(Energy Analytics Institute, 1.Nov.2024) — MDU Resources Group, Inc. successfully completed the spinoff of its construction services subsidiary, Everus Construction Group. As a result of [more…]
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Equinor to Pay $1.25bn for EQT Interest in Northern Marcellus
(Energy Analytics Institute, 29.Oct.2024) — Equinor inked an agreement with EQT Corporation to acquire additional non-operated interest in the Northern Marcellus formation in the US. [more…]
Equinor to Begin 4th tranche of share Buy-Back for 2024
(Equinor, 23.Oct.2024) — Equinor will on 25 Oct. 2024 commence the fourth and final tranche of up to $1.6bn of the share buy-back programme for [more…]
Equinor Reports 3Q:24 Total Equity Production of 1,984 Mboe/d
(Equinor, 23.Oct.2024) — Equinor delivered adjusted operating income* of $6.89bn and $2.04bn after tax in the third quarter of 2024. Equinor reported net operating income [more…]
Smoke Development on the Sleipner B Platform
(Equinor, 22.Oct.2024) — Equinor announced that the emergency vessels Skandi Mongstad and Esvagt Bergen have used seawater to cool down the Sleipner platform from a [more…]
Smoke Development on the Sleipner B Platform
(Equinor, 22.Oct.2024) — The Equinor Emergency Response team was notified of smoke development in a switchgear room at the Sleipner B platform 22 October at [more…]
Equinor’s 3Q:24 Safety Results
(Equinor, 17.Oct.2024) — Equinor’s overall long-term safety trend continues to move in a positive direction, but the total number of injuries has increased somewhat by [more…]
Equinor Buys 9.8% Minority Stake in Ørsted
(Equinor, 7.Oct.2024) — The transaction establishes Equinor as the second largest shareholder in Ørsted, after the Danish State, which holds a controlling stake in the [more…]
Northern Lights Ready to Receive CO2
(Equinor, 26.Sep.2024) — On 26 Sep. 2024 the Norwegian Minister of Energy conducts the official opening of the Northern Lights CO2 transport and storage facility in [more…]
Northern Lights Completion World’s First Commercial CO2 Transport and Storage Service
(Northern Lights, 26.Sep.2024) — Northern Lights JV unveiled the completed CO2 receiving facilities in Øygarden, Norway. The onshore and offshore infrastructure has been delivered on [more…]
Northern Lights Facilities Finished, Ready to Store CO2
(TotalEnergies, 26.Sep.2024) — TotalEnergies and its partners, Equinor and Shell, announce the completion of the CO2 receiving and storage facilities of Northern Lights Joint-Venture in [more…]
Johan Castberg Anchored in the Barents Sea
(Equinor, 17.Sep.2024) — The floating production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) is now securely anchored on the Johan Castberg field in the Barents Sea. The [more…]
Reducing Emissions from the Troll Field
Equinor, 11.Sep.2024) — On Saturday, 7 Sep. 2024, Troll B and C became partly powered from shore. This reduces annual emissions from the Norwegian continental [more…]
Chevron Boosts Recovery at Two Facilities in US GOM
(Chevron, 3.Sep.2024) — Chevron Corporation has started water injection operations at two projects to boost oil and natural gas recovery at the company’s existing Jack/St. [more…]
Increased Ripple Effects from Equinor in Norway
(Equinor, 28.Aug.2024) — A new report shows that deliveries for exploration, development projects and operation of Equinor-operated fields and onshore facilities in Norway had a value [more…]
Diverging Paths: Argentina Versus Brazil’s Energy Policies
(Rystad, 29.Aug.2024) — Argentina and Brazil are the two largest economies on the South American continent, and both are places that foreign investors have been cautiously [more…]
Strengthening Emergency Preparedness in the Barents Sea
(Equinor, 27.Aug.2024) — Equinor will establish and operate a new area-wide emergency preparedness solution for the southwestern Barents Sea. The solution will add new resources, expertise [more…]
Equinor to Use World’s First Ammonia-powered Supply Vessel
(Equinor, 26.Aug.2024) — Equinor has signed a contract with Eidesvik Offshore for the conversion of the Viking Energy supply vessel to ammonia operation. The vessel will [more…]
Equinor Announces Cash Dividend for 1Q:24
(Equinor, 23.Aug.2024) — Equinor ASA announced on 25 April 2024 an ordinary cash dividend per share of USD 0.35 and an extraordinary cash dividend per [more…]
Equinor Gets Offshore Wind Lease in US Central Atlantic Auction
(Equinor, 14.Aug.2024) — Equinor has been announced as a provisional winner in the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s (BOEM) offshore wind energy lease auction in the [more…]
Shell Invests in Water Injection at US GOM Field
(Shell, 14.Aug.2024) — Shell Offshore Inc., a subsidiary of Shell plc, has taken a Final Investment Decision (FID) on a ‘waterflood’ project at its Vito asset [more…]
Equinor Starts Production from Kristin South
(Equinor, 8.Jul.2024) — Equinor and its partners Petoro, Vår Energi, and TotalEnergies EP Norge started production from the first Lavrans well in the Kristin South [more…]
Equinor Secures Permit for CO2 Storage in Denmark
(Equinor, 20.Jun.2024) — Equinor has been awarded its first CCS exploration permit in Denmark as operator, together with partners Ørsted and Nordsøfonden. The partnership will start [more…]
Equinor Bags Two New North Sea CO2 Storage Licenses
(Equinor, 20.Jun.2024) — Equinor has been awarded the operatorships for the development of two new CO2 storages in the North Sea. The new licenses are important building [more…]
Equinor Expands Renewables Portfolio in Poland with New Solar Plant
(Equinor, 18.Jun.2024) — Equinor’s third solar plant in Poland, Lipno has started test production. This brings the company’s onshore renewables capacity in Poland to ~200 MW, and [more…]
Equinor and GRTgaz to Develop CO2 Transport Infrastructure in France
(Equinor, 17.Jun.2024) — Equinor and main French gas transmission operator GRTgaz signed a project development agreement (PDA) for a CO2 transport system for captured CO2 [more…]
Speed and Scale of Energy Transition Must Increase, Equinor Says
(Equinor, 6.Jun.2024) — In 2024, almost half of the world’s population go to the polls. Many elections will demonstrate some of the key trends shaping [more…]
Election to Equinor’s Board of Directors
(Equinor, 6.Jun.2024) — In a meeting in the corporate assembly of Equinor ASA (OSE:EQNR, NYSE:EQNR) on 4 Jun. 2024 Tone Hegland Bachke and Fernanda Lopes Larsen [more…]
Equinor Solidifies New York Offtake Deal for Empire Wind 1
(Equinor, 4.Jun.2024) — Equinor announced the execution of the Purchase and Sale Agreement (PSA) with the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) for [more…]
Equinor Divests Interests in Gina Krog Area
(Equinor, 4.Jun.2024) — Equinor is selling 19.5% interests in production licenses PL 048E, which is the Eirin field, and PL 1201 to PGNiG Upstream Norway [more…]
Petrobras Ranking by Poder 360
(Energy Analytics Institute, 18.May.2024) — In 2023, Petrobras was the 4th most profitable oil company. Saudi Arabia’s Saudi Aramco remains the leader, on its own, [more…]
Deals Show Enduring Appeal of US Gas
(Rystad Energy, 19.Apr.2024) — European companies have been cautiously adding to their upstream positions. More deals could follow. Ed Crooks examines the forces shaping the [more…]
EQT Inks Non-Operated Asset Transaction with Equinor
(EQT, 15.Apr.2024) — EQT Corporation (NYSE: EQT) entered into an agreement with Equinor USA Onshore Properties Inc. and their affiliates to sell an undivided 40% [more…]
Equinor Swaps Onshore US Assets with EQT
(Equinor, 15.Apr.2024) — Equinor and EQT Corporation agreed to swap Equinor’s operated position in the Marcellus and Utica shale formations in Ohio for a stake [more…]
Model Updates on EPCI Projects, Brazil FPSOs
(Energy Analytics Institute, 15.Feb.2024) — Modec‘s profits increased significantly due to good progress in the construction work of new EPCI projects and improved asset integrity of [more…]
Petrobras Highlights 4Q:23 Production and Sales [PDF Download]
(Petrobras, 8.Feb.2024) — In 2023, Petrobras delivered an excellent upstream operational performance, meeting all production forecasts for the year. Total annual production of oil and [more…]
SLB and Equinor Drill Most Autonomous Well Section To-Date
(SLB, 30.Jan.2024) — SLB (NYSE: SLB) announced a significant step toward fully autonomous drilling operations at Equinor’s Brazilian Peregrino C platform. SLB digital technologies for surface [more…]
Petrobras on Natural Gas Flow, Processing
(Petrobras, 29.Dec.2023) — Petrobras, together with Equinor Energy do Brasil Ltda. signed the contracts for the Campos Basin Integrated Natural Gas Flow System (SIE-BC) and [more…]
Brazilian Bid Round Opens New Offshore Frontier in Pelotas Basin
(WoodMac, 14.Dec.2023) — A total of 193 blocks were auctioned in Brazil’s December 13 oil and gas licensing round, 192 under concession and one under [more…]
Norway’s Equinor Divests Nigeria Business
(Welligence Energy Analytics, 29.Nov.2023) — Equinor has announced the sale of its Nigeria business to Chappal Energies for an undisclosed consideration. What were the key [more…]
Equinor and OMV Agree to New Long-term Gas Sales Deal
(Equinor, 27.Sep.2023) — Equinor has signed a new long-term gas sales agreement with Austria’s major energy company OMV. The agreement is for 5 years starting [more…]
Rosebank Field to Progress in the UK [Video]
(Equinor, 27.Sep.2023) — Equinor and Ithaca Energy have taken the final investment decision to progress Phase 1 of the Rosebank development on the UK Continental [more…]
Equinor: Johan Castberg Project Update
(Equinor, 19.Sep.2023) — The Johan Castberg partnership, consisting of Equinor, Vår Energi and Petoro, is today updating the project cost estimate. The investment estimate has [more…]
More Gas From Gina Krog with Eirin
(Equinor, 19.Sep.2023) — On behalf of the partnership, Equinor has submitted a plan for development and operation (PDO) of the Eirin gas field to the [more…]
Petrobras Updates on Offshore Wind Protocol at IBAMA
(Petrobras, 15.Sep.2023) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed to the market on 13 September 2023, informs that the request to start the environmental [more…]
Equinor Expands Renewable Portfolio in Poland
(Equinor, 5.Sep.2023) — Equinor has acquired a 26 MW onshore wind farm in Poland from the Helios Group. With this investment, Equinor expands its broad [more…]
Equinor Acquires Stake in Bayou Bend CCS Project
(Equinor, 28.Aug.2023) — Equinor has acquired a 25% interest in Bayou Bend CCS LLC, positioned to be one of the largest US carbon capture and [more…]
Equinor Buys Rio Energy Including Selected Assets
(Equinor, 21.Jul.2023) — Equinor signed an agreement with Denham Capital to acquire Rio Energy, a leading onshore renewables company in Brazil. The transaction includes selected assets and [more…]
Sale of Certain Rio Energy Assets, Trade Name to Equinor
(Denham Capital, 21.Jul.2023) — Denham Capital, the global energy transition investment firm, has signed an agreement with Equinor for the sale of certain Rio Energy assets, the [more…]
Equinor Launches Zagórzyca Solar Plant in Poland
(Equinor, 23.Jun.2023) — Equinor’s second Polish solar plant, Zagórzyca has started test production. This is another step towards building a material renewable portfolio in Poland, which [more…]
Equinor Inks LNG Purchase Agreement with Cheniere
(Equinor, 21.Jun.2023) — Today, 21 June 2023, Equinor and Cheniere have announced a new 15-year purchase agreement of around 1.75 million tonnes of LNG per year, with [more…]
The 1.5-degree Ambition is Becoming Increasingly Difficult to Achieve: Equinox
(Equinor, 8.Jun.2023) — Energy Perspectives paints the outcome space for the long-term development of the world’s energy markets. Driven by factors such as geopolitics, technology, climate and [more…]
Election to Equinor’s Board of Directors
(Equinor, 6.Jun.2023) — In a meeting on 6 June 2023 the corporate assembly of Equinor ASA (OSE:EQNR, NYSE:EQNR) re-elected all the shareholder-elected members of Equinor ASA’s [more…]
Equinor on 4Q:22 Dividend
(Equinor, 22.May.2023) — Equinor (OSE: EQNR, NYSE: EQNR) announced on 8 February 2023 an ordinary dividend per share of USD 0.30 and an extraordinary dividend [more…]
Equinor puts Trollvind on Hold
(Equinor, 22.May.2023) — Equinor will postpone a further development of the Trollvind offshore wind initiative indefinitely. This decision is based on several challenges facing the [more…]
Petrobras on Contracting for Block BM-C-33
(Petrobras, 10.May.2023) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 05/08/2023, informs that Equinor, on behalf of the consortium formed to develop block BM-C-33, [more…]
Equinor and Partners Announce $9bn FID for BM-C-33 in Brazil
(Equinor, 8.May.202) — Equinor (operator), Repsol Sinopec Brasil and Petrobras have taken the investment decision to develop the BM-C-33 project in Brazil. The investment is [more…]
Equinor: The Bauge field on Stream
(Equinor, 17.Apr.2023) — On 8 April production started from the Bauge subsea field in the Norwegian Sea. Bauge is tied back to the recently upgraded [more…]
Shell Starts Production at Vito in US GOM
(Shell, 16.Feb.2023) — Shell Offshore Inc., a subsidiary of Shell plc, announced that production has started at the Shell-operated Vito floating production facility in the [more…]
EAI’s NRGBriefs: Jan. 2023
(Energy Analytics Institute, 31.Jan.2023) — Energy briefs as well as others related to finance and politics during January 2023 including Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister [more…]
Equinor Awarded Production Licences on Norwegian Continental Shelf
(Equinor, 10.Jan.2023) — Equinor has been awarded 26 new production licences by the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy (MPE) in the 2022 Award in Predefined [more…]
Equinor and RWE to Cooperate on Energy Security and Decarbonization
(Equinor, 5.Jan.2023) — Equinor and RWE have agreed to work together to develop large-scale value chains for low carbon hydrogen. The partners aim to replace [more…]
Energy Analytics Institute’s NRGBriefs: December 2022
(Energy Analytics Institute, 31.Dec.2022) — Energy briefs as well as others related to finance and politics during December 2022 including Washington’s easing of sanctions on [more…]
FID to Develop Yggdrasil (formerly NOAKA) Area
(Aker BP, 16.Dec.2022) — Aker BP ASA has together with Equinor Energy and LOTOS Exploration & Production Norge AS made a final investment decision to [more…]
Johan Sverdrup Phase 2 On Stream
(Equinor, 15.Dec.2022) — At 11:15 on 15 December 2022 production started from Johan Sverdrup Phase 2. When the Johan Sverdrup field reaches plateau production, every [more…]
More Gas to Hammerfest LNG: Askeladd on Stream
(Equinor, 12.Dec.2022) — Phase 1 of Askeladd will bring 18 billion cubic metres of gas and two million cubic metres of condensate to the market [more…]
Verdande: Securing Higher Production on the Norne Vessel
(Equinor, 6.DEC.2022) — Equinor has, on behalf of the partnership, submitted the plan for development and operation (PDO) for Verdande to the Ministry of Petroleum [more…]
Election to Equinor’s Board of Directors
(Equinor, 30.Nov.2022) — On 30 November 2022 the corporate assembly of Equinor ASA (OSE:EQNR, NYSE:EQNR) elected Haakon Bruun-Hanssen as new member to Equinor ASA’s board [more…]
Energy Analytics Institute’s NRGBriefs: October 2022
(Energy Analytics Institute, 31.Oct.2022) — Energy briefs as well as others related to finance and politics during October 2022 including US President Joe Biden congratulating [more…]
Equinor Says Peregrino Phase 2 On Stream
(Equinor, 13.Oct.2022) — On 10 October at 20:00 local time, the new platform in Brazil, Peregrino C, produced its very first oil. Peregrino phase 2 [more…]
Bristow Awarded Multi-Year Search and Rescue Contract
(Bristow, 7.Sep.20220 — Bristow Group Inc. (NYSE: VTOL), a global provider of innovative and sustainable vertical flight solutions, announced an award from Equinor to provide [more…]
Important Step to Decarbonise Europe
(Equinor, 29.Aug.2022) — Northern Lights, a JV owned by Equinor, Shell and TotalEnergies, signed the world’s first commercial agreement on cross border CO2 transportation and storage [more…]
Equinor Announces Dividend in NOK for 2Q:22
(Equinor, 27.Jul.2022) — Equinor (OSE: EQNR, NYSE: EQNR) announced on 27 July 2022 an ordinary dividend per share of USD 0.20 and an extraordinary dividend [more…]
Equinor Restarts Peregrino Field Production
(Equinor, 19.Jul.2022) — Production in the Peregrino field in Brazil resumed on 16 July, aiming to ramp up production and reduce emissions intensity. Peregrino production [more…]
Equinor Buys US Energy Storage Developer
(Equinor, 12.Jul.2022) — Equinor signed an agreement to buy a 100% stake in the US based battery storage developer East Point Energy LLC. The acquisition [more…]
Strike Affecting Equinor-operated Fields on the Norwegian Continental Shelf
(Equinor, 6.Jul.2022) — Equinor has initiated a safe shutdown of the Gudrun, Oseberg South and Oseberg East fields after members of the Norwegian Organisation of [more…]