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Equinor starts production at Bacalhau, its largest international field

October 17, 2025

(World Oil)– Equinor and its partners have achieved first oil from the Bacalhau field in Brazil’s Santos basin, marking a major milestone for one of the largest deepwater developments in the world. The project represents Equinor’s biggest international offshore investment, with recoverable reserves exceeding 1 billion barrels of oil equivalent (boe) and peak production capacity of 220,000 barrels per day

DeepOcean secures Equinor SIMOPRO contract for Åsgard and Visund fields

September 30, 2025

(World Oil)– DeepOcean has been awarded an offshore installation contract by Equinor covering simultaneous marine operations and production (SIMOPRO) on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The work scope spans two major projects: at the Åsgard field in the Norwegian Sea, DeepOcean will handle riser removal, installation of a new production riser, dynamic umbilical connections from the Berling subsea assets, two static

Halliburton awarded contract for Northern Endurance Partnership CCS monitoring

August 5, 2025

(World Oil) – Halliburton has secured a contract to provide completions and downhole monitoring services for the Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP) carbon capture and storage (CCS) system in northeast England’s East Coast Cluster (ECC). Halliburton will manufacture and deliver the majority of the equipment required for this project from its U.K. completion manufacturing facility in Arbroath. For more than 50

Subsea7 wins contract for Equinor’s Fram Sør project, offshore Norway

July 18, 2025

(World Oil)– Subsea7 has been awarded a large1 contract by Equinor relating to the Fram Sør development project, offshore Norway, the company announced Thursday. Equinor’s Troll C platform, located 10-30 km from the Fram Sor development The project work scope covers engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) of subsea structures and flowlines including 53 km of production, gas lift and

Baker Hughes awarded Equinor contract for P&A work in North Sea

June 11, 2025

(World Oil) – Baker Hughes will provide Equinor plug and abandonment (P&A) services in the Oseberg East field on Norway’s continental shelf. Baker Hughes’ Mature Assets Solutions team will lead the integrated P&A campaign planning phase, as well as delivering integrated P&A services in execution across several wells in the North Sea. Baker Hughes has a history of successful integrated P&A

Trump officials lift ban on Empire Wind project, allowing construction to resume

May 20, 2025

(World Oil) – Following dialogue with regulators and federal, state, and city officials, the U.S. has lifted the stop-work order on the Empire Wind project, allowing construction to resume. Once complete, the offshore wind development will provide power for 500,000 New York homes, Equinor said in a statement. “I would like to thank President Trump for finding a solution that

US orders halt to construction of Equinor’s New York offshore wind project

April 17, 2025

(Investing) – U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum ordered a halt to construction of Equinor’s Empire Wind project off the coast of New York, saying information suggested the Biden administration approved it without enough environmental analysis. In a post on X on Wednesday, Burgum said the information would be reviewed further but did not elaborate on the faults identified. The sudden order

Equinor starts up Arctic oilfield Johan Castberg

March 31, 2025

(Oil Price) – Following several months of delays due to inclement winter weather in the waters in Norway’s Arctic, Equinor started up the Johan Castberg oilfield on Monday, which will add 220,000 barrels of oil per day at peak production rates. Equinor has already delayed the start-up twice, in December and in early March, due to bad weather. As Norway’s newest oilfield, Johan Castberg in

Equinor discusses sale of Argentinian shale assets

February 28, 2025

(Oil Price) – Norway’s energy major Equinor has held early talks to sell stakes in Argentinian shale operations to Argentina’s state-owned oil firm YPF, its joint venture partner in the assets, Bloomberg reports, quoting an unnamed source with knowledge of the development. Equinor, which entered Argentina in the 2010s, has both offshore and onshore interests in the South American country. Onshore, the Norwegian oil

Equinor secures $3-billion financing for U.S. offshore wind project

January 2, 2025

( Oil Price) – Equinor has secured a project financing package of over $3 billion for its U.S. offshore wind project Empire Wind 1, Norway’s energy major said on Thursday. Empire Wind 1 is planned to power 500,000 New York homes and is expected to reach its commercial operation date in 2027. With a contracted capacity of 810 megawatts (MW), Empire Wind 1

Equinor discovers oil and gas near troll field in the North Sea

December 17, 2024

(Oil Price) – Equinor has made an oil and gas discovery next to the giant Troll field in the North Sea and will continue to explore the area for further potential resources close to existing infrastructure. The discovery, provisionally named Ringand, is currently estimated to contain between 2 and 12 million barrels of oil equivalent and is only 10 miles (17

Shell, Equinor join to create UK’s largest independent oil and gas company

December 6, 2024

(World Oil) – Equinor and Shell will combine their UK offshore oil and gas assets and expertise to form a new company which will be the UK North Sea’s biggest independent producer, the companies’ UK subsidiaries have announced. The incorporated joint venture (IJV) will be set up to sustain domestic oil and gas production and security of energy supply in

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