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Anders Opedal to take over as new CEO

August 10th: The Board of Directors has appointed Anders Opedal as new President & CEO of Equinor from 2 November 2020. Eldar Sætre will retire after six years as CEO and more than 40 years in the company.

Anders Opedal comes from the position as Executive Vice President Technology, Projects and Drilling. He joined Equinor as a petroleum engineer in 1997, and holds a Master’s degree in Engineering from The Norwegian Institute of Technology (NTNU) and an MBA from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh.

Press release: new President & CEO

Anders Opedal to take over as new CEO of Equinor on November 2.

See the recording of the press conference (in Norwegian)

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Meet the coolest robots working in energy

Driven by advances in digitalisation, robotisation is taking the energy industry by storm. Here, we take a look at some of the most exciting robots working for us today — and in the future.

Discover the robots at work for Equinor
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Knowledge shared is knowledge squared:

Six ways our oil and gas expertise is energising renewables


Five decades of offshore operations are helping us to shape the future of energy. But what do we mean by that? Here are six ways we’re drawing on our oil and gas expertise in renewables.

New kit, same wrapping. Find out more
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Plan for world-leading clean hydrogen plant in the UK

We’re leading the H2H Saltend project to develop one of the world’s first blue hydrogen facilities.

H2H Saltend press release, July 1
More on the H2H Saltend project
Hydrogen in Equinor

Sleipner and Gina Krog to be electrified

We announced plans to electrify the Sleipner and Gina Krog platforms, cutting CO2 emissions by 250,000 tonnes.

More about electrification
Press release, June 9

Equinor launches maritime climate ambitions

On UN World Oceans Day, we launched ambitions to reduce our own emissions from our shipping fleet, and how we will contribute to decarbonising shipping. 

Press release, June 8

Northern Lights: a groundbreaking project for capture and storage of CO₂

Equinor, Shell and Total have decided to invest in the Northern Lights project — Norway’s first exploitation licence for CO₂ storage on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. 

Press release May 15th
Northern Lights project
Carbon capture and storage

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Annual & sustainability reports for 2019

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We presented our 2019 Annual Report and Form 20-F and Sustainability Report in March. 

Press release 20 March
Annual report 2019
Sustainability report 2019

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