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Headquartered in Stavanger, Norway, Equinor operates on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.

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In this drone photo from the Langenuen strait south of Bergen, Norway, Johan Castberg is en route to the Barents Sea.
Equinor plans to implement a new area-wide emergency preparedness service for oil and gas operation in the southwestern Barents Sea offshore Norway.
Aug. 27, 2024
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Offshore Vietnam
Move is seen as setback for the Southeast Asian country’s green energy plans.
Aug. 26, 2024
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The Viking Energy vessel, which is on contract to Equinor, is scheduled for conversion in early 2026 and is expected to start operating on ammonia in the first half of 2026, becoming the world’s first ammonia-fueled in-service ship.
Equinor has signed a contract with Norwegian shipowner Eidesvik Offshore for the conversion of the Viking Energy supply vessel to ammonia operation.
Aug. 26, 2024
Courtesy Anne-Mette Fjærli / Equinor
Equinor said consent to extend the life of Norne FPSO in 2018 increased value creation from the Norne Field and its satellites, which include the Alve, Urd, Skuld and Marulk fields.
Equinor must take action to comply with an order from the Norwegian Ocean Industry Authority (Havtil).
Aug. 21, 2024
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Equinor wins offshore wind lease in U.S. Central Atlantic auction
Equinor has won a ~2 GW lease in the US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s offshore wind energy lease auction in the US Central Atlantic region.
Aug. 14, 2024
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Oseberg Field Center
Equinor’s production averaged 2,048 MMboe/d during the second quarter, the company said in a results update, up from 1,994 MMboe/d in the same quarter last year.
July 25, 2024
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Ramco OCTG
Equinor has awarded Ramco Norway a long-term contract covering the preparation, inspection, surface treatment and preservation of oil country tubular goods (OCTG).
July 16, 2024
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Gina Krog is located about 30 km northwest of Sleipner and came onstream in June 2017.
Equinor has permission to implement gas lift without a gas injection compressor on the Gina Krog Field in the central Norwegian North Sea.
July 12, 2024
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Plans call for a two-well subsea tieback to the Gina Krog platform, with production set to start in 2025.
July 9, 2024
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A new subsea template, tied back to the Kristin semisubmersible platform, enables processing of oil and gas from Lavrans.
July 9, 2024

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Equinor takes a $955-million writedown, largely on US offshore wind
Some $763 million is related to the Empire Wind projects and the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal project.
July 24, 2025
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The Troll C platform in the North Sea
Equinor has progressed several projects recently: Subsea7 won EPCI work at Fram Sor, CHC will support crew transportation at Mariner and Rosebank, and BASF and Equinor inked a...
July 18, 2025
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The illustration shows the two new subsea templates (marked in yellow) and the existing infrastructure from phases 1 and 2.
Equinor says the additional planned subsea infrastructure should increase recovery by 40 MMboe to 50 MMboe.
July 2, 2025
Courtesy Jan Arne Wold / Equinor
Transocean Enabler drilling rig
Equinor has struck oil in exploration well 7720/7-DD-1H, Drivis Tubåen, on the Johan Castberg Field in the Barents Sea.
June 30, 2025
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Equinor's offshore Heidrun TLP.
Equinor and Shell have chosen Adura as the name for their new joint E&P venture on the UK Continental Shelf.
June 26, 2025
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The Troll C platform is located in the North Sea.
The Fram Sør project is a combined development of several discoveries that will export oil and gas via Troll C.
June 26, 2025
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Johan Castberg loaded by Bodil Knutsen tanker .
Production through the Johan Castberg FPSO has reached peak capacity of 220,000 bbl/d of oil, three months after starting service, according to Equinor.
June 20, 2025
Courtesy Ole Jørgen Bratland / Equinor
Bałtyk 2 and Bałtyk 3 offshore wind farms
Partners Equinor (50%) and Polenergia (50%) have reached financial close for the Bałtyk 2 and Bałtyk 3 offshore wind projects.
May 23, 2025
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Empire Wind visualization
BOEM has notified Equinor subsidiary Empire Offshore Wind LLC that construction can resume on the Empire Wind project.
May 20, 2025
Courtesy Felipe Torres / Equinor
Peregrino FPSO
Brazilian independent PRIO has agreed to acquire Equinor’s 60% operated interest in the Peregrino heavy oil field in the offshore Campos Basin for $3.35 billion.
May 9, 2025

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Verdande
Equinor has authorization from the Norwegian Ocean Industry Authority (Havtil) to use some of the new facilities related to the Verdande Field subsea development in the Norwegian...
May 7, 2025
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offshore wind
Equinor is complying with a halt work order from the US government concerning offshore construction for the Empire Wind project.
May 1, 2025
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Poland offshore wind project
Equinor and Polenergia have secured a final environmental decision for the Bałtyk 1 offshore wind project.
April 30, 2025
Courtesy Lars Morken/Equinor
Johan Castberg strengthens Norway as a long-term energy exporter
Equinor has brought onstream the Johan Castberg oil field in the Barents Sea, Norway’s northernmost offshore production complex.
April 1, 2025
Courtesy Torstein Lund Eik / Equinor
Partners investing billions in expansion of the Northern Lights CCS-project
Equinor and partners Shell and TotalEnergies have committed to invest NOK7.5 billion ($714 million) in a Phase 2 development of their Northern Lights carbon capture project.
March 28, 2025
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Island Innovator rig
Equinor has awarded long-term well plug and abandonment (P&A) contracts for its fields offshore Norway to Island Drilling, Baker Hughes and Archer.
March 28, 2025
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Subsea template installation for Halten East
First-phase production has started from the 100-MMboe Halten East subsea tieback development in the Norwegian Sea.
March 18, 2025
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Lufttransport RW AS selected as operator for new helicopters
Equinor has contracted Lufttransport RW to operate five new helicopters supplied by Leonardo that will transport personnel to facilities offshore, and Weststar-GAP Aviation inked...
Jan. 31, 2025
Courtesy Saipem/Equinor
Hydrone-R underwater intervention drone
Saipem’s underwater intervention drone at the Equinor-operated offshore Njord field broke its own world record for longest subsea residency by almost 80 days.
Jan. 28, 2025
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Multiconsult Norge, Aker Solutions and LINK Arkitektur will jointly perform engineering services for Equinor for the electrification of multiple oil and gas installations offshore...
Jan. 17, 2025
Courtesy Jan Arne Wold/Elisabeth Sahl - Equinor
Troll A platform in the North Sea
Troll, Norway’s largest producing North Sea field, delivered a record 42.5 Bcm of gas in 2024.
Jan. 6, 2025
Courtesy Odfjell Drilling
Deepsea Atlantic semisubmersible rig
Equinor has pulled off another discovery close to the Troll field complex in the Norwegian North Sea.
Dec. 18, 2024
Courtesy Lars Morken/Equinor
Johan Castberg FPSO
Equinor has pushed back the estimated first oil date for the Johan Castberg FPSO in the Barents Sea to January-February 2025.
Dec. 12, 2024
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Deepwater Gunashli platform in the Caspian Sea
Equinor has completed the sales of its upstream businesses in Azerbaijan and Nigeria at an estimated price of up to $2 billion.
Dec. 9, 2024
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Deepsea Atlantic semisubmersible rig
The Deepsea Atlantic semisubmersible rig drilled an exploration well and sidetrack on the Rhombi prospect in 355 m of water in PL 090, 10 km north of the Troll field.
Nov. 14, 2024
Courtesy Gudmund Nymoen / Equinor
Åsgard B platform
Equinor has agreed to acquire Sval Energi’s 11.8% stake in the Halten East Unit development in the Norwegian Sea, pending regulatory approvals.
Nov. 11, 2024
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Sleipner T and Sleipner R are both connected permanently with a bridge to Sleipner A processing and drilling platform. Sleipner B is unmanned and is periodically operated by operations and maintenance personnel transferred from Sleipner A in helicopter.
Equinor has shut down the unmanned Sleipner B production platform in the Norwegian North Sea, following a report of smoke in the switchgear room Oct. 22.
Oct. 23, 2024
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Equinor acquires a 9.8% minority stake in Ørsted
The transaction establishes Equinor as the company’s second largest shareholder, after the Danish State, which had a controlling stake.
Oct. 8, 2024
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Johan Castberg FPSO
Currency fluctuations are pushing up the costs of various Equinor-operated field developments across the Norwegian Continental Shelf.
Oct. 7, 2024
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Northern Lights CCS facilities at Øygarden outside of Bergen
Construction work has finished on the Northern Lights development’s cross-border CO2 transport and storage site in Øygarden, near Bergen.
Sept. 26, 2024
Courtesy Marit Hommedal / Equinor ASA
Deepsea Atlantic drilling rig
Equinor and partner DNO International have drilled a third well on their 2023 Heisenberg oil and gas discovery in the Norwegian North Sea.
Sept. 25, 2024
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Equinor Norwegian-German blue hydrogen project
Project would have included building the world’s first offshore hydrogen pipeline.
Sept. 25, 2024
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Johan Castberg FPSO
Hookup operations have started at the Johan Castberg field development project.
Sept. 17, 2024
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Deepsea Stavanger
The semisubmersible Deepsea Stavanger drilled two exploration wells in 110 m water depth.
Sept. 17, 2024
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Troll C platform in the North Sea
Equinor has started partial power-from-shore operations at the Troll B and C platforms, part of the Troll West electrification development approved by the Norwegian authorities...
Sept. 12, 2024
Courtesy Transocean
Transocean Spitsbergen will now continue drilling production well 6406/2-L-2 AY1H in the same location.
Equinor has proven more gas/condensate close to the Kristin hub in the Norwegian Sea.
Sept. 12, 2024
Courtesy Equinor and Polenergia
Equinor and Polenergia award contract for offshore wind foundations for the Bałtyk 2 and 3 offshore wind farms
Equinor and Polenergia-owned companies have awarded Smulders construction contracts for the Bałtyk 2 and Bałtyk 3 offshore wind farms in the Polish sector of the Baltic Sea.
Sept. 6, 2024
Courtesy Øyvind Gravås/Even Kleppa - Equinor
Troll A platform in the North Sea
Equinor has appointed SURF contractor Ocean Installer for the Troll Phase 3 – Stage 2 project in the Norwegian North Sea.
June 27, 2024
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The successful bidders are Aker BP, Equinor, Lime Petroleum, OMV (Norge), PGNiG Upstream Norway and Vår Energi.
June 22, 2024
Equinor and GRTgaz have inked an agreement to develop CO2 transport infrastructure in France.
Equinor and France’s main gas transmission operator GRTgaz have signed a development agreement for a CO2 transport system.
June 18, 2024
Courtesy Eirik Hamre Clausen / Equinor
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Equinor has executed a purchase and sale agreement for the power generated by the planned Empire Wind 1 project with NYSERDA.
June 5, 2024
Courtesy Ole Jørgen Bratland / Equinor
The Gina Krog Field in the North Sea
Equinor has agreed to sell 19.5% interests in two production licenses in the Norwegian North Sea to PGNiG Upstream Norway.
June 4, 2024
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Equinor has signed a multi-year agreement to deploy the Seeq industrial analytics and AI service across its global assets to support digitalization.
May 31, 2024
Courtesy Øyvind Gravås/Even Kleppa - Equinor
The Troll A platform in the North Sea
Equinor and its partners in the giant Troll Field in the Norwegian North Sea will invest just over NOK12 billion (US$1.13 billion) in developing infrastructure serving the Troll...
May 24, 2024
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Equinor has made a small oil discovery with a new well on the Svalin Field in the North Sea.
May 23, 2024
Courtesy Corvus Energy
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Equinor has taken up a contractual option to extend use of Odfjell Drilling’s semisub Deepsea Aberdeen for eight wells offshore Norway.
May 22, 2024
Courtesy Harald Pettersen / Equinor
The Heidrun Field on Haltenbanken in the Norwegian Sea
Equinor and Petoro have entered an asset swap agreement covering various fields in the Haltenbanken area of the Norwegian Sea and the Barents Sea.
May 14, 2024
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Companies commence work on Wisting, Bay Du Nord projects.
May 2, 2024
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Shelf Drilling Barsk is a 492-ft jackup drilling unit.
Equinor has extended its contract with the Shelf Drilling Barsk jackup in the Norwegian North Sea.
April 10, 2024
Courtesy Marit Hommedal / Equinor
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Equinor has permission from the Norwegian Ocean Industry Authority (Havtil) to use subsea facilities serving the Phase 1 Kristin Sør development in the Norwegian Sea.
April 1, 2024
Courtesy Ocean Installer
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Equinor has awarded Ocean Installer a subsea line modification program at the Åsgard A platform in the Norwegian Sea.
March 27, 2024
Courtesy Odfjell Drilling
The drilling was carried out using the Deepsea Stavanger rig.
Equinor has delineated the Heisenberg oil and gas discovery in the northern Norwegian North Sea and proven oil in the deeper-lying Hummer prospect.
March 21, 2024
Courtesy KCA Deutag
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Equinor has taken up two options to extend drilling contracts for various platforms offshore Norway with Archer, KCA Deutag Drilling Norway and Odfjell Operations.
March 14, 2024
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Equinor will receive 10 new Bell 525 helicopters (photo) and five Leonardo AW189 helicopters.
Equinor has secured 15 new helicopters for passenger traffic to and from its facilities on the Norwegian Continental Shelf via contracts with Bell and Leonardo.
March 1, 2024
Courtesy Enhanced Drilling
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Five-year frame agreement covers range of drilling operations on the Norwegian continental shelf,
Feb. 22, 2024
Courtesy Odfjell Drilling
Deepsea Stavanger
Equinor has proven oil with the first exploratory well on PL272 B in the Norwegian North Sea.
Jan. 29, 2024