Equinor

Equinor contracts third Odfjell rig for North Sea drilling

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 2021-05-26 00:00

26th May 2021

Odfjell has been awarded a drilling contract for its Deepsea Stavanger mobile rig, scheduled to start drilling in February 2022. The contract includes continuing options after the initial phase.

Equinor and Sonatrach sign memorandum of understanding

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 2021-05-17 00:00

17th May 2021

Equinor and Sonatrach have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to examine cooperation within oil and gas exploration and production in Algeria and internationally.

Equinor Awards Long-term Frame Deals to Seismic Players PGS and Shearwater

Submitted by Editorial on Wed, 2021-03-10 15:01

10th March 2021

Equinor has awarded PGS and Shearwater GeoServices framework agreements for 4D towed streamer seismic acquisition on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS). The agreements have a total estimated value of around NOK 700 million.

Equinor unearths new oil discovery near Johan Castberg field

Submitted by Editorial on Wed, 2021-03-10 14:56

10th March 2021

Equinor and partners Vår Energi and Petoro have struck oil at an exploration well near the Johan Castberg field offshore Norway.

ENGIE and Equinor join forces in the development of low-carbon hydrogen

Submitted by Editorial on Thu, 2021-02-18 11:15

18th February 2021

ENGIE and Equinor announce their partnership to develop joint low-carbon hydrogen activities. The partners will investigate the production and market potential for hydrogen from natural gas whereby the CO2 will be captured and stored permanently offshore.

Partial electrification of Sleipner approved

Submitted by Editorial on Thu, 2021-02-11 00:00

11th February 2021

The Sleipner field centre in the North Sea. (Photo: Øyvind Gravås and Bo B. Randulff)

The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has approved a revised plan for development and operation (PDO) for partial electrification of the Sleipner field centre.

Equinor and bp complete US offshore wind transactions and formation of strategic partnership

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 2021-01-29 00:00

29th January 2021

Equinor and bp have completed their previously announced transaction, whereby Equinor has sold a 50% interest in both the Empire Wind and Beacon Wind assets on the US east coast for a total cash consideration of around USD 1.1 bn excluding customary purchase price adjustments

Digital technologies boosts earnings at Johan Sverdrup

Submitted by Editorial on Mon, 2020-10-05 11:27

05th October 2020

Johan Sverdrup operators use tablets in their daily work

One year after the field came on stream digital solutions are key to maintaining high safety standards and value creation in all parts of the operations at Johan Sverdrup. This has increased earnings by more than NOK two billion.

Equinor transfers operatorship of Bressay project to EnQuest

Submitted by Editorial on Fri, 2020-07-31 00:00

31st July 2020

Equinor has agreed to sell a 40.8125% interest in and transfer operatorship of the Bressay oil field development on the UK continental shelf to EnQuest.

TechnipFMC awarded assignments worth up to NOK 1.8 billion

Submitted by Editorial on Tue, 2020-06-23 15:06

23rd June 2020

The Snorre A platform in the North Sea. (Photo: Bo B Randulff - Even Kleppa / Equinor ASA)

On behalf of the license partners, Equinor has awarded two contracts and issued a letter of intent to TechnipFMC for pipelaying and subsea installation for three projects on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS).