EQUINOR NEWSROOM (43 press releases)
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PRESS RELEASE -- 22, December 2023
(IN BRIEF) Equinor has signed an agreement to sell all its remaining assets in Azerbaijan to SOCAR (State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic). These assets include stakes in the Azeri Chirag Gunashli (ACG) oil fields, the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline, and …
Read the full press release →PRESS RELEASE -- 20, December 2023
(IN BRIEF) Equinor and Shell Offshore Inc. have jointly made the final investment decision for the Sparta deepwater development in the US Gulf of Mexico. Equinor holds a 49 percent stake in the project, which is expected to produce up …
Read the full press release →PRESS RELEASE -- 15, December 2023
(IN BRIEF) Equinor has reached an agreement to purchase Shell’s equity stake and operatorship of the Linnorm discovery in the Norwegian Sea. This acquisition will grant Equinor a 30% interest in PL 255, which covers the Linnorm discovery, subject to …
Read the full press release →PRESS RELEASE -- 30, November 2023
(IN BRIEF) Equinor has reached an agreement to divest its Nigerian business, including its 53.85% ownership in oil and gas lease OML 128, which encompasses a 20.21% stake in the Agbami oil field operated by Chevron, to Nigerian-owned Chappal Energies. …
Read the full press release →PRESS RELEASE -- 29, November 2023
(IN BRIEF) Wood, a global engineering and consulting company, has secured a two-year contract extension with Equinor UK Limited to continue supporting safe and reliable energy production at the Mariner field in the UK North Sea. The extension covers operations, …
Read the full press release →PRESS RELEASE -- 21, November 2023
(IN BRIEF) Equinor ASA has disclosed the dividend payouts for the second quarter of 2023. The company will distribute an ordinary cash dividend of USD 0.30 per share and an extraordinary cash dividend of USD 0.60 per share. The NOK …
Read the full press release →PRESS RELEASE -- 20, November 2023
(IN BRIEF) Yara International, a global ammonia player, has entered into a significant commercial agreement with Northern Lights, a CO2 transport and storage provider, to enable the cross-border transportation and storage of CO2. This collaboration aims to reduce Yara’s annual …
Read the full press release →PRESS RELEASE -- 7, November 2023
(IN BRIEF) Equinor has announced a commercially viable gas discovery near the Gina Krog field in the North Sea. Although the discovery is relatively small, it is considered commercially viable due to its ability to leverage existing infrastructure by the …
Read the full press release →PRESS RELEASE -- 6, November 2023
(IN BRIEF) Gasum has successfully delivered its second liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargo to the Inkoo floating storage regasification unit (FSRU) in Finland. The cargo, provided by Gasum’s partner Equinor, arrived on November 5th and is being regasified for integration …
Read the full press release →PRESS RELEASE -- 31, October 2023
(IN BRIEF) Equinor and RWE have signed a new supply agreement for natural gas, covering a period of five years starting in October. The agreement entails the supply of 10 to 15 terrawatt hours (TWh) of natural gas annually, strengthening …
Read the full press release →PRESS RELEASE -- 31, October 2023
(IN BRIEF) RWE, an energy company based in Germany, has signed a new supply agreement with Equinor, a Norwegian energy company, for natural gas. The agreement spans five years, starting in October, with an annual volume ranging from 10 to …
Read the full press release →PRESS RELEASE -- 30, October 2023
(IN BRIEF) RWE and Equinor have entered into a new supply contract for 10 to 15 terawatt hours (TWh) of natural gas annually, spanning until 2028. This collaboration strengthens their longstanding partnership and aims to enhance security of supply and …
Read the full press release →PRESS RELEASE -- 20, October 2023
(IN BRIEF) Equinor, along with partners Petoro, Vår Energi, and ConocoPhillips, has started production at the Breidablikk field in the North Sea, four months ahead of schedule and within budget. The subsea field, tied to the Grane platform, contains nearly …
Read the full press release →PRESS RELEASE -- 20, October 2023
(IN BRIEF) Equinor, a global energy company, reports a continued improvement in safety as it records a decline in serious incidents and injuries per million hours worked in the third quarter of 2023. The serious incident frequency remains steady at …
Read the full press release →PRESS RELEASE -- 27, September 2023
(IN BRIEF) Equinor and Ithaca Energy have committed $3.8 billion to Phase 1 of the Rosebank development in the UK North Sea. The project aims to recover around 245 million barrels of oil from the Rosebank field, located approximately 130 …
Read the full press release →PRESS RELEASE -- 27, September 2023
(IN BRIEF) Equinor has entered into a new five-year gas sales agreement with OMV, Austria’s major energy company. Starting from October 1, this year, the deal involves an annual gas volume of 12 TWh, with delivery to OMV’s European portfolio …
Read the full press release →PRESS RELEASE -- 19, September 2023
(IN BRIEF) The Johan Castberg partnership, consisting of Equinor, Vår Energi, and Petoro, has announced an upward revision of the project’s cost estimate, with an increase of nearly NOK 13 billion compared to the previous year. Despite these cost escalations, …
Read the full press release →PRESS RELEASE -- 16, September 2023
(IN BRIEF) Equinor, in collaboration with KUFPEC Norway, has submitted a plan for the development and operation (PDO) of the Eirin gas field, set to deliver a significant supply of natural gas to Europe. With recoverable reserves of approximately 27.6 …
Read the full press release →PRESS RELEASE -- 12, September 2023
(IN BRIEF) DNV, the independent energy expert and assurance provider, has secured a contract from the joint ventures of Equinor and Polenergia S.A., MFW Bałtyk II sp. z o.o. and MFW Bałtyk III sp. z o.o., to certify the Baltyk …
Read the full press release →PRESS RELEASE -- 9, September 2023
(IN BRIEF) A.P. Moller – Maersk and Equinor have signed an agreement to supply green methanol for Maersk’s new methanol-enabled feeder vessel. The agreement secures green methanol supply from September 2023 to the first half of 2024 for the ship’s …
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