7. Sales revenues

Accounting policy

Revenues from contracts with customers

Revenue is generally recognized when control over a product or a service is transferred to a customer. It is measured based on the consideration specified in a contract with a customer and excludes amounts collected on behalf of third parties.

When goods such as crude oil, LNG, oil and chemical products and similar goods are sold, the delivery of each quantity unit normally represents a single performance obligation. Revenue is recognized when control of the goods has transferred to the customer, which is the point in time when legal ownership and the risk of loss have passed to the customer and is determined on the basis of the Incoterm agreed in the contract with the customer. These sales are conducted with normal credit terms according to the industry standard.

Revenue from the production of crude oil, in which OMV has an interest with other producers, is recognized according to the sales method. This means that revenue is recognized based on the actual sales to third parties, regardless of the Group’s percentage interest or entitlement. An adjustment of production costs is recognized at average cost for the difference between the costs associated with the output sold and the costs incurred based on entitlement to output, with a counter entry in the other assets or liabilities.

In the F&F retail business, revenues from the sale of fuels are recognized when products are supplied to customers. Depending on whether OMV is principal or agent in the sale of shop merchandise, revenue and costs related to such sales are presented gross or net in the income statement. OMV is principal if it controls the goods before they are transferred to the customer, which is mainly indicated by OMV having the inventory risk. At filling stations, payments are due immediately at the time of purchase or, in the case of payments using fuel cards, in the month following the purchase.

OMV’s gas and power supply contracts include a single performance obligation that is satisfied over the agreed delivery period. Revenue is recognized according to the consumption by the customer and in line with the amount OMV has a right to invoice.

In some customer contracts for the delivery of natural gas, the fees charged to the customer comprise a fixed charge plus a variable fee depending on the volumes delivered. These contracts contain only one performance obligation, which is to stand ready for the delivery of gas over a certain period. The revenue from the fixed charges and the variable fees is recognized in line with the amount chargeable to the customer. Gas and power deliveries are billed and paid on a monthly basis.

Gas storage contracts contain a stand-ready obligation to provide storage services over an agreed period of time. Revenue is recognized according to the amount OMV has a right to invoice. These services are billed and paid on a monthly basis.

There are some customer contracts at OMV for the delivery of oil and gas and for the provision of gas storage services that have a term of more than one year. In principle, IFRS 15 requires the disclosure of the total amount of transaction prices allocated to unperformed performance obligations for such contracts. Contracts for the delivery of oil contain variable prices based on market prices on the delivery date, as is common in the oil industry. For these contracts it is therefore not possible to allocate the transaction price to unsatisfied performance obligations. For gas delivery and gas storage contracts OMV applies the practical expedient according to IFRS 15.121 (b), based on which this information need not be disclosed for contracts where revenue is recognized in the amount the entity has a right to invoice. OMV, therefore, does not disclose this information.

Revenues from other sources

Revenues from other sources include revenues from commodity contracts that are within the scope of IFRS 9. Sales and purchases of commodities are reported net, when the forward sales and purchase contracts are determined to be for trading purposes and not for the final physical delivery.

In addition, revenues from other sources include an adjustment of revenues related to certain production sharing agreements in the E&P business because the national oil company’s profit share is considered as income tax. Realized and unrealized results from the hedging of sales transactions are also included in this line item.