01.14.2014

Petrom and Romgaz, the largest hydrocarbon producers in Romania, paid royalties of some 500 million lei (EUR115 million) to the state budget in the first six months of 2013, according to data provided more

01.06.2014

The Romanian state and oil and gas producer OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) are bracing for tough negotiations in 2014 over the royalties charged for Petrom’s oil and gas, Petrom and Exxon will drill their more

12.24.2013

ZF has listed the main events of 2013 in Romanian business, which include the biggest-ever profit made by a company in Romania, the opening of the first bridge linking Romania to Bulgaria in more than more

12.09.2013

Romania’s largest oil and gas company OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) operates the biggest local gas station network, and rivals Rompetrol, MOL and Lukoil either decided to fight it directly or strengthen more

12.05.2013

Growth perspectives for the shares of Romania’s largest oil and gas producer OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) are limited because investment fund Fondul Proprietatea and the Romanian state, the company’s two more

12.05.2013

Romania’s largest oil and gas producer OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) is looking to award a EUR64 million contract for the replacement of two natural gas processing plants. more

11.25.2013

OMV Petrom (SNP.RO), the largest company in Romania, will drill a second deep-water exploration well in the Romanian section of the Black Sea towards the end of the second quarter of next year. While more

11.21.2013

Four funds administered by U.S. company Franklin Templeton bought 0.087% in Romanian oil company OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) for 20.7 million more

11.18.2013

The 860-megawatt gas-fired power plant operated in Brazi by oil and natural gas company OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) sold 54% of its first-year production on the regulated market where households and small more

11.14.2013

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development on Thursday said it has sold its remaining stake of 1.6% in Romania’s largest oil company OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) for 385.6 million lei (EUR86.6 more

11.13.2013

The shares of OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) closed 5.59% lower Wednesday, at 0.4511 lei (EUR0.1) per unit following rumors that an investor plans to sell a 0.81% stake in the oil company, and caused the more

11.13.2013

A stake of 0.81% in Romanian dominant oil company OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) is being sold on the Bucharest Stock Exchange by an unnamed investor, market sources said Tuesday. more

11.13.2013

The Bucharest stock market declined in early trade Wednesday, dragged down by OMV Petrom’s (SNP.RO) shares, but Romgaz (SNG.RO) was slightly higher in its second trading session. more

11.12.2013

Romania’s Competition Council on Tuesday said it has authorized the sale of natural gas distributor Petrom Distributie Gaze to Ligatne, a company controlled by Czech investment fund PPF Investments. more

11.07.2013

Romania’s leading oil and gas company OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) Thursday reported a 47% increase in its third-quarter net profit to 1.27 billion lei (EUR286.7 million), helped by higher oil prices and more

10.18.2013

Romanian leading oil company OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) reported a 22% annual increase in gas sales volumes to 11.24 terawatts per hour in the third quarter of 2013, but the margin level declined from the more

10.15.2013

Mariana Gheorghe, chief executive officer of Romania’s largest oil and gas company OMV Petrom (SNP.RO), is ranked the world’s 27th most powerful woman in business in a list compiled by U.S. more

10.13.2013

Romanian businessman Gabriel Comanescu, owner of the Upetrom group, has renounced plans to focus on the production of parts for wind turbines at the Upetrom 1 Mai plant in Ploiesti, which will stick more

09.26.2013

Ukraine said Thursday that it has reached a preliminary hydrocarbon sharing agreement with a consortium comprising oil giants ExxonMobil and Shell, Romanian OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) and Ukrainian Nadra for more

09.18.2013

The ten-year contract between oil and gas company OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) and the Romanian state on royalties expires in 2014 and the question is what the new royalties will be, after the renegotiation of more

09.16.2013

Romanian power producer Complexul Energetic Oltenia (CE Oltenia) says the power it generates from coal could be cheaper than the electricity OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) and Romgaz generate from gas if the more

08.26.2013

Romanian oil and natural gas company OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) signed energy deals worth 39.4 million lei (about EUR9 million) on energy exchange OPCOM at the end of last week. The electricity is produced more

08.19.2013

Mariana Gheorghe, CEO of Romania’s largest oil company OMV Petrom (SNP.RO), said Petrom and US ExxonMobil, its partner for deepwater Black Sea exploration, set off talks with Transgaz to analyze the more

08.13.2013

Romanian oil and natural gas company OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) will turn a part of installations at its Arpechim refinery into a warehouse for crude oil, Petrom's chief executive officer Mariana Gheorghe more

08.13.2013

Romania's largest oil company OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) Tuesday said its net profit rose 65% on the year to 1.06 billion lei (EUR248.9 million) in the second quarter. more