[5] In January 2006, Petrom purchased OMV's operations in Romania, Bulgaria and Serbia and Montenegro.

[11] On July 12, 2010, OMV Petrom announced the signing of a 15-year production enhancement contract for several fields in the area of Țicleni, Southwest Romania, with Petrofac, a leading international provider of facilities solutions to the oil and gas production and processing industry.

Petrofac will perform services in the respective fields in order to maximize production while improving operational efficiency.

The partnership targets cumulative production enhancement out of nine onshore fields in the Țicleni area by at least 50% in the next five years.

[15] Romanian investment fund Fondul Proprietatea sold the entirety of its shares in OMV Petrom in December 2022.

[4] In February 2023 Christina Verchere remained CEO of OMV Petrom, stating the company was "closer than ever" to beginning construction on its Neptun Deep gas project in the Black Sea, with a final financial decision about the project to be made by OMV in the middle of 2023.

[17] With the aim of including OMV Petrom among the companies required to pay significant profits to the Romanian government, in March 2023, it was reported that lawmakers and government members in Romania were working on "amending the solidarity contribution calculation methodology."

OMV Petrom had previously declared it was not liable to pay the solidarity contributions, due to existing regulations.

In Moldova, OMV Petrom has operated 73 filling stations, being one of the leading oil companies, alongside Lukoil.

It was claimed that this move gave away the control of the country's national resources[22] As a consequence, OMV Petrom has a de facto monopoly on the oil production of Romania.