OMV Petrom
OMV Petrom is the largest oil and gas company in Romania, established in 1997 through the restructuring of the state-owned Petrom. Austrian energy group OMV acquired a majority stake in 2004–2005 and completed a full takeover in 2022. The company is active in upstream exploration and production, refining at the Petrobrazi refinery, and operates one of the largest fuel retail networks in Romania. Its headquarters are in Bucharest.
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Drone strike hits cargo ship carrying Ukrainian grain near Romania; two crew killed
A cargo vessel transporting grain from the Ukrainian port of Izmail to Italy was struck and caught fire in the Black Sea near the Romanian coast on 5 October. Romanian rescuers pulled 11 crew members from the water and recovered two bodies. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said two Russian drones hit the ship, while Russia has not publicly claimed or denied responsibility and Romanian authorities had not officially named the cause of the fire.