Fact Sheet OMV Austria Exploration & Production GmbH May 2020 OMV Upstream Energy Supply from State-of-the-art Technology Austria OMV is one of the most efficient opera- ► Austria as a base for tors of mature fields in the world with worldwide growth the highest recovery rates and produc- es 30 to 60% of the available oil de- ► Center for worldwide pending on the reservoir and up to 90% research and development from gas reservoirs. These outstanding activities figures are achieved through state-of- OMV, the international, integrated oil the-art technologies like saltwater man- and gas company, produced around agement, directional drilling technology, 487.000 boe (barrels of oil equiva- and optimization of production pump lent) per day in 2019. Exploration run life. and production activities in Austria make a considerable contribution: The saltwater treatment process using OMV produced more than 24,300 boe parallel plate separators, pressure relief per day in 2019 in Austria over an flotation, and nutshell filters at our wa- area of more than 3,800 km2, which ter treatment plant in Schönkirchen covers roughly 10% of the domestic achieves the best possible degree of oil and gas demand. purification far below 15 ppm - an inno- vation for the environment. Through OMV has been active in the Weinviertel directional and horizontal drilling tech- region for more than 60 years, nology, several separate reservoirs are maintaining a positive relationship with intersected at the same time with one the residents, the communities, and single well. Accessing reservoirs hori- farmers. Currently OMV has about 570 zontally can greatly increase produc- employees in Austrian exploration and tion. The operation time of OMV’s pro- production, making it one of the largest duction pumps reaches peak values of employers in the region. The production more than four years without downtime. comes from 692 oil wells and 124 natural gas wells as well as 103 water injection wells and 142 storage wells Austria as Technology Center from approximately 50 active for OMV Group production fields, all of which are operated by OMV. Austria is the global energy center for the entire company and, therefore, the “OMV Austria is an important partner in base of its worldwide success. The test the region and continuously reduces site (open air lab) is on the doorstep in CO2 emissions by using eco-friendly Gänserndorf, specifically focused on technologies”, says Reinhard J. the further development of technologi- Oswald, Managing Director, OMV cal innovations. Many scientific theories Austria. are developed and studies conducted here, such as new concepts for reser- voir models or provisions to maintain pressure. In developing the Vienna Basin, OMV was able to acquire tech- nological expertise on producing above average volumes from mature fields. Furthermore, OMV was able to gain High Gas Storage Capacities important insight into ecologically sus- for Supply Security Contact tainable exploration and production in In addition to exploration and produc- Austria. OMV Austria tion, OMV operates two underground Exploration & Production Technologies that OMV successfully gas storages in six former gas reser- GmbH implements in Austria are used in sev- voirs that are located at depths up to eral projects within the OMV Group, 1,200 m and 142 gas storage wells. Protteser Straße 40 perfected around the world, and attract The total storage capacity is 2.2 bcm of 2230 Gänserndorf, Austria great interest from international part- natural gas, which equates to approxi- Tel.: + 43 1 40440-0 mately a quarter of Austria’s annual gas ners in the oil and gas industry. Email: [email protected] consumption. Web: www.omv.com Social: www.omv.com/socialmedia OMV Austria’s Milestones 1993 – 2007 Re-measurement of (Ebenthal T1 well). The 2 around 1,300 km using 3D potential reserves of around 1934 Gösting 2 – the first seismic technology. 1.5 bcm equal about one fifth commercial oil discovery Measurement campaigns: e.g. of the annual Austrian gas 3D Höflein Süd, Matzen, consumption. 1949 Development of the largest Hohenau and Marchfeld. onshore oil field in Central These measurements and 2008 Production of 100 mn tons of Europe through the “Matzen reinterpretations of the OMV oil in Austria. Gas Discovery Well”, whose oil subsurface are the basis for production from the Ebenthal and gas resources are several successful well field in Vienna Basin starts. estimated at 2 bn boe projects in exploration and field development (Exploration: 2010 Highest production level for 1956 Founding of ÖMV discovery of Erdpress, OMV Austria since 1980 with Ebenthal, Strasshof, Mühlberg 15.4 mn boe annually 1959 Discovery of sour gas in Süd fields. Field development: (around 42,100 boe/day) and “Aderklaa Tief” from 2,640m Matzen, Hochleiten, this after over 60 years of Pirawarth). production 1965 Drilling of first deep well in the Kalkalpen region 1996 Resumption of activities in 2011 Opening of new tank farm in Matzen field. Exploration is Auersthal and the new 1968 First natural gas import intensified at deeper horizons production site Matzen agreement signed between to over 4,000 m deep. Austria and the USSR 2015 Commissioning of new, state- 2003 Largest oil discovery in Austria of-the-art, environmentally 1970 Development of sour gas in 25 years in the Vienna friendly water treatment plant field “Schönkirchen Übertief” Basin. With the exploration well Schönkirchen (Erdpress 1) in Lower Austria’s 1974 Development of first Weinviertel region, OMV 2018 Start of the largest onshore Europe-wide underground discovers an estimated 4.5 mn seismic campaign of OMV in gas storage area boe of oil and gas resources. Austria: 3D Seismic Schön- This equals around one third of kirchen. Beginning of the 1982 – 1984 Discovery of deepest Austrian annual production for construction of the Inno- oil deposits to date in the company. vation & Technology Center. the Vienna Basin at Note: 1 mn barrel oil equivalent (boe) is over 6,500 m through 2005 New discovery of significant equal to 140,000 t oil equivalent; 1 barrel the Maustrenk well. gas deposits in Vienna Basin (bbl) is equal to 159 l .