The operations and services in question, related to the extraction and production of oil and natural gas, will be outsourced together with their related assets and employees.
The Dietscon consortium and the Bonatti association are set to sign a framework agreement with OMV Petrom. The agreement targets the provision of surface and transport services, operation and minor maintenance services, fire and rescue services, field operation services, operating in facilities services, operating in treatment facilities services.
Following a procurement procedure, the Dietscon consortium was designated as the highest ranked bidder for lots D (Moldavia production area) and E (Crisana production area) while Bonatti association will manage the services for lot C (Muntenia production area).
The procedure entails the sale or lease of movable assets and the transfer of some employees to the Dietscon consortium and the Bonatti association, respectively, at the end of the framework agreement period, and some assets are to be returned to OMV Petrom, according to the antitrust watchdog.
The antitrust watchdog assessed the economic concentration operation in terms of its compatibility with the normal competitive environment and found it poses no significant obstacles in terms of actual competition on the Romanian market, or on a significant part of it.