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EquinorNorway

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Company – Active

This profile is actively maintained
Last update: 2022-10-06 00:00:00
Why this profile?

Why this profile?

Equinor's fossil fuel production has a large environmental impact. By 2026 the company plans to have increased its production of oil and gas, with 95% of its energy production still coming from fossil fuels. Equinor is involved in numerous North Sea expansion plans, while Arctic extraction forms 20% of its overall hydrocarbons production. No fossil expansion is compatible with the Paris Climate Afreement, and fossil fuel exploration in the Arctic especially poses a threat to the fragile ecosystems in the region. 

What must happen

Banks and other financial institutions must demand that Equinor halts all fossil fuel expansion, and develop and implement a credible phase-out plan for its current fossil fuel activities. If Equinor continues to pursue expansion, banks must end all financing for the company.

About
Sectors Oil and Gas Extraction
Headquarters
Ownership
listed on NYSE & Oslo Stock Exchange

Equinor is majority-owned by the Norwegian State (67%). The company's complete shareholder structure can be accessed here.

Subsidiaries
Website https://www.equinor.com/

Equinor ASA is a Norwegian state-owned multinational oil and gas company, headquartered in Stavanger. As of 2021, Equinor had over 21,000 employees, with a 2021 revenue of $90.92 billion USD and total assets of $147.12 billion. The company operates in 36 countries. It was formed in 2007, when Statoil and the oil and gas division of Norsk Hydro merged.

Impacts

Social and human rights impacts

In 2004, Statoil (one of the companies involved in the 2007 merger to create Equinor), was found guilty of corruption by Norwegian courts. The case revolved around the company's securing of oil contracts in Iran between 2002 and 2003 through misconduct and bribery. Statoil was ordered by Norwegian courts to pay a fine of NOK 20 million.


Environmental and climate impacts

Environmental impacts of projects Equinor's fossil fuel activities have a large environmental impact through their production of greenhouse gases. By 2026 the company plans to have increased its production of oil and gas, with 95% of its energy production still coming from fossil fuels.

North Sea & Arctic expansion Equinor is currently involved in numerous North Sea expansion plans, such as Rosebank and Wisting, which it opened in 2020. Wisting is the largest oil field in western Europe.  The environmental impacts of this field will be huge. The emissions from Wisting will be 200 million tonnes of CO2. As the project is so far to the north, it also endangers Arctic wildlife such as the seabirds that need to swim past the oil field.

The Global Oil and Gas Exit List (GOGEL) by Urgewald shows that Equinor is expanding fossil fuel production in 11 countries, while Arctic extraction forms 20% of its overall hydrocarbons production. Arctic exploration is of particular concern, due to the impact on the region’s fragile ecosystems, and the cold temperatures meaning it is not possible to mitigate oil spills.

No project expanding the fossil fuel industry is compatible with the Paris Climate Agreement. The emissions from new North Sea projects would contribute to catastrophic climate change, especially with the proposed development of huge fields such as Rosebank, which would create emissions equivalent to more than the combined emissions of the world's low-income countries.

Greenwashing Statoil's rebranding to Equinor in 2018 drew criticism that it was drawing attention away from its oil and gas activities through green marketing. However, between 2010 and 2018 only 2% of its capital expenditure went on green energy. Client Earth comments on its greenwashing:

Equinor has not reduced its annual Scope 3 emissions. In fact, they have slightly increased since 2015, to 247 million tonnes CO2 equivalent in 2019 and 250 million tonnes CO2 equivalent in 2020.

Moreover, despite claims around its renewable energy activities, in 2020 Equinor's renewables investments accounted for just 5% of its net operating loss.

Financiers

From 2016 - 2021 16 commercial banks financed Equinor via lending and underwriting totalling USD 16.22 billion. See below for details on banks involved.

In May 2021 Equinor signed a USD 6 billion revolving credit facility, financed by 19 commercial banks, maturing in May 2024.

RBC (0.8%), DNB (0.6%) and Danske Bank hold shares in Equinor. See below for more details.

Institution type
Finance type
Year
Projects

Vaca Muerta Shale Basin

Argentina
Project
Active
Oil and Gas Extraction | ...

Vaca Muerta Shale Basin

Argentina

Rosebank

United Kingdom
Project
Target
Oil and Gas Extraction

Rosebank

United Kingdom

North Sea oil and gas projects

- international -
Project
Active
Oil and Gas Extraction

North Sea oil and gas projects

- international -
There are no active project profiles for Equinor now.

Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline

Azerbaijan
Project
On record
Pipeline Transportation of Crude Oil

Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline

Azerbaijan
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2023-01-17 | Paris, France /Nijmegen, Netherlands | BankTrack, Reclaim Finance
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Nordic banks increase finance for Arctic oil and gas, new report finds

Ten Nordic banks provided US$ 21.2 billion to the fossil fuel industry. DNB, SEB, Nordea and Danske Bank largest Nordic financiers.
2022-11-22 | Nijmegen, the Netherlands | BankTrack, Greenpeace, ActionAid Denmark, Fair Finance Guide Norway, Fair Finance Guide Sweden, Friends of the Earth Finland, Swedish Society for Nature Conservation
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NGOs reveal the companies and financiers behind fossil fuel expansion in Africa

2022-11-15 | Berlin / Sharm El-Sheikh | BankTrack, urgewald, 350.org Africa, Africa Coal Network, Oilwatch Africa
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2022-11-14 | Natasha Ion – BankTrack
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An overview of RAN's new report, Wall Street’s Dirtiest Secret: How fossil fuel expansion depends on big bank finance
2022-11-10 | Rainforest Action Network
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NGOs release the 2022 Global Oil & Gas Exit List

Oil and gas industry willing to sacrifice a livable planet
2022-11-10 | Berlin / Sharm el-Sheikh | urgewald
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Argentina keeps Equinor's seismic activities on hold in Argentino Sea

Federal court keeps Equinor on hold as it fails to fulfil justice requirements
2022-10-19 | La Capital
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Revealed: The Bermuda-based firm crucial to new North Sea oil exploration

A company set up by the fossil fuel industry and based in Bermuda is providing vital insurance coverage to firms behind two of the biggest and most controversial new oil fields in the North Sea.
2022-10-02 | The Herald
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Will Sturgeon dare condemn Rosebank as she did Cambo?

2022-09-27 | The Herald
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Nicola Sturgeon told to 'provide leadership' and oppose Rosebank oil field

NICOLA Sturgeon has been told to vehemently show her opposition to new fossil fuels development by coming out against a planned North Sea oil development three times bigger than the controversial Cambo plans.
2022-09-26 | The Herald
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Equinor and BP set sights on critical Bay du Nord FPSO contract

Key engineering contract for innovative floating production vessel that will produce up to 200,000 bpd
2022-08-25 | Upstream
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Electrification of the Wisting oil field

If the Wisting oil field is developed with electrification, it means that Equinor will build a 300 kilometer long cable from Finnmark and further north into the Barents Sea.
2022-08-10 | Naturvernforbundet
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Challenges mounting for Equinor’s Wisting development

Rising costs, reservoir uncertainties and deadlines are giving Wisting operator Equinor and its partners a headache.
2022-06-22 | Upstream
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Banks and investors pouring billions into Arctic oil & gas bonanza despite climate pledges – report

How banks, investors and insurers are driving oil and gas expansion in the Arctic
2021-09-23 | Paris | Reclaim Finance
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Greenwashing Files: Equinor

Despite the company’s climate action pledges, the Climate Action 100+ Net Zero Company Benchmark finds that Equinor only meets some of the Benchmark’s targets disclosure criteria
2021-03-25 | ClientEarth
Resources
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2022-11-15 00:00:00

Who is financing fossil fuel expansion in Africa?

BankTrack publication
2022-11-15 00:00:00 | Urgewald, BankTrack, 350.org Africa, Africa Coal Network & Oilwatch Africa, et al.
2022-06-07 00:00:00

CSR report 2021

Annual report
2022-06-07 00:00:00 | Equinor
2022-05-03 00:00:00

Annual report 2021

Annual report
2022-05-03 00:00:00 | Equinor

Equinor and BP set sights on critical Bay du Nord FPSO contract

#StoppWisting

Stopp Wisting petition

What is the Rosebank oil field?

Rosebank WON’T lower bills or make our energy more secure. But it WILL produce pollution equal to the world’s 28 lowest-income countries.

Global Oil & Gas Exit List: Wisting

Five reasons why Wisting must never be built

Total/Equinor climate risk CDS trade: IEA update

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