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The COVID-19 pandemic has interrupted the development of Norway’s offshore oil and gas projects, pushing up costs and postponing startups, the government and oil company Equinor said on Wednesday. The costs of ongoing projects rose by 13.2 billion Norwegian crowns ($1.4 billion) from a year ago on an inflation-adjusted basis, …

Norwegian energy giant Equinor has decided to reduce its exploration staff by 30 per cent as the Covid-19 pandemic reduces oil demand. In a statement sent to Offshore Energy, a spokesperson for Equinor said the planned reduction in positions in Equinor’s exploration organisation is around 30 per cent and it …

The coronavirus pandemic that has slammed oil demand and prices is forcing energy majors to tighten their belts on exploration, even if finding new deposits remains essential to their existence. While the sector is increasingly diversifying into greener energies such as wind power, its core business remains oil and gas. …

Norwegian oil and gas giant Equinor has made an oil and gas discovery in the Swisher prospect near the Fram field in the North Sea offshore Norway. Equinor, as the operator of the production licence 248 C, has concluded the drilling of wildcat well 35/11-24 S and appraisal wells 35/11-24 …

Equinor said Wednesday it has partnered up with utilities Jera and J-Power to jointly bid in Japan’s planned first offshore wind auction, Kallanish Energy reports. Together the consortium plans to submit a bid to develop two offshore wind farms as soon as the Japanese government officially launches the tender. The …

Equinor plans to build the world’s largest floating offshore wind farm in South Korea with up to 100 turbines. We have a plan for construction start in 2023, which can give a possible start of production in 2026, confirms press spokesman Erik Haaland in Equinor to Teknisk Ukeblad (TU). It …

Norway-based Equinor is leading a project to develop one of the UK’s – and the world’s – first at-scale facilities to produce hydrogen from natural gas in combination with carbon capture and storage (CCS). The project, called Hydrogen to Humber Saltend (H2H Saltend), provides the beginnings of a decarbonised industrial …

Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund has built up stakes in European oil firms, including about $200 million in Equinor ASA, as the kingdom navigates the coronavirus pandemic and plummeting crude prices. The Public Investment Fund amassed shares in Norway’s largest producer mostly through the open market last week, according to …

Before the coronavirus pandemic, Big Oil was under significant pressure to speed up their transitions to cleaner forms of energy — from politicians, financiers and climate activists alike. This pressure may have receded from view amid Covid-19 lock downs and massive slumps in oil prices, but there is no reason …

Eni’s plan today includes upstream production growth at an annual rate of 3.5 percent up to 2025.