to ten wells off the Otago, New Zealand coast. The decision was met with indications by local environmental groups, who had successfully fought previous attempts to drill for fossil fuels in the area, that OMV could "expect resistance". In November 2019 an OMV supply vessel in Timaru was occupied for 57 hours by 27 protesters, and 16 people were arrested. In March 2020 two members of Extinction Rebellion Ōtautahi intercepted and boarded an OMV mobile drilling rig in the Marlborough Sounds from an inflatable boat, intending to occupy it for a week, but due to sickness of one of the protestors, the occupation was abandoned after 14 hours. The protestors came on board of the rig and were flown to New Plymouth and served with a trespass notice. See also List of petroleum companies OMV Petrom Petrol Ofisi References External links ÖBIB OMV Petrom Borealis Gas Connect Austria Central European Gas Hub Vienna Stock Exchange: Market Data OMV AG Oil and gas companies of Austria Companies based in Vienna Non-renewable resource companies established in 1956 Austrian brands Companies listed on the Wiener Börse Companies listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange Energy companies established in 1956 Austrian companies established in 1956 Multinational companies headquartered in Austria