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Country profile: Austria
| Location: | Central Europe, north of Italy and Slovenia |
| Climate: | temperate; continental, cloudy; cold winters with frequent rain and some snow in lowlands and snow in mountains; moderate summers with occasional showers |
| Terrain: | in the west and south mostly mountains (Alps); along the eastern and northern margins mostly flat or gently sloping |
| Size: | 83870 sq. km total (Land area: 82444 sq. km Water area: 1426 sq.km) |
| Population: | 8,205,533 (July 2008 est.) |
| Languages: | German (official nationwide) 88.6%, Turkish 2.3%, Serbian 2.2%, Croatian (official in Burgenland) 1.6%, other (includes Slovene, official in Carinthia, and Hungarian, official in Burgenland) 5.3% (2001 census) |
| Government: | federal republic |
| Capital city: | Vienna |
| Legal system: | civil law system with Roman law origin; judicial review of legislative acts by the Constitutional Court; separate administrative and civil/penal supreme courts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| Currency: | euro (EUR) |
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Country profile
Since the beginning of hydrocarbon exploration in Austria, more than 4,400 wells have been drilled; the deepest reaching 8533 m. In addition, extensive geophysical surveys have been conducted. Cumulative Austrian production is equal to 108,5 MM tonnes of oil and 72.1 Bm3 of gas.
The most important hydrocarbon provinces of Austria are the Vienna basin, the Molasse Zone and the Northern Alps. The first of these areas, the intramontane Vienna Basin, has produced by far the largest volumes of hydrocarbons and also provided Austria's earliest production.
Energy production and consumption
| Oil | Gas | |
| Production: | 23,320 bbl/day (2005) | 1 billion cu m (2005) |
| Consumption: | 295,100 bbl/day (2005) | 9 billion cu m (2005) |
| Exports: | 34,680 bbl/day (2005) | 936 million cu m (2005) |
| Imports: | 157,500 bbl/day (2005) | 9 billion cu m (2005) |
| Reserves: | 62 million bbl (1 January 2006 est.) | 14 billion cu m (1 January 2006 est.) |
| Major fields: |
Austria - recent news
| 18 May 26 |
Austria: OMV starts production of Austria’s largest natural gas discovery in 40 years OMV has announced the start of gas extraction from the Wittau well, in Austria. Discovered three years ago, Wittau is OMV’s most important gas find in recent decades. |
| 20 Apr 26 |
Austria: ADX spuds HOCH-1 shallow gas well in Upper Austria The Hochfeld-1 ('HOCH-1') shallow gas exploration well commenced drilling on 16th of April 2026. The HOCH-1 shallow gas exploration well is located in the ADX-AT-I exploration licence in Upper Austria. The well will target highly productive shallow gas reservoirs within Miocene aged sandstones of the Hall formation. The HOCH prospect has a Mean Prospective Resource potential of 8.0 BCF and a High Case Prospective Resource of 17.3 BCF. |
| 13 Apr 26 |
Austria: Emma Delaney proposed as new CEO of OMV The Presidential and Nomination Committee of OMV Aktiengesellschaft ('OMV') has decided to propose Emma Delaney to the plenary of the Supervisory Board for appointment as Chairwoman of the Executive Board and CEO, as of September 1, 2026, succeeding Alfred Stern. |
| 17 Feb 26 |
Austria: ADX Energy announces initial results of Welchau flow testing Well clean up after acidisation of Reifling Formation yields hydrocarbon gas. Ongoing testing operations to continue to unload the well, collect gas/oil samples and determine flow characteristics of reservoir. |
| 08 Jan 26 |
Austria: OMV receives EUR 123 mn in funding for the largest green hydrogen project in Austria Austria is supporting the construction of one of Europe’s largest green hydrogen plants. In Bruck an der Leitha, OMV is building a 140 MW plant with an annual capacity of up to 23,000 tons of green hydrogen starting from the end of 2027. |
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