German unit of refiner OMV: There is a run on fuels such as diesel and heating oil in the southern parts of Germany. Critically low water levels of the river Rhine constrain supplies. Due to the low levels on the Rhine, OMV Group has ramped up fuel imports via the Danube River tenfold. There is a run on fuels such as diesel and heating oil in the southern parts of Germany as supplies are constrained due to critically low water levels on the River Rhine, the German unit of refiner OMV told Bloomberg on Thursday. The Rhine River, which runs northwest from Switzerland through Germany, France, and the Netherlands into the North Sea, is a major petroleum product transportation corridor in Europe. Due to heat waves and drought this summer in Europe, the levels on the river are low and have now become too shallow for many barges shipping […]