For example, the oil and gas supplier Sigi – a subsidiary of Energie AG Oberösterreich – wrote to customers wanting to end current contracts, which is quite an unusual step. The reason given by Sigi was that the market situation no longer allowed the existing conditions to be maintained. However, the alternatively proposed new contracts are still the cheapest on the market.
Even before the current war, EnergieAllianz, the joint sales company of Wien Energie, EVN and Energie Burgenland, increased the standard tariffs for gas by 11 and 21 euros a month respectively.
OMV has already reported that it is reconsidering fundamental decisions in connection with the Russian business – no new inventions, and a strategic review of its stake in the Yuzhno Russkoye natural gas field, in which it has a 24.99 percent stake. “This review includes all options, including divestment or exit options,” the energy company said in a statement.
