Tag Archives: Equinor (Statoil)

Oil and gas companies operating offshore Norway have set their sights on exploring for natural gas in the Arctic Barents Sea, eager to unlock new supply in light of the strong European demand for non-Russian gas. Over the next three years, some of the largest firms operating on the Norwegian …

Norway’s national oil company Equinor has announced that it has sold its shares in two Azerbaijani oil fields and the Baku Tbilisi Ceyhan oil pipeline to Azerbaijan’s state oil company SOCAR and will exit from Azerbaijan after 30 years in the country. “Equinor is in the process of reshaping its …

Equinor and SOCAR (State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic) have signed an agreement whereby Equinor will divest all its remaining assets in Azerbaijan to SOCAR. The assets comprise a 7.27% non-operated interest in the Azeri Chirag Gunashli (ACG) oil fields in the Azerbaijan sector of the Caspian Sea, 8.71% interest …

Equinor is exiting Azerbaijan by selling all its oil and gas assets there to Azeri state energy firm SOCAR, the Norwegian major said on Friday. For an undisclosed sum, Equinor will divest all its assets in Azerbaijan, which include a 7.27% non-operated interest in the huge Azeri Chirag Gunashli (ACG) …

Germany’s state-controlled firm Securing Energy for Europe (Sefe) and Equinor signed on Tuesday one of the biggest-ever natural supply deals for Norway’s energy giant worth an estimated $55 billion (50 billion euros). Equinor will supply Germany’s Sefe with around 10 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas per year from …

Empire Offshore Wind, a joint venture between Equinor and BP, has secured approval for its offshore wind farm project on the US East Coast. The project is the sixth commercial-scale wind farm to be given a go-ahead under President Joe Biden’s administration. Equinor and BP plan to build two offshore …

Energy major Equinor has made an oil and gas discovery near Oseberg, one of the top fields offshore Norway, which could add additional resources to the field, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate said on Friday. Equinor and its partners in the license, Petoro, TotalEnergies, and ConocoPhillips, made the discovery about four …

Norwegian energy firm Equinor will submit a proposal to pre-qualify for Norway’s first offshore wind auction, the company’s CEO Anders Opedal told Reuters on Friday. Equinor has formed a consortium with Germany’s RWE for Soerlige Nordsjoe II, an area in shallower waters close to the maritime border with Denmark, where …

Equinor announced that production from the Breidablikk oil field in the North Sea started on Oct. 20, four months ahead of schedule and within budget. Tied back to the Grane platform, the subsea field holds almost 200 MMbbl of recoverable oil. The partners are Equinor (operator), Petoro, Vår Energi and …

Equinor, an oil and gas company, has signed long-term gas supply deal with Austrian energy company OMV. Starting 1 October 2023, the five-year agreement will see Norway’s Equinor supply 12 terawatt-hour (TWh) of gas annually. Equinor said it will deliver the gas at the Trading Hub Europe in Germany. The …