OMV’s Romanian Operations Stabilize After Brief Power Plant Shutdown
Published on 12/08/2025 at 16:16 | Redaktion boerse-global.de
A swift resolution to an operational disruption in Romania has removed a significant fourth-quarter earnings risk for Austrian energy group OMV. Its subsidiary, OMV Petrom, successfully restarted its key Brazi gas-fired power plant on Friday, following an unplanned shutdown that began on December 2.
The timing of the outage was particularly sensitive, occurring during the high-demand winter period. Romania is a reliable profit center for the OMV group, and a prolonged stoppage at the 860-megawatt facility could have severely impacted quarterly results, given the high cost of securing alternative power supply in winter.
According to Romania’s energy ministry, an initial 300 MW of capacity was brought back online, with full Read more...
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