Value Chain
In Chemicals & Materials (C&M), OMV is one of the world’s leading providers of advanced and circular polyolefin solutions, with total polyolefin sales of 5.7 mn t in 2022 (2021: 5.9 mn t). It is also a European market leader in base chemicals, fertilizers1 On June 2, 2022, Borealis received a binding offer from AGROFERT, a.s. for the acquisition of its nitrogen business including fertilizer, melamine, and technical nitrogen products., and plastics recycling. The Company supplies services and products to customers worldwide through OMV and Borealis, and its two joint ventures Borouge (with ADNOC, based in the UAE and Singapore) and Baystar™ (with TotalEnergies, based in the US).
In Refining & Marketing (R&M), OMV operates three refineries in Europe: Schwechat (Austria) and Burghausen (Germany), both of which feature integrated petrochemical production, and the Petrobrazi refinery (Romania). In addition, OMV holds a 15% share in ADNOC Refining and ADNOC Global Trading in the UAE. OMV’s total global processing capacity amounts to around 500 kbbl/d. Fuels and other sales volumes in Europe were 15.5 mn t in 2022 (2021: 16.3 mn t), and the retail network consists of around 1,800 filling stations.
In the Gas & Power Eastern Europe business, OMV Petrom operates a gas-fired power plant in Romania and is engaged in gas and power sales. In 2022, natural gas sales amounted to 36.2 TWh (2021: 39.6 TWh) and net electrical output was 5.0 TWh (2021: 4.8 TWh).
In Exploration & Production (E&P), OMV explores, develops, and produces oil and gas in its four core regions of Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa, the North Sea, and Asia-Pacific. Daily production was 392 kboe/d2 Production figure includes 17 kboe/d in Russia; OMV no longer considers Russia a core region as of March 2022. Furthermore, Russian volumes are no longer included in total production, due to a change in the consolidation method. in 2022 (2021: 486 kboe/d), with a roughly equal share of natural gas and liquids production. In the Gas Marketing Western Europe business, OMV markets and trades natural gas with sales volumes amounting to 111.2 TWh in 2022 (2021: 156.8 TWh). Furthermore, OMV operates natural gas storage facilities with a capacity of 30 TWh and holds a 65% stake in the Central European Gas Hub (CEGH).
To drive sustainable growth and innovation, starting January 1, 2023, OMV reorganized its corporate structure into three business segments: Chemicals & Materials, Fuels & Feedstock, and Energy. Chemicals & Materials continues to cover the entire chemicals value chain, including responsibility for capturing value from the circular economy. Fuels & Feedstock combines the previously separate Executive Board areas of Refining and Marketing & Trading. The Energy segment includes the traditional Exploration & Production business, as well as the entire gas business and the new Low Carbon Business, which focuses on geothermal energy and Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS). As part of the introduction of the new corporate structure, Gas & Power Eastern Europe, which includes Supply, Marketing, and Trading of gas in Romania and Turkey and one gas-fired power plant in Romania, was transferred from Fuels & Feedstock to the Energy business segment.