OMV
Vienna, 2025
for New York Times
Photo Editor: Renee Melides
Austria, a Longtime Buyer of Russian Gas, Tries to Break the Habit
OMV, a multinational energy company based in Vienna, has shifted to other options, including increasing its own output of natural gas, drilling for oil and experimenting with geothermal energy...
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Alfred Stern, OMV's chief executive, in his office
A short drive from Vienna, pump jacks nod like mechanical farm animals in the fields.
The control room at an OMV gas storage station. For security reasons, OMV seeks to keep the location secret.
An OMV natural gas storage station. The company has 24,000 employees and a large gas sales and trading business that accounts for about a third of the Austrian commercial market.
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