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Equinor completes investigation following well control incident on Deepsea Bollsta

OSLO, NORWAY (By Equinor, 3.Mar.2026, Words: 560) — Equinor has completed the investigation of a well control incident on the “Deepsea Bollsta” drilling rig on […]

Equinor reports oil find in Snorre area, eyes rapid development

OSLO, NORWAY (By Equinor, 2.Mar.2026, Words: 533) — Equinor and its partners have made a commercial oil discovery in the Snorre area in the North Sea. […]

Equinor and Vår Energi award Bristow Billion-NOK contract for helicopter transportation

OSLO, NORWAY (By Equinor, 2.Feb.2026, Words: 430) — Equinor and Vår Energi have awarded Bristow a new, long-term contract for helicopter transportation and search and rescue […]

Equinor reveals its 2025 safety results

OSLO, NORWAY (By Equinor, 28.Jan.2026, Words: 492) — The accident at Equinor’s refinery at Mongstad in Sep., where a colleague lost his life during a […]

Noble reveals awards totaling $1.3bn, updates on Guyana, Trinidad and Suriname operations

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO and HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 26.Jan.2026, Words: 610) — Noble Corporation plc announced new contract awards for 9 rigs […]

Equinor awarded 35 new production licenses on the Norwegian continental shelf

OSLO, NORWAY (By Equinor, 13.Jan.2026, Words: 605) — Equinor has been awarded 35 new production licenses by the Ministry of Energy in this year’s APA, Awards […]

EAI brief: Equinor tax contributions for 2024

ATLANTA, GEORGIA (By Chad Archey, Energy Analytics Institute, 11.Dec.2025, Words: 193) — Equinor’s tax contribution to society amounted to $25.8bn for 2024, including employment taxes. In […]

Investing in the next phase at Johan Castberg

OSLO, NORWAY (By Equinor, 11.Dec.2025, Words: 630) — Equinor, Vår Energi and Petoro will invest just over NOK 4bn in the first discovery tied back to […]

Democracies must fight for freedom, Nobel laureate Machado says

OSLO, NORWAY (By Reuters, 10.Dec.2025, Words: 827) — Democracies must be prepared to fight for freedom in order to survive, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina […]

Fact sheet: The Nobel Peace Prize, Maria Corina Machado [pdf download: The Noble lecture]

OSLO, NORWAY (By The Noble Foundation, 10.Dec.2025, Words: 311) — In 2025, The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to expelled Venezuelan law maker and former presidential […]

Equinor announces 2 new North Sea discoveries

OSLO, NORWAY (By Equinor, 5.Dec.2025, Words: 495) — Equinor has made 2 new discoveries of gas and condensate in the Sleipner area of the North Sea. […]

Miros and Marine Technologies ink MOU to advance next-generation marine sensing

ASKER, NORWAY (By Miros, 4.Dec.2025, Words: 265) — Miros AS, involved in real-time ocean insights for environmental monitoring and offshore operations, and Marine Technologies LLC (MT), a […]

Equinor and Shell complete deal to form North Sea producer Adura

OSLO, NORWAY (By Equinor, 1.Dec.2025, Words: 484) — Equinor and Shell completed a deal to combine their UK offshore oil and gas operations to form a […]

Equinor says investigation of exposure incidents at Hammerfest LNG completed

OSLO, NORWAY (By Equinor, 18,.Nov.2025, Words: 748) — Equinor’s investigation identifies venting from the MEG tanks as the main source causing the exposure incidents and […]

EAI NRG Dashboard 2 Nov. 2025 [free pdf download]

BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA (By Steve Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 2.Nov.2025, Words: 2,000) — The Energy Analytics Institute (EAI) NRG Dashboard — a must read for investors, students, […]

Equinor awarded new helicopter contracts from Bergen

OSLO, NORWAY (By Equinor, 24.Oct.2025, Words: 479) — Equinor has awarded new contracts for crew transportation services from Bergen to CHC Helikopter Service AS and […]

New technology increases gas recovery on Åsgard

OSLO, NORWAY (By Equinor, 26.Sep.2025, Words: 482) — Equinor and partners in Åsgard and Mikkel licences have started phase 2 of Åsgard subsea compression in […]

EXMAR inks deal with Regasificadora Del Pacífico S.A.S for FSU off Colombia

BOGOTA, COLOMBIA (By Ana Sanches, Energy Analytics Institute, 18.Sep.2025, Words: 448) — EXMAR signed contracts with Regasificadora Del Pacífico S.A.S. (RDP) for deployment of a […]

Equinor reports fatal accident at Mongstad refinery involving Crane Norway employee

HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Isaac Silvestre, Energy Analytics Institute, 17.Sep.2025, Words: 252) — Equinor reported that a worker died in an accident in connection with a […]

SPE Offshore Europe 2025 pulls industry leaders to Aberdeen

ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND (By RX, 5.Sep.2025, Words: 780) — SPE Offshore Europe (OE25) has reaffirmed its position as Europe’s leading offshore energy event, welcoming more than […]

Norway’s Equinor to participate in Ørsted rights issue

BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA (By Steve Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 1.Sep.2025, Words: 319) — Equinor has assessed the proposal put forward by the board of directors […]

Equinor announces 1Q:25 cash dividend of NOK 3.7740 per share

OSLO, NORWAY (By Equinor, 25.Aug.2025) — Equinor ASA announced on 30 Apr. 2025 a cash dividend per share of USD 0.37 for the first-quarter 2025 […]

Equinor stores first CO2 volumes at Northern Lights

OSLO, NORWAY (By Equinor, 25.Aug.2025, Words: 713) — The first CO2 volumes have now been injected and successfully stored in the reservoir 2,600m under the […]

Equinor reports new oil and gas find near Troll field

OSLO, NORWAY (By Equinor, 25.Aug.2025, Words: 268) — Equinor and partners struck oil and gas in the Fram area, 9km north of the Troll field […]

SPE Offshore Europe 2025 set to drive transformational change for the energy sector

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND (By SPE, 21.Aug.2025, Words: 1,780) — SPE Offshore Europe 2025 (OE25) will open its doors at the P&J Live from 2-5 Sep. 2025 […]

Halliburton bags multi-year well stimulation services contract in the North Sea

HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 13.Aug.2025, Words: 195) — ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS awarded Halliburton a contract to deliver comprehensive well stimulation services to improve […]

Test Arena operations start in Norway with first flight of all-electric ALIA aircraft

STAVANGER, NORWAY (By Bristol, 8.Aug.2025, Words: 893) — Bristow Norway AS, a subsidiary of Bristow Group Inc., flew BETA Technologies‘ all-electric ALIA CX300 aircraft at Stavanger […]

Equinor says Johan Castberg officially opened

OSLO, NORWAY (By Equinor, 8.Aug.2025, Words: 550) — Today, 8 Aug. 2025, the Johan Castberg field was officially opened by the minister of energy, Terje […]

Saipem completes pipeline installation for Equinor’s Irpa project in Norwegian Sea

BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA (By Steve Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 1.Aug.2025, Words: 273) — Saipem successfully completed the installation of the subsea pipeline for the Irpa […]

Saipem on contract extension with Aker BP for drilling activities offshore Norway

ATLANTA, GEORGIA (By Chad Archey, Energy Analytics Institute, 30.Jul.2025, Words: 194) — Aker BP exercised the option for the extension period under the existing contract […]

Finland tops annual global mining survey rankings, Ethiopia ranks last

VANCOUVER, BC (By Fraser Institute, 29.Jul.2025, Words: 263) — Finland is the most attractive jurisdiction in the world for mining investment, followed by Nevada and Alaska, according to the Annual […]

BASF and Equinor confirm strategic partnership, ink 10-year gas supply agreement

HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 18.Jul.2025, Words: 298) — Norway’s Equinor inked a long-term strategic deal to supply up to 23 terawatt […]

Subsea7 awarded large $300mn-$500mn EPCI contract offshore Norway by Equinor

HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Isaac Silvestre, Energy Analytics Institute, 17.Jul.2025, Words: 275) — Subsea7 announced award of a large contract by Equinor relating to the Fram Sør […]

EAI brief: Norway’s Equinor investigating working conditions at Hammerfest LNG (HLNG)

HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 16.Jul.2025, Words: 168) — Norway’s Equinor opened 2 internal investigations at Hammerfest LNG (HLNG) during the second-quarter […]

Viridien, TGS and Axxis multi-client AS complete OMEGA Merge over the Norwegian North Sea

HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 15.Jul.2025, Words: 270) — Viridien, in collaboration with joint venture (JV) partners, TGS and Axxis Multi-client AS, […]

Developing the largest oil producer on the Norwegian continental shelf

BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA (By Steve Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 1.Jul.2025, Words: 502) — Equinor and its partners are investing NOK 13mn in the third phase […]

Equinor reports oil find in Johan Castberg area in the Barents Sea

HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 30.Jun.2025, Words: 392) — Equinor struck oil in exploration well 7720/7-DD-1H, Drivis Tubåen, on the Johan Castberg […]

Equinor: more oil and gas to Europe from the Fram and Troll area

HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 26.Jun.2025, Words: 699) — Equinor and its Fram partners — Equinor Energy AS (45% WI), Vår Energi […]

Subsea7 reports milestone operation at Vigra spool base in Norway

HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 25.Jun.2025) — Subsea7 said that for the first time in its history that 2 Subsea7 reel-lay vessels […]

SLB OneSubsea secures EPC contract for Northern Lights CO2 project expansion

HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Ian Silvestre, Energy Analytics Institute, 25.Jun.2025, Words: 275) — SLB has awarded an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract by Equinor to […]

Equinor says Johan Castberg producing at full capacity of 220,000 b/d

ATLANTA, GEORGIA (Chad Archey, Energy Analytics Institute, 20.Jun.2025, Words: 404) — Only 3 months after coming on stream Johan Castberg is producing at peak capacity […]

Equinor awards Baker Hughes deal for abandonment operations in Oseberg east field

ATLANTA, GEORGIA (Chad Archey, Energy Analytics Institute, 11.Jun.2025, Words: 279) — Baker Hughes will provide Norway’s Equinor plug and abandonment (P&A) services in the Oseberg […]

Equinor’s “Energy Perspectives 2025” [2 PDF downloads]

HOUSTON, TEXAS (Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 6.Jun.2025, Words: 458) — Norway’s Equinor revealed its Energy Perspectives 2025 which lays out 4 scenarios for the […]

Subsea 7 awarded contract offshore Norway by ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS

ATLANTA, GEORGIA (Chad Archey, Energy Analytics Institute, 19.May.2025, Words: 221) — Subsea 7 announced the award of a contract — with a value between $300mn-$500mn […]

Norway pension fund sales remaining $40mn in fixed income investment in Pemex

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (Fidencio Casillas, Energy Analytics Institute, 13.May.2025, Words: 273) — Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) said its recent exclusion from the investment portfolio of the […]

Norway’s wealth fund sells all its fixed income from Mexico’s Pemex due to corruption risk

OSLO, NORWAY (Reuters, 11.May.2025, Words: 161) — Norway’s wealth fund, the world’s largest, has sold all its fixed income investments in Mexican state oil firm […]

Energy industry faces short-term instability, according to DNV survey

ATLANTA, GEORGIA (Chad Archey, Energy Analytics Institute, 30.Apr.2025) — The energy industry is braced for short-term uncertainty caused by global instability, but remains optimistic in […]

Noble highlights backlog of $7.5bn, recent awards in Suriname and Colombia

HOUSTON, TEXAS (Ian Silverman, Energy Analytics Institute, 28.Apr.2025) — Noble Corporation said its backlog as of 28 Apr. 2025 stands at $7.5bn. This figure assumes […]

Equinor’s 1Q:25 safety results trend in positive direction

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 […]

North Star’s ships achieve Lloyd’s Register’s cyber resilience classification

ATLANTA, GEORGIA (Chad Archey, Energy Analytics Institute, 23.Apr.2025) — North Star has become the first organization in the world to have ships achieve Lloyd’s Register’s […]