The OMV refinery in Schwechat, which has been shut down for months since an accident, will gradually return to operation in the coming days. That said chief executive Alfred Stern in the Economic Committee of the National Council, the parliamentary correspondence announced on Wednesday evening.
The refinery, which damaged its main distillation unit during maintenance in early June, is currently running at one-fifth of its capacity. Already in mid-September, the OMV boss announced that it would be staged again in the first half of October.
To ensure the fuel supply, the state had to intervene several times and free up fuel reserves. Austria currently has reserves for 65 days, but according to the Petroleum Stockpiling Act this should be 90 days.
Emergency fuel reserve is being replenished
According to statements by the director of the oil storage company (ELG), Stefan Tomann, the replenishment of the emergency reserve is already fixed, the parliamentary correspondence also announced. It should be 80 days at the end of the year and 90 days at the end of March 2023.
Source: Krone
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