HOUSTON, TEXAS (Ofelia Paredes, Energy Analytics Institute, 25.Apr.2025) — Equinor‘s safety trend continues in a positive direction. This, as the total number of serious incidents and personal injuries per million hours worked remains at the lowest level so far for the Norwegian company.
The serious incident frequency per million hours worked (SIF) was 0.28 at the end of the first-quarter (1Q:25), which showed an improvement compared to the 4Q:24. Serious personal injuries are also included in the serious incident statistics, Equinor announced on 25 Apr. 2025 in an official statement.
“Along with our suppliers and partners, we’re continuing our efforts to prevent major accidents and serious personal injuries, for example through additional focus on management training and systematic lessons learned,” Equinor’s executive vice president for safety, security and sustainability Jannicke Nilsson said in the statement.
“We’re working to bolster our safety culture through proactive management in an effort to create clarity, confidence, transparency and engagement,” Nilsson said.
As of the 1Q:25, the total recordable injury frequency per million hours worked (TRIF) is 2.2 for the last 12 months, an improvement compared to the 4Q:24.
Five oil and gas leaks have been registered over the last 12 months. These leaks are classified according to the degree of severity in relation to the discharge rate.
There have been no incidents with major accident potential or serious well control incidents in the 1Q:25.
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By Ofelia Paredes reporting from Houston. © 2025 Energy Analytics Institute (EAI). All Rights Reserved.
