Russia's Gazprom, Austria's OMV sign gas supply deal until 2040

VIENNA (Reuters) - Kremlin-controlled gas producer Gazprom and Austrian energy company OMV signed a new deal on Tuesday on Russian gas supplies to Austria through to 2040, a Reuters correspondent reported from the signing ceremony in Vienna.

No details of the deal were provided.

Last year, Gazprom increased gas supplies to Austria to more than 9 billion cubic metres (bcm) from 6.1 bcm in 2016.

(Reporting by Darya Korsunskaya; Writing by Vladimir Soldatkin; Editing by Tom Balmforth and Edmund Blair)