Having previously run the concern's chemicals division, Borealis, he saw that business, not fossil fuels, as OMV's future.

他之前负责管理该公司的化学品部门 Borealis，他认为 OMV 的未来是该业务，而不是化石燃料。

But OMV's present will involve energy for a while yet.

但 OMV 的目前仍将涉及能源一段时间。

On October 31st OMV said that sales slumped by nearly half in the third quarter, compared with a year earlier, to €9.5bn ($10bn).

10 月 31 日，OMV 表示，第三季度销售额与去年同期相比下降了近一半，至 95 亿欧元（100 亿美元）。

OMV has also signed a deal with BP, a British energy giant, to get liquefied natural gas via a terminal in Rotterdam.

OMV 还与英国能源巨头 BP 签署了一项协议，通过鹿特丹的一个终端获取液化天然气。

Mr Stern must have seemed prescient to his underlings in February 2022, when Russia, from which OMV was buying most of its natural gas, invaded Ukraine.

2022 年 2 月，OMV 从俄罗斯购买大部分天然气，斯特恩先生在他的下属看来一定是有先见之明的，当时俄罗斯入侵了乌克兰。

That would create one of the world's biggest makers of polyolefin plastics, which would be listed and owned in equal parts by OMV and Adnoc.

这将创建世界上最大的聚烯烃塑料制造商之一，该公司将上市并由 OMV 和 Adnoc 平等拥有。

The division's prospects could brighten further if talks between OMV and Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) aimed at uniting Borealis and Borouge, the Emirati giant's chemicals unit, succeed.

如果 OMV 和阿布扎比国家石油公司 (ADNOC) 旨在合并北欧化工和阿联酋化工巨头博禄 (Borouge) 的谈判取得成功，该部门的前景可能会进一步光明。