OMV: Low Rhine river levels potentially a short-term positive

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OMV: Low Rhine river levels potentially a short-term positive

Equity Research

European Integrated Energy

2 July 2026

OMV

Low Rhine river levels potentially

a short-term positive First Look

OMV is relatively shielded from Rhine logistics disruption and OMVV.VI/OMV AV UNDERWEIGHT

could see near-term earnings upside when low water levels European Integrated Energy POSITIVE

constrain competitor supply chains, supporting local pricing Price Target EUR 53.00

Price (01-Jul-26) EUR 54.85

in Southern Germany and Austria. The benefit would be Potential Upside/Downside -3.4%

tactical rather than structural. Source: Bloomberg, Barclays Research

European Integrated EnergyStructural insulation drives relative advantage: OMV’s refining system is structurally

Ramachandra Kamath

decoupled from Rhine logistics, relying instead on pipeline-fed crude (e.g. Adria-Wien Pipeline)

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and regional integration across Schwechat, Burghausen and Petrobrazi. This allows OMV to ramchandra.kamath@barclays.com

sustain high utilisation even during Rhine disruptions that force competitors to curtail runs due Barclays, UK

to constrained barge transport. As such, OMV would not be a direct operational beneficiary of

Lydia Rainforth, CFA

low Rhine levels but gains via relative positioning versus logistics-constrained peers.

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lydia.rainforth@barclays.comLow Rhine levels create regional supply dislocations: When water levels fall, barge capacity

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typically drops to 70-80% of normal, restricting product flows from the ARA hub into inland

markets. This creates acute shortages of key products, particularly diesel, across Southern Naisheng Cui, CFA

Germany (Bavaria) and Austria, with Rhine-dependent refineries forced to reduce throughput or +44 (0)20 7773 0486