Norway’s state-owned energy giant Equinor has received clearance from the Norwegian authorities to conduct drilling activities on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) with a semi-submersible rig owned by Transocean, an offshore drilling contractor.
Equinor has started production from the Eirin field in the North Sea, bringing new gas volumes online for export to Europe through existing infrastructure at Gina Krog and Sleipner A.
Equinor has extended a series of drilling and well services agreements valued at approximately NOK 17 billion ($1.6 billion) to sustain production and activity on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.
BW Offshore has signed a front-end engineering and design (FEED) agreement with Equinor for the Bay du Nord development offshore Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Equinor has started drilling for the Raia gas project in the Campos Basin offshore Brazil, one of the country’s largest natural gas developments, the company announced on Tuesday.
Equinor ASA on Tuesday announced another oil discovery around the Johan Castberg field on Norway’s side of the Barents Sea, with preliminary estimated recoverable resources of 24 million barrels of oil equivalent.
Equinor ASA has signed a two-year contract with Norwegian compatriot Wallenius Wilhelmsen ASA to supply the ro-ro shipper with locally produced bio-methanol from 2026.
Equinor is preparing to begin drilling operations for the Rosebank field development west of Shetland, marking a key milestone for one of the UK Continental Shelf’s largest undeveloped oil and gas projects.
Equinor has made commercial discoveries of oil in the Troll area and gas and condensate in the Sleipner area, the company announced on Monday.
Equinor has concluded its investigation into a well control incident on the Deepsea Bollsta drilling rig at the Troll field, about 65km west of Kollsnes near Bergen, which involved a release of around 930kg of gas.