m ($285m) in February 2024 PORR has adopted early contractor involvement through its subsidiary general planning company pde Integrale Planung ensuring a collaborative project execution approach Give your business an edge with our leading industry insights View all newsletters from across the GlobalData Media network The Austrian energy and chemicals group OMV has secured up to €81.6m from the EU Innovation Fund for its first industrial-scale chemical recycling plant The funding are to be used for the construction of the "ReOil" facility at the group's refinery outside of Vienna where OMV will employ chemical recycling technology to transform end-of-life plastics into feedstock for the production of new chemicals.  The new plant is to have the capacity to process up to 200,000 tonnes of mixed plastic waste per year – waste that would otherwise end up in landfills or incineration plants OMV’s patented ReOil technology is to enable the conversion of this waste into raw materials for the chemical industry the company has yet to make a final investment decision... 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Stern added.The additional cost to OMV will be buffered partially by its insurance coverage.Stern said some airlines are now filling up before they return to Austria "to reduce demand and relax the situation" whereas before the accident they would have waited until they arrive at Vienna Airport.Stern said he expected OMV's refinery margins to be higher than last year - alongside refinery margins across the globe amid high demand and tight fuel supply - high energy costs and more expensive crude oil were eating into some of those profits.Writing by Shadia Nasralla The Local Europe ABVästmannagatan 43113 25 StockholmSweden A man managed to board a flight from Vienna to China without a ticket or passport check, bypassing multiple security controls before hiding in the plane’s lavatory, Austrian media reported. The incident, which happened in early February, has led Vienna International Airport to review its security measures, as reported by ORF reportedly exploited a security gap at Vienna-Schwechat Airport Police say he slipped through passport control by blending into a crowd He allegedly used the same tactic at the boarding gate The man boarded Hainan Airlines flight HU790 to Shenzhen and tried to stay hidden by locking himself in the lavatory the crew found him shortly after takeoff and detained him READ ALSO: Why flying from Vienna looks set to become more expensive Chinese authorities detained the man and put him on a return flight to Austria The Schwechat city police then met him and questioned him about how he had bypassed multiple security checks The Korneuburg public prosecutor’s office has charged the man with suspected fraud and violation of the Border Control Act, according to Kurier Airport officials insist there was no security risk police and airport officials stressed that passenger safety was never at risk The man had passed a standard security check meaning he was screened for dangerous or prohibited items it should be noted that there was no risk to the safety of passengers or employees at any time," airport spokesperson Peter Kleemann told Kurier "The person was demonstrably correctly security checked and checked for dangerous or prohibited objects." READ ALSO: Reader question: How do I get from Vienna Airport to the city centre? officials acknowledged that the incident highlighted weaknesses in the passport control and boarding process Vienna International Airport said it will tighten security to prevent similar incidents Plans include better queue management at checkpoints and upgraded boarding access systems "The Schwechat City Police Department has evaluated the incident together with those responsible at Vienna International Airport to optimise security standards," Kleemann said No previous incidents of this nature have been reported at Vienna Airport but authorities say they are taking extra precautions to ensure it does not happen again READ NEXT: The new flights to and from Austria in 2025 Please log in here to leave a comment With 18.7 million passengers handled across the entire Flughafen Wien Group an increase of 10.1% was achieved compared to the previous year There was significant growth at the Vienna-Schwechat site in particular which gives the company an optimistic outlook for 2024 as a whole or Log In An unauthorized passenger tricked the controls at Vienna Airport The Afghan actually managed to board a plane to China without any papers The man was only caught by the crew in the air The airport confirmed the incident to "Krone" and tried to calm things down.  A recent incident at Vienna Airport has set alarm bells ringing The good news first: according to official information the resourceful passenger actually passed through the security check properly he was checked for prohibited items and therefore posed no immediate danger to fellow passengers sneaked past behind a group of travelers at passport control and used their legitimate border crossing as a cover The man also performed a Houdini act at boarding Boarding crew only discovered the man after departureAfter this brazen prank he took his place - or rather his hiding place - in the on-board toilet The crew of flight HU790 of the Chinese Hainan Airline from Vienna to Shenzhen only noticed the uninvited passenger in the air It remains unclear how long he was holed up in the bathroom It was only after his improvised hiding place was discovered that the Afghan was taken into custody and handed over to the Chinese authorities after landing Whether sky marshals (a special Cobra unit) were also deployed is something the Ministry of the Interior is keeping under wraps - a secret The person was properly security checked and checked for dangerous or prohibited objects Korneuburg public prosecutor's office investigatingUnsurprisingly where officers from the Schwechat municipal police department received him and questioned him in detail The unauthorized passenger was reported to the police He is now being investigated under the Administrative Offenses Act for violating the Border Control Act and under criminal law by the Korneuburg public prosecutor's office on suspicion of fraud Video footage was viewedThe security breach is a dramatic warning shot for Vienna Airport which immediately reconstructed the unpleasant events in detail There should be no successful copycats in the future The airport and the police assure us that every step taken by the brazen passenger can be retraced it was possible to meticulously record and document what happened Security standards were evaluatedThe Lower Austrian State Police Directorate also confirmed the extraordinary coup to the "Krone": "The Schwechat City Police Command evaluated the incident together with those responsible at Vienna-Schwechat Airport in order to optimize security standards," it says in technical jargon This article has been automatically translated,read the original article here Willkommen in unserer Community! 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Hier können Sie das Community-Team via unserer Melde- und Abhilfestelle kontaktieren In Kürze bekommen Sie eine Bestätigungs-Mail von uns. , opens new tab had informed it of a reduction in gas deliveries but that at the time supply for customers was secure and it would replace the amount from storage and the spot market.($1 = 0.9853 euros)Writing by Paul Carrel; Editing by Maria Sheahan Damage occurring to the outer skin of the CDU’s main column during a legally required water-pressure test as part of the turnaround has now been repaired and following successful completion of that test in late September and a subsequent phased commissioning period the refinery has now returned to its full operating capacity and 8-m wide—involved extensive dismantling and detachment of the 100-tonne column head as well as processing of 200-tonnes of steel into replacement parts all of which were assembled and refitted into place in less than 16 weeks Although the refinery has restarted production of finished products and is replenishing stocks OMV said it will maintain the alternative supply system established in the wake of the June incident for as long as necessary to continue reliable product deliveries to customers The Austrian federal government also released fuel from the country’s strategic oil reserves to help supply product to the market during the refinery’s outage OMV Aktiengesellschaft is implementing a project involving multiple energy efficiency measures to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions at its 9.6-million tonnes/year (tpy) refinery in Schwechat three of the refinery’s four steam turbines—which generate 85% of electricity required to operate the refinery—were overhauled with specially molded turbine blades based on modern 3D-blade geometry from Siemens Aktiengesellschaft to increase turbine effectiveness by ensuring better flow two of the turbines have been outfitted with the 3D-blade geometry which in addition to enhancing steam turbine performance and efficiency simultaneously has reduced CO2 emissions by 40,000 tonnes this year The third turbine will be equipped with the new blading in the coming year to enable a combined 60,000-tpy reduction in CO2 emissions from all three turbines beginning in 2021 Another energy efficiency measure currently under way at Schwechat includes development of a digital twin that uses process simulation to help optimize selection of cleaning cycles and flow conditions in the heat exchangers of the refinery’s crude distillation unit preheat train OMV said the digital twin will further reduce CO2 emissions at the site by up to 18,000 tpy OMV also is presently deploying digital controllers throughout the refinery to balance out fluctuations in control loops (e.g. in the butadiene unit or when reusing exhaust process heat) deployment of the digital controllers will result in another 4,000-tpy reduction in Schwechat’s CO2 emissions The energy efficiency measures—developed by a specially formed internal team responsible for implementing optimizations based on needs of each individual OMV site—come as part of OMV’s commitment by 2025 to reduce carbon intensity of its refining operations by at least 20% (vs the 2010 baseline year) and to reach net-zero emissions of operations by 2050 or sooner The operator of Vienna Airport has sued eight climate activists for damages The men and women took part in a protest action in Vienna-Schwechat on Wednesday and The activists had spilled paint and delayed the departure of a plane an airport spokesperson told the APA news agency on Saturday disturbing public order and several violations of the airport operating regulations The airport is also taking civil action against the individuals and demanding compensation Further protests were announced for Saturday at Vienna Airport Activists want to disrupt air traffic in several countries during the vacation travel season There have already been several actions in the past few days activists wanted to block an access road to the airport The police broke up the protest within minutes several flights were canceled on Wednesday because activists had stuck themselves to the tarmac The same reason led to the suspension of air traffic at Frankfurt am Main Airport on Thursday Following the incident in June 2022 at the OMV Schwechat Refinery which was used to make up for the production restrictions of the Schwechat Refinery during the repairs will be maintained as an additional source of supply for as long as necessary This will allow reliable supply to the markets in addition to stocks being replenished more quickly During the legally required water pressure test as part of the final works on the turnaround of the OMV Schwechat Refinery damage occurred to the outer skin on the main column of the crude oil distillation unit on June 3 A task force was put in place immediately and entrusted with restoring the facility and instantly setting up an alternative supply system to supply the markets served by the OMV Schwechat Refinery In addition to the 800-strong OMV workforce at the Schwechat site up to 320 other experts from various partner companies in Austria as well as Europe were deployed to carry out the repair and to guarantee and optimize the partial operation of the refinery OMV intends to transition from an integrated oil and chemicals company to become a leading provider of innovative and sustainable fuels while taking a leading global role in the circular economy By switching over to a low-carbon business OMV is striving to achieve net zero in all three Scopes by 2050 at the latest Sylvia ShinSVP Corporate CommunicationsTel: +43 (1) 40440-0media.relations@omv.com OMV Aktiengesellschaft will delay restart of its 9.6-million tonnes/year refinery at the operator’s integrated complex in Schwechat following an early June upset that occurred at the tail end of the 2022 turnaround An unidentified mechanical incident occurred on June 3 that damaged the refinery’s main crude oil distillation unit and caused slight injuries to two individuals at the site An assessment of damage remains under way and a definitive timetable for duration of the extended shutdown has yet to be determined Without disclosing further details surrounding the incident the operator said it will work closely with its customers and suppliers to mitigate any impact on product availability Confirmation of the June 3 incident follows OMV’s end-May announcement that it was completing final works and checks of the turnaround and preparing systems for restart the operator said refinery staff was in the process of slowing returning equipment to operation at the site overall production was scheduled to resume once all system parts were safely in “warm” mode and integrated back into the production process the 2022 turnaround only involved the refining portion of the Schwechat complex In addition to maintenance and inspection of the refining plants OMV said it also was using the turnaround period to execute modernization works that would prepare the refinery—Austria’s only—for a reduced-emissions future Schwechat’s petrochemical plants are scheduled for routine turnaround activities in 2023 With Group sales revenues of EUR 62 bn and a workforce of around 22,300 employees in 2022 OMV is amongst Austria’s largest listed industrial companies is one of the world’s leading providers of advanced and circular polyolefin solutions and a European market leader in base chemicals and plastics recycling Together with its two major joint ventures – Borouge (with ADNOC in the UAE and Singapore) and Baystar™ (with TotalEnergies in the USA) – Borealis supplies products and services to customers across the globe OMV’s Fuels & Feedstock business produces and markets fuels as well as feedstock for the chemical industry and holds a 15% stake in a refining joint venture in the UAE OMV operates around 1,700 filling stations in eight European countries OMV explores and produces oil and gas in the four core regions of Central and Eastern Europe Average daily production in 2022 amounted to 392 kboe/d Its activities also include the Low Carbon Business as well as the entire gas business OMV shares are traded on the Vienna Stock Exchange (OMV) and as American Depository Receipts (OMVKY) in the U.S the "stowaway" was handed over to the authorities The airport and police emphasized that security was always ensured "The person was verifiably correctly security-checked and examined for dangerous or prohibited items," stated Vienna Airport in a transmitted statement a 27-year-old Afghan national - is believed to have sneaked past border control and the boarding process behind other travelers and ultimately boarded the aircraft the man was handed over to the authorities in China and subsequently returned to Austria Officers from the Schwechat City Police Command questioned him resulting in reports to the Korneuburg Public Prosecutor's Office and the responsible district administrative authority The violation of the Border Control Act under the Administrative Penal Act and the suspicion of fraud were considered it was stated on Tuesday upon request from the Lower Austria State Police Directorate "There was no criminal offense," confirmed a spokesperson for the public prosecutor's office a "Krone" report The offense of fraud was not fulfilled because it requires deception "The Schwechat City Police Command evaluated the incident together with the responsible parties at Vienna-Schwechat Airport to optimize security standards," stated the authorities "The investigative steps and measures regarding the passenger's departure were meticulously recorded and documented by the Schwechat City Police Command through video material review." This article has been automatically translated, read the original article here gas and chemicals company headquartered in Vienna has taken the final investment decision to build a chemical recycling demo plant based on its proprietary ReOil® technology OMV is taking the next step toward an industrial-scale plant planned for 2026 The patented chemical recycling technology converts plastic waste into synthetic feedstock under moderate pressure and normal refinery operating temperatures which is then primarily used to produce again high-quality plastics OMV was among the first companies to develop a chemical recycling technology for used plastics more than a decade ago A ReOil® pilot plant has been operating in the Schwechat refinery since 2018 capable of processing 100 kg of used plastics into 100 liters of synthetic feedstock per hour The pilot plant has been running for a total of 13,000 hours since its commissioning and thus enabled an improvement in the thermal cracking process and supported the further scale up of the ReOil® technology The current investment covers the construction of a ReOil® demo plant with a design capacity of 16,000 t/year at the OMV site in Schwechat Production startup is planned for early 2023 OMV entered into its first-ever green loan agreement which is in alignment with the green loan principles and based on a green and project-specific external due diligence appraisal and a project-specific green financing framework The demo plant will turn plastic waste that is not fit to be mechanically recycled and would otherwise be sent to waste incineration into a valuable resource in close cooperation with local waste management companies Examples of such plastic waste include food packaging lids from takeaway coffee and confectionery packaging Through the chemical recycling of plastics OMV obtains a pure raw material which can again be used to produce virgin-quality base chemicals and plastics for all types of applications including packaging for the food industry and medical products which must meet the highest quality and safety standards “The ReOil® pilot plant has shown that we are on the right track with our in-house developed technology and with our efforts in this field We are confident that chemical recycling can complement the available mechanical recycling technologies and that it represents a sustainable and profitable solution we are now taking the next step toward circular economy and thus toward reducing our CO2 emissions” CEO and Chairman of the Executive Board of OMV Aktiengesellschaft The plant will be fully integrated within the petrochemical site at the Schwechat refinery enabling OMV to guarantee the best use of resources and the highest industrial safety standards It represents an important step toward developing ReOil® into a commercially viable industrial-scale chemical recycling technology with a processing capacity of up to 200,000 t/year by 2026 the ReOil® demo plant will be fully ISCC PLUS certified ISCC PLUS is a sustainability standard well-recognized by all stakeholders for recycled and bio-based materials providing traceability along the supply chain and verifying that companies meet environmental and social standards OMV aims to become a leader in the circular economy of plastics through the Group’s mechanical and chemical recycling activities OMV and Borealis are among the first industry players to close the loop for plastics and offer a full portfolio of sustainable polyolefin solutions to its customers Find out more about the ReOil® technology here OMV AktiengesellschaftOMV produces and markets oil and gas as well as chemical products and solutions in a responsible way and develops innovative solutions for a circular economy With Group sales revenues of EUR 17 bn and a workforce of around 25,000 employees in 2020 (incl OMV is one of Austria’s largest listed industrial companies OMV has a strong base in Central and Eastern Europe as well as a balanced international portfolio Daily average production was 463,000 boe/d in 2020 with an emphasis on natural gas OMV operates three refineries in Europe and owns a 15% share in ADNOC Refining and ADNOC Global Trading with a total processing capacity of more than 500,000 bbl/d OMV operates about 2,100 filling stations in ten European countries and runs gas storage facilities in Austria and Germany total natural gas sales volumes amounted to around 164 TWh is one of the world’s leading providers of advanced and circular polyolefin solutions and a European market leader in base chemicals fertilizers and the mechanical recycling of plastics The company supplies services and products to customers around the globe through Borealis and its two important joint ventures: Borouge (with the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company Sustainability is an integral part of OMV’s corporate strategy OMV supports the transition to a lower-carbon economy and has set measurable targets for reducing carbon intensity as well as for the implementation of new energy and petrochemical solutions Reporting by Francois Murphy; Editing by Jan Harvey and Bernadette Baum With Group sales revenues of EUR 36 bn and a workforce of around 22,400 employees in 2021 OMV’s Refining & Marketing business produces and markets fuels as well as feedstock for the chemical industry OMV operates around 2,100 filling stations in ten European countries the activities include Gas & Power Eastern Europe where it also operates a gas-fired power plant in Romania Average daily production in 2021 included production from a joint venture in Russia and amounted to 486,000 boe/d with a focus on natural gas (~60%) Russian entities are no longer consolidated Its activities include Gas Marketing Western Europe where it also operates gas storage facilities in Austria and Germany Tomra Feedstock is to supply the Austrian firms OMV and Borealis with mixed post-consumer plastic waste for chemical and mechanical recycling The terms of the deal are set out in a long-term agreement between the companies that was signed last month a subsidiary of the Norwegian sorting system provider is currently building a €50-60m sorting facility in Germany which is to have an annual input capacity of 80,000 tonnes and be operational at the end of 2025 Tomra declined a request for comment on the location of the facility Tomra Feedstock said that it had developed an innovative process that turns pre-sorted post-consumer plastic waste that would otherwise end up being landfilled or incinerated into clean fractions of specific polymer types These fractions can then be processed in mechanical and chemical recycling plants such as those run by OMV in Austria and Borealis throughout Europe... Sylvia ShinSVP Corporate CommunicationsTel: +43 (1) 40440-0media.relations@omv.com Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information The OMV AG Schwechat oil refinery in Schwechat Photographer: Akos Stiller/Bloomberg  They would combine the operations to become equal partners in a listed entity that will be a global player in the market for polyolefins — widely used in packaging — according to the statement and Kommunalkredit Austria AG (Kommunalkredit) have announced a joint investment in the construction of Austria’s largest electrolysis plant in the OMV Schwechat Refinery with OMV and Kommunalkredit each bearing half the cost The plant is expected to go live in the second half of 2023 the 10 MW PEM (polymer electrolyte membrane) electrolysis will produce up to 1,500 metric tons of green hydrogen a year The green hydrogen will be used to hydrogenate bio-based and fossil fuels substituting gray hydrogen in the refinery This would reduce OMV’s carbon footprint by up to 15,000 metric tons of fossil CO2 annually and enables by using green hydrogen more than 17 million CO2 emission free bus or truck kilometers each year.“By building Austria’s largest electrolysis plant in the OMV Schwechat Refinery we are making another contribution to reducing CO2 and to meeting climate targets We deliberately opted for green hydrogen production on an industrial scale as we see the potential it holds – for lower-carbon road use as well as for reducing CO2 emissions in industrial operations” OMV Chief Downstream Operations Officer.OMV laid out its ambitious climate targets back in July 2020 These include reaching net-zero emissions in operations (Scope 1 and 2) by 2050 or sooner OMV will achieve net zero through energy-efficiency measures new technologies such as carbon capture and storage or carbon capture and utilization renewables (like the photovoltaic plant in Austria) The successful and economic feasible implementation of these sustainable and innovative technologies will require an incentive system that extends beyond Austrian and European legislation the energy transition and sustainable infrastructure and energy financing Kommunalkredit is focused on advancing innovative technologies in its Austrian home market to address major challenges such as economic growth and climate-protection measures.“This project is a milestone in Austria’s industrial policy under the EU Green Deal We take our responsibility towards society seriously to contribute to measures that help to prevent climate change As a member of the “European Clean Hydrogen Alliance” supporting the construction of the electrolysis plant with green financing and thereby making an important contribution CEO of Kommunalkredit Austria AG.The project is supported by the Austrian Climate and Energy Fund and is part of the Hydrogen Initiative Energy Model Region Austria Power & Gas (WIVA P&G) as well as chemical solutions in a responsible way and develops innovative solutions for a circular economy Russia and Asia-Pacific as further core regions Daily average production was 463,000 boe/d in 2020 with a total annual processing capacity of 24.9 mn tons total natural gas sales volumes amounted to around 164 TWh.In the chemicals sector Borealis generated EUR 6.8 billion in sales revenue The company supplies services and products to customers around the globe through Borealis and two important joint ventures: Borouge (with the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company based in the US).Sustainability is an integral part of OMV’s corporate strategy OMV supports the transition to a lower-carbon economy and has set measurable targets for reducing carbon intensity KommunalkreditKommunalkredit is a specialist for infrastructure and energy financing the bank creates value that continuously improves people's lives it facilitates the construction and operation of infrastructure facilities by balancing the financing needs of project sponsors and developers with the growing number of investors looking for sustainable investment opportunities Main investment segments are Energy & Environment I Communications & Digitalization I Transportation I Social Infrastructure I Natural Resources.The bank offers a comprehensive product range covering everything from financial advisory services to structuring arranging and providing borrowed capital and subordinated capital as well as asset management via the Fidelio KA Infrastructure debt fund platform Page unavailable.This page either does not exist or is currently unavailable From here you can either hit the "back" button on your browser to return to the previous page, or visit the ABCNews.com Home Page You can also search for something on our site below.