OMV plans refinery maintenance from May 13

VIENNA, May 10 (Reuters) - Austria's OMV will shut down around 40 percent of its Schwechat refinery for planned maintenance from May 13 until the end of June, the oil and gas group said on Monday. OMV said Schwechat, which produces around 9 million tonnes of crude oil a year, will undergo cleaning, inspection and preventive maintenance as part of a regular check up. (Reporting by Eva Komarek, Writing by Sylvia Westall) Keywords: OMV/MAINTENANCE (sylvia.westall@reuters.com; Vienna Newsroom: +43 153 112 256; Reuters Messaging: sylvia.westall.reuters.com@reuters.net) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2010. All rights reserved.

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