Equinor

Norwegian state player Equinor ASA logged lower overall U.S. oil and natural gas production in 2Q2021 primarily because of its recent Bakken Shale exit, but that decline was offset by growth in the gassy Marcellus Shale. Average daily equity production of liquids and gas was 391,000 boe/d in 2Q2021 compared with 405,000 boe/d in the…

Supermajor Equinor ASA is not giving up on global natural gas and oil per se, but it is looking to give up control in Lower 48 projects and across the Americas as it optimizes the portfolio, executives said Tuesday. During the Capital Markets Day, the executive team laid out a strategy that overall is designed…

Equinor ASA’s U.S. natural gas production ticked up in the first quarter, driven by activity in the Appalachian Basin, offsetting a drop in the Norwegian major’s overall output. The company logged 236,300 boe/d from its Marcellus Shale in 1Q2021, compared to 207,000 boe/d reported in the previous quarter and 186,600 boe/d in 1Q2020. Total Marcellus…

The Norwegian Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) said a fire last year at Equinor ASA’s 4.3 million metric tons/year Hammerfest liquefied natural gas terminal resulted from “serious breaches” of regulations. The facility in northern Norway, where a fire broke out last September, receives and liquefies natural gas from the Snohvit field in the Barents Sea. It…

Equinor ASA, an enthusiastic buyer in the early days of the Lower 48 unconventional oil and gas revolution, has put the portfolio in reverse, with the Bakken Shale the latest to change hands. The Norwegian major said Wednesday it agreed to sell its North Dakota and Montana assets to EnCap Investments-backed Grayson Mill Energy for…

Equinor ASA continued to advance its worldwide energy portfolio during 2020, with a long-term strategy set on becoming a net-zero emissions leader relying less on fossil fuels. The management team held court with analysts and investors on Wednesday to share results for 2020 and the outlook going forward. Mirroring comments made by Big Energy CEOs…

Equinor ASA said Friday it would make a $982 million writedown of its Tanzania liquefied natural gas (TLNG) export project proposed for east Africa, saying it does not currently compete with other projects in the company’s portfolio. “While progress has been made in recent years on the commercial framework for TLNG, overall project economics have…

Inspections have shown that a fire last month at Equinor ASA’s Hammerfest liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in northern Norway will require at least a year’s worth of work to repair, the company said Monday.  The fire broke out in the air intake of one of the plant’s five power turbines, which caused extensive damage,…

  A solid oil and gas trading performance, lifted by a tax change to assist the Norwegian oil industry through the Covid-19 crisis, lifted Equinor ASA during the second quarter, possibly setting it apart from its peers as earnings are unveiled in the coming days. With their outlooks for oil and gas prices sharply lower,…