Petrom inaugurated a new filling station on Lugoj ring road

• 800,000 euro investment
• Products and services at the highest European quality standards

OMV Petrom, the largest oil and gas producer in South-eastern Europe, inaugurated, today, a new Petrom filling station, located on the ring road of Lugoj city. The investment for the construction of the filling station amounted to around 800,000 euro.

"On a dynamic and competitive market, we want to keep our leading position on the fuel distribution market by opening new filling stations in locations such as newly built ring roads and to meet the needs of our clients with the best products and services at the highest European quality standards", said Adrian Nicolaescu, OMV Petrom retail manager.

The station has a fuelling area and a shop area. The fuelling area has 3 pumps, out of which one will be a high speed pump for truck fuelling. The clients will be able to fuel with any of the 4 given types of fuels available in Petrom network: Standard gasoline, Extra 99 gasoline, Standard Diesel and Extra Diesel.

In the shop area, our clients can choose from a wide range of over 2,000 products, from car accessories to consumption goods and also services like road vignettes or the Fan Courier package delivery service. The filling station will function non-stop.

In Timiş County, OMV Petrom operates 22 filling stations, of which 15 under the Petrom brand and 7 under the OMV brand.

OMV Petrom owns the largest filling station network in Romania, with 545 stations, operated under two brands: Petrom (393 stations in Romania) and OMV (152 stations in Romania).

About OMV Petrom
OMV Petrom is the largest integrated oil and gas group in South-Eastern Europe, with an annual oil and gas production of approximately 66 mn boe in 2014. The Group has a refining capacity of 4.5 mn tons / year and operates an 860 MW high efficiency power plant and a 45 MW wind park. OMV Petrom is present on the oil products retail markets in Romania and neighboring countries through approximately 780 filling stations as of end of 2014.

OMV, one of Austria’s largest listed industrial companies, holds a 51.01% share in OMV Petrom. The Romanian state, via the Ministry of Energy, Small and Medium Enterprises and Business environment, holds 20.64% of OMV Petrom shares, the Property Fund holds 18.99% and 9.36% is free float on the Bucharest Stock Exchange.

During 2005-2014, investments for the consolidation and modernization of OMV Petrom amounted to more than EUR 11 bn. The annual direct, indirect and induced impact of OMV Petrom in Romania’s GDP is around 4.5%.

Starting 2007, OMV Petrom integrated the principles of corporate responsibility within its business strategy. In this period, the company allocated more than EUR 40 mn for the development of communities in Romania, focusing on environment protection, education, health and local development. "Andrei's School" is the main platform for community involvement.

For more details and information:
OMV Petrom Media Relations: +40 (372) 161547, press.office@petrom.com
Website: www.omvpetrom.com; www.petrom.ro