OMV Petrom launches Utilio.ro, the digital platform for gas supply services for small and medium enterprises

• Utilio.ro addresses small and medium enterprises
• Our clients opting for gas supply from OMV Petrom have the possibility to tailor the services and benefit from an efficient control of consumption  

OMV Petrom, the largest energy company in Southeastern Europe, launches the platform utilio.ro through which the clients, legal entities, can conclude agreements for gas supply from OMV Petrom. The platform is designed for small and medium enterprises and digitizes the entire process of contracting and managing natural gas supply services. For a new client, the estimated time for concluding and validating a natural gas supply contract on the utilio.ro platform is 20 minutes.

Franck Neel, member of OMV Petrom Executive Board, responsible for Downstream Gas: “We are an integrated energy company and a reliable natural gas supplier, covering approximately 40% of the consumption needs of the market in Romania. Utilio.ro is part of our strategy to target small and medium enterprises with gas supply offers and, through this platform, we provide an intelligent and transparent service to simplify the interaction with our clients.”

The platform utilio.ro can be accessed via any device (desktop, tablet, phone). With the help of utilio.ro, the natural gas supply services of OMV Petrom can be customized and the clients legal entities benefit from an efficient control of consumption, a high degree of cost predictability and extended payment terms.

About OMV Petrom

OMV Petrom is the largest integrated energy company in South-Eastern Europe, with an annual Group hydrocarbon production of 53 million boe in 2020. The Group has a refining capacity of 4.5 million tons annually and operates an 860 MW high efficiency power plant. The Group is present on the oil products retail market in Romania and neighboring countries through 789 filling stations, at the end of June 2021, under two brands – OMV and Petrom.

OMV Aktiengesellschaft, one of the largest listed industrial companies in Austria, holds a 51% stake in OMV Petrom. The Romanian State, through the Ministry of Energy, holds 20.6% of OMV Petrom shares, Fondul Proprietatea holds 7%, and 21.4% is the free float on the Bucharest Stock Exchange and the London Stock Exchange.

OMV Petrom is the largest contributor to the state budget, with contributions of approximately 32 billion euro in taxes and dividends paid between 2005 and 2020.

Since 2007, OMV Petrom has included corporate responsibility principles into its business strategy. Between 2007 and 2020, the company has allocated approximately 72 million euro to develop communities in Romania, focusing on environmental protection, education, health and local development.

On July 29th, 2020, OMV Petrom announced its support for the recommendations issued by the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) regarding risks and opportunities on climate change.