Innovation + O&G expertise + #lowcarbon = world's 1st floating wind farm! 🎉 #Hywind Scotland producing 👉 social.statoil.com/yV
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We’re proud to announce a 10-year gas sales agreement with Poland’s PGNiG. We will export around 2.4 billion cubic metres of gas/year through the new Baltic Pipe. Equinor has been a key gas supplier to Europe for 45 years, and we look forward to extending our offering to Poland.
One step closer to NY’s 100% clean energy target! Our first offshore wind expansion outside Europe wins New York State’s first large-scale competitive offshore wind solicitation. #EmpireWind can power 500,000 New York homes. #NYOffshoreWind
Help spread the word about our new #graduate openings and a cool opportunity to help shape the future of #energy 👉 social.statoil.com/yB
#JohanSverdrup, the largest field development in Norway since the 1980s, is now in production 🎉 Together with our partners, suppliers and thousands of skilled experts we’ve developed a world-class field that will produce with record-low emissions per barrel. Congratulations!
We’re excited to present 2 great pieces of news on 2 November. Say hello to our new CEO Anders Opedal ()…
…and say hello to our 2050 net-zero ambition, too.
The world’s biggest #offshorewind farm is coming to Tyneside! 🇬🇧💨 will be able to generate around 5% of the UK’s electricity needs and will bring hundreds of jobs and supply chain opportunities to North East England. , #TyneIsRight
Don't miss CEO Eldar Sætre on 📺 as he talks strong 2017 results, market prices 📈 and our resilience in years to come 👇
We won an #offshorewind lease with the opp. to potentially provide NYC + Long Island with #renewable electricity. social.statoil.com/KV
We look forward to working with who share our strong ambition to grow in renewable energy and our commitment to accelerate the energy transition. Combining our strengths will enable us to grow a profitable offshore wind business together.
We are now, together with and @Total, drilling the Eos well, close to the Troll field in the North Sea. Not to find oil or gas, but to determine whether the reservoir is suitable for CO2 storage – far away from the atmosphere. Fingers crossed! See why here 👇
The world’s largest floating offshore wind farm, Hywind Tampen, was opened today by 🇳🇴 Crown Prince Haakon & 🇳🇴 prime minister Jonas Gahr Støre. The farm has eleven 280-metre turbines connected to the Gullfaks & Snorre fields, and will cut CO2 emissions by ~200,000 tonnes/year 💨
Together with & @Total we enter CO2 storage partnership to mature development of carbon storage on NCS 👉social.statoil.com/4g
Improved tech & lower costs ➡ #solar is an attractive power source! We`re in with 40% in Apodi solar asset Brazil 👉 social.statoil.com/4c
Our new climate ambitions in Norway are to reduce emissions by 40% by 2030 and to as close to zero emissions as possible by 2050, while we secure value creation and activity.
Our Board of Directors has decided to stop new investments into Russia, and to start the process of exiting Equinor’s Russian Joint Ventures.
Now, more than ever, safety and caring for people comes first. In Equinor, health & safety are always our top priority – but the magnitude of the corona crisis calls for a broader contribution. That’s why we’re announcing donations of USD 500,000 each to and .
We give the green light to a new pioneering project. Thanks to floating offshore wind technology Snorre and Gullfaks will be the first platforms ever powered by a floating offshore wind farm. 💨 Hywind Tampen will reduce CO2 equivalent to the annual emissions from 100,000 cars.
Where will 2018 take us? Our CEO is clear... we will continue to be part of the response to the challenges facing this world 🌏 as we move from oil company to a broad energy company 👉 social.statoil.com/SV
The -project is Europe’s biggest green hydrogen project, and we are now part of it. The project aims to produce green hydrogen using renewable electricity from offshore wind off the coast of Netherlands #Together #H2 #energytransition
Our New York offshore wind project has been named! 🎉 #EmpireWind aims to produce #renewableenergy for NY market 👉 empirewind.com
We have, on behalf of the partners of the Northern Lights project @Total og , 🤝 signed memoranda of understanding with seven European companies to develop value chains in carbon capture and storage in the North Sea.
We have acquired a 40% share in the construction ready 162MW Apodi solar asset in Brazil from Scatec Solar 👉 statoil.com/en/news/statoi
Why do we advocate for #carbonpricing? Because it works. Statoil CO2 emissions around 1/2 industry average. #COP23 social.statoil.com/yW
The pipeline extends 283 km from the Mongstad oil terminal outside Bergen to the #JohanSverdrup field.
"It has been a significant operation, involving more than 600 people at the most, who have welded together over 23,000 pipes." 👷♀️👷♂️
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Scotland's large-scale tidal energy farm is but the start. Next year: a floating wind farm
We are very pleased to succeed in this competitive licensing round and to have added significant prospective acreage to our exploration portfolio. These awards fit with our exploration strategy, providing us with access at scale in basins with high impact potential. #Argentina 🇦🇷
From oil company to a broad energy company 🌏 Read our CEOs reflections on the journey 👉 social.statoil.com/yQ
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I have never tried that before, so I think I should definitely be able to do that" Pippi Longstocking said. We think she makes a valid point, because we wont get anywehere without taking chances. Read more about how 👉 social.statoil.com/VB
We have completed the world’s first logistics operation by use of a drone to an offshore installation. It took one hour to fly a 3D-printed part for the lifeboat system from Mongstad to Troll A. Good example of how drones will change the way we work – both above & below water!
The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Industry has approved the Hywind Tampen wind farm development and operations plan. The Snorre and Gullfaks platforms will be the first in the world to receive power from a floating offshore wind farm!
Together with we've now delivered the first electricity from our first offshore wind farm in Germany 🇩🇪 #Arkona offshore wind farm will supply around 400,000 households with #renewable energy ⚡️
Together with our partners, we’ll disclose datasets from the #Sleipner field; the world's first offshore CCS plant, in a push to advance innovation and development of CO2 storage. Each year about 1 million tonnes CO2 from the natural gas is captured and stored on the field.
Climate is at the core of our business strategy. In a joint statement prepared with investors participating in Climate Action 100+, we announce new steps to demonstrate further industry leadership on climate change and strong support for the goals of the Paris Agreement.
Enova has approved an application for funding of up to NOK 2.3 billion to support the #HywindTampen project for developing the world’s first floating offshore wind farm supplying #renewable power to offshore oil and gas installations.
The world’s largest spar platform, #AastaHansteen in the Norwegian Sea, came on stream 16 December, delivering first gas to Europe today! 😄 The platform is taller than the Eiffel Tower and weighing 70 000 tonnes.
Major boost for CCS . Statoil´s Project of Common Interest looks into transporting CO2 from UK´s Teesside industrial cluster and the Eemshaven area in Netherlands to storage in Norway. 👉 social.statoil.com/ye
The #Mariner oil field is on stream 👏🏼 Mariner is our first operated oil field in the UK and we’re in it for the long run: Mariner will generate revenues for more than 30 years, providing more than 700 long term jobs.
We are happy to announce 16 weeks of paid parental leave to everyone in #Equinor becoming a parent 👶🏻👶🏼👶🏽👶🏾👶🏿. #diversity #inclusion
Wow…has it been 40 years already? Since 1977 we have been delivering #naturalgas to Germany. Happy #energypartnership, Germany!
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Today we sign five major contracts worth NOK 3.3 billion, a key milestone in realizing the Hywind Tampen pioneer project. The contracts won in international competition prove the oil and gas industry is also competitive for renewables projects.
The world needs more offshore wind to meet global climate goals. Now we’re constructing the world’s largest offshore wind farm, Dogger Bank, which will produce #renewable energy equivalent to powering 4.5 million British homes 😁
We’ve agreed to work w/ to develop large-scale value chains for low carbon hydrogen.
We aim to replace coal with hydrogen-ready, gas-fired power plants in Germany, and build low carbon & renewable hydrogen production in Norway to export through pipeline to Germany 🇳🇴 🇩🇪
Norwegian Prime Minister and apprentice Arne Linga kicked off the construction start of Norway’s first offshore wind project – Hywind Tampen. “Hywind Tampen is a new chapter in the history of Norway as an energy nation,” says Equinor CEO Eldar Sætre.
Today we present strong 2017 results and propose a 4.5% increase in the dividend. Continued and sustainable cost #improvements + a highly profitable #nextgen project portfolio = strong cash flow in years to come. #capitalmarkets 👉 social.statoil.com/r8
' has been awarded the contract for the subsea production system for #JohanSverdrup phase 2. Norwegian suppliers have secured > 70% of the Johan Sverdrup contracts – demonstrating their competitiveness 🇳🇴 An important step for the field that is starting up in November!
Our CEO is clear. We will continue to develop as a broad energy company and are building a profitable industrial position within new #renewable energy. #capitalmarkets 👉 social.statoil.com/rK
Partnering to explore how #digitalisation can make energy trading more accurate, secure & efficient w/ #blockchain 👉
#Together with industry peers we have developed and agreed on 6 energy transition principles supporting collective acceleration of our industry’s contribution to the goals of the #ParisAgreement. Galp @total
“Each day several million people are working to provide the energy needed for society. I’m glad that we, together with , og @Total, have decided to collaborate on #HumanRights in the supply chain,” says our chief procurement officer, Peggy Krantz-Underland.
The joint - team in front of the first solar panels on Statoil’s first #solar project ☀️! 500 panels installed. Only 500,000 more to go 😉. Will provide #electricity ⚡️ to 160,000 Brazilian households from end of 2018.
Excited to announce we’ll be working with six of the #TechstarsEnergy companies 🎉 Thanks to all the companies for your hard work and amazing effort the last 13 weeks! It all paid off today! 👏👏
Thanks for the invite, ! Statoil has 1000 US employees and invests 2.5 bn USD each year in the US. We have invested both offshore & onshore as well as opportunities within renewables. International cooperation is good for Statoil, the energy industry and America!
10 world-leading tech and energy start-ups just arrived in our Oslo offices. For the next 13 weeks they'll develop solutions for the world’s energy needs. We’re excited to host them – welcome! 😀 #TechstarsEnergy
Hear our incoming CEO Anders Opedal share some of his reflections on the new job, his employees, his ambitions for the company and the way forward as a broad energy company.
We’re pleased to have made a new discovery, estimated at 12–28 million barrels of oil, from the Visund A platform. We focus on infrastructure-led exploration, which pays off through high profitability, quicker start-up, and substantial generation of revenues for society.
Did you know? 🤔
- Gas can cut CO2 >50% by replacing coal
- Gas can enable more wind & solar as flexible back-up
- Gas can be turned to hydrogen for the low-carbon future
- Norway provides around 25 percent of Europe’s gas
We're excited to be included in the inaugural 100 Most Influential Companies list. We aim to be a leader in the energy transition and we’re proud to be in such great company! See the full list here 👇 #time100companies #together
New York is aiming for 50% #cleanenergy by 2030, and we believe Empire Wind can play a key role in helping New York achieve this ambition 💨 #ClimateWeekNYC
Welcome to our new venture partner , soon to be joining us & our trusted partner on the first two phases of the world’s largest offshore wind farm. #Together w/ partners we will continue to drive the energy transition to a net zero emissions future for the UK🌏
We have signed an agreement with Polenergia to acquire a 50% interest in the two early phase 💨 #offshorewind development projects in Poland, Bałtyk Środkowy III (BSIII) and Bałtyk Środkowy II (BSII) 👉 social.statoil.com/rd
Clean #hydrogen from natural gas, with CO2 capture and storage, could generate enough low-carbon energy to heat 3.7 million homes in the north of #England in the future 🏴 #naturalgas
#China is rapidly increasing its use of #renewables and natural gas 🇨🇳 The country is set to become the world’s biggest offshore wind market by 2030. As an #offshorewind major, we are excited to collaborate with CPIH to develop offshore wind.
Our vision is to shape the future of energy. This requires being at the forefront of technology and innovation. To achieve this, collaboration is key. That’s why we are partnering up with 10 start-ups in #techstarsenergy. The goal is to develop energy platforms of the future.
We will clean up the spills from the South Riding Point oil terminal. Resources are being mobilized as quickly as possible to safeguard people, the environment and the facility.
The owned by , and announces the world’s first commercial agreement on cross border CO2 transportation & storage with . In order to decarbonise heavy industries to help meet climate ambitions, the only way to get there is together.
Today we publish our 2018 Annual and Sustainability reports. "Last year was one for the history books. We became Equinor after almost 50 years as Statoil. Our name change reflects the global energy transition and our development as a broad energy company," says CEO Eldar Sætre.
Most of the climate change mitigation potential from ocean-based #renewable energy will come from #offshorewind 💨 We need to bring civil society, intergovernmental institutions and industry together to advance sustainable deployment of offshore wind and reduce climate impact.
We can do a lot to reduce our own emissions, but the world is also completely dependent on nature to reach the climate targets. That’s why we are ready to invest in the protection of rainforests in addition to reducing emissions and growing in #renewable energy 🌳 #aconf18
#AastaHansteen is on the move! 🙌 Five tugs with a combined force of 150 000 horsepowers 💪 have started on the 500 nautical mile long tow from Stord to the Aasta Hansteeen field in the Norwegian Sea 🌊. The tow is expected to take about 12 days 🔜.
Eldar Sætre will step down on November 2 after six years as CEO and more than 40 years in the company. The board’s mandate to Opedal, who is currently the EVP of the Technology, Projects & Drilling business area, is to accelerate Equinor’s development as a broad energy company.
More than 85% of fossil fuel greenhouse gas emissions come from consumption. The global ambition in our new climate roadmap is that the emission intensity of the energy we produce in 2050 – from production to consumption – will be less than half of what is it today.
The offshore wind project #Arkona in the German Baltic Sea received the German Re-newables Award. and Statoil's joint project got the #Innovation of the Year award for a newly developed process that protects the steel foundations of offshore wind turbines from corrosion.
You were the world’s first floating wind turbine, but now we go our separate ways, #Hywind Demo 👋 From 1 February you will serve as a research and test turbine for the wind power industry 💨 Good luck on your way to new challenges! #offshorewind
The 117 MW solar power plant in Argentina is now in commercial operation. Solar will be among the fastest-growing global energy sources, and an important element in the global energy transition. Expected production: 305 GWh annually, providing electricity to 80,000 households. ☀️
«The Gathering» for underwater #drones at Tau, 2 and 3 October 2019, showed the state-of-the-art technology. We awarded the first contract on wireless, autonomous underwater drones in the industry to Saipem. 🤝
Equinor joins YPF Luz for the development of the Cañadón León wind farm in Santa Cruz, #Argentina 🇦🇷 The agreement establishes that Equinor will have a 50% stake of Luz del León (the company in charge of the Cañadón León wind farm), with an equity contribution of USD 30 million.
