bp has agreed to sell its non-operated interest in the Bay du Nord project offshore Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, to Equinor. The transaction is consistent with bp’s continued focus on portfolio simplification and disciplined capital allocation.
Archer has been awarded a three-year contract extension by Equinor for the provision of wireline and intervention services on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.
Worley Rosenberg has been selected by Equinor Energy for a parallel framework agreement for maintenance and minor projects on selected facilities on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The framework is expected to support activities for selected installations including the Sleipner and Johan Sverdrup facilities following contract signing.
Equinor and its Brazilian subsidiary Rio Energy have started commercial power production at the Serra da Babilônia Solar facility in Brazil. Strategically co-located with the existing Serra da Babilônia Wind, this represents the first hybrid asset in Equinor’s power portfolio, comprising 140 MW of solar and 223 MW of wind capacity.
Shell UK and Equinor UK have completed a deal to combine their UK offshore oil and gas operations to form a new company. Adura, which launched today (December 1), will be the largest independent producer in the UK North Sea.
Equinor and the Capital City of Prague’s gas and electricity company Pražská plynárenská have signed a long-term agreement for 10 years of gas supplies into the Czech Republic. Deliveries have started and will last until 2035.
Equinor and its partners have discovered gas at the Gullfaks South field, 190 kilometres northwest of Bergen, with recoverable resources estimated at 0.5 million to 1.6 million standard cubic metres of oil equivalent, or 3.3 million to 10.3 million barrels of oil equivalent.
Equinor and its partners ExxonMobil Brasil, Petrogal Brasil (JV Galp|Sinopec) and Pré-sal Petróleo (PPSA) achieved start-up of production from the large Bacalhau field in Brazil. With recoverable reserves exceeding 1 billion barrels of oil equivalent (boe), Bacalhau is the largest international offshore field ever developed by Equinor.
Equinor and its partners Petoro and TotalEnergies have made an oil and gas discovery near Norway’s Oseberg field, with preliminary estimates indicating recoverable resources of 19 million to 50 million barrels of oil equivalent.
Equinor and Eneco have signed a five-year agreement for annual gas deliveries of 9 TWh to the Dutch grid, alongside the transfer of verified environmental attributes through the Attributes digital platform.