Equinor ASA

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Equinor ASA (formerly Statoil) is a Norwegian state‑majority‑owned energy company headquartered in Stavanger. It explores for, develops, and produces oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids, with core operations on the Norwegian Continental Shelf and additional activities in the North Sea, North America, Brazil, and other basins. The company is known for offshore and subsea project execution and operates through exploration and production, and marketing, midstream and processing segments, alongside a growing renewables portfolio.

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For the chemical industry, Equinor is a major supplier of natural gas and NGLs (including ethane, propane, and butanes) to European markets, supporting petrochemical feedstocks and power. It markets and trades crude, gas, and liquids; holds interests across processing, terminal, and pipeline infrastructure on the Norwegian Continental Shelf; and pursues low‑carbon solutions such as carbon capture and storage and hydrogen, together with large‑scale offshore wind projects—developments increasingly linked to decarbonizing energy and feedstock chains.

Also known as Statoil and Equinor Energy AS.

Projects Equinor is involved in

chemXplore tracks 30 projects involving Equinor, of which 19 are active.

  1. 5 projects Announced / Concept
  2. 6 projects FEED / Pre-FID
  3. 2 projects FID / Sanctioned
  4. 5 projects Under Construction
  5. 1 project Commissioning & Start-up

Besides these 19, the record holds 9 completed projects, 1 on hold and 1 cancelled.

Active projects

Closest to start-up first.

13 more active projects and the 11 that are completed, on hold or cancelled are in the record. See all 30 in chemXplore →

Expected start-up, by year
0 1 2 3 4 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031

9 active projects carry no start-up date yet. The dates themselves, per project, are for subscribers.

What moved recently

  • 28 October 2026 Equinor and Gassco Kårstø Marine Robotics Test Centre (KNARR) · Operational / Completed · Norway
  • 7 September 2026 Yara Sluiskil CO2 Liquefaction and CCS Project · Operational / Completed · The Netherlands
  • 26 August 2026 Aker BP Skarv Satellites Development, Norwegian Sea · Operational / Completed · Norway
  • 22 August 2026 Equinor Troll Phase 3 Stage 2 Gas Expansion · Operational / Completed · Norway
  • 7 July 2026 Equinor Brime Subsea Tie-Back to Gullfaks C · Announced / Concept · Norway

Equinor in chemical industry news

5 November 2026
ORLEN Q3 2026 results: lowest fuel prices in the EU support Polish economy

Q3 LIFO EBITDA PLN 14.8bn, revenue PLN 80.1bn, net profit PLN 5.6bn; PLN 7.8bn invested; Afrodite appraisal lifts ORLEN’s gas share above 4bn m³; negative net debt-to-EBITDA.

29 October 2026
Equinor: Afrodite appraisal doubles recoverable gas estimate

Appraisal raises recoverable volumes to 77–180 million boe; total reservoir ~3× larger but low permeability limits recovery; subsea tie-back to Kvitebjørn and export via Kollsnes under consideration.

29 October 2026
ORLEN Confirms Upsize to Afrodite Gas and Hydrocarbon Resources

Appraisal drilling more than doubled recoverable volumes; operator now estimates 77–180 million boe (mean 128 million) and the licence's net gas share exceeds 4 billion m³.

28 October 2026
Equinor opens Kårstø Marine Robotics Centre (KNARR)

New onshore-connected test site for marine robotics lets companies trial inspection, autonomous operations, environmental monitoring and maintenance in an operational offshore environment.

22 October 2026
Aibel wins FEED contract for Wisting production-vessel topsides

Front-end engineering and design study for the production-vessel topsides will involve about 250 people, includes an EPma option; concept selection by end‑2026 and FID planned late‑2027.

15 October 2026
Equinor completes Troll electrification but omits second Troll C export compressor

Partial electrification cuts ~330,000 tonnes CO₂/yr; TWEL will finish after commissioning the first electric export compressor on Troll C and omit the second to avoid up to 21 months outage, freeing ~2.3 bcm gas in 2027–28.

14 October 2026
Worley Rosenberg to fabricate subsea structures and spools for Northern Lights Phase II

Awarded by Subsea7 to supply key subsea spools and structures for Northern Lights Phase II, driving CO2 storage capacity above 5 Mtpa by 2028.

9 October 2026
Equinor and Shell partner on Bay du Nord; Shell takes 30% stake

Transaction supports maturation toward an early‑2027 investment decision; operator retains 70% and FPSO-based development in the Flemish Pass continues.

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