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On 16 December Equinor and its partners started production from the Aasta Hansteen gas field in the Norwegian Sea.

Equinor has been declared the provisional winner of one of the three leases offered in the US government’s wind lease sale for an area offshore the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

The shares purchased by DNB on behalf of Equinor on 10 December 2018 for use in the group's Share Saving Plan, have on 13 and 14 December 2018 been distributed to the employees in accordance with their savings amount.

Equinor ASA intends to propose to the Corporate Assembly for further approval at its Annual General Meeting on 15 May 2019 that EY be appointed as the company’s auditor for the financial year 2019.

The owners of the Dudgeon wind farm, Equinor, Masdar and China Resources Group, have signed a hybrid refinancing of GBP 1.4 billion.

On behalf of Equinor, DNB has on 10 December 2018 purchased 482,585 shares for use in the group's Share saving plan.

Equinor and Verus Petroleum have completed their previously announced transaction, whereby Equinor has sold its 17% non-operated interest in the Alba oil field.

Right before 08:00 on Monday 10 December a liquified petroleum gas (LPG) leakage occurred at one of the Mongstad facilities. At 09:15 it was reported that the leakage had been stopped.

The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has approved the plan for development and operation of the Troll Phase 3 development.

The subsea field Vigdis has been producing oil through the Snorre field for more than 20 years. Field production will now be boosted by almost 11 million barrels.

Equinor and Faroe Petroleum have agreed a number of transactions in the Norwegian Sea and the North Sea region of the Norwegian Continental Shelf.

Equinor is stepping up its use of wired drill pipe to acquire subsurface real-time data during drilling operations, in line with the corporate digitalisation strategy and to prepare for automated drilling.

Around 170,000 households in Brazil are now powered with electricity from the Apodi Solar Plant

Equinor announced 26 July 2018 dividend per share of USD 0.23 for second quarter 2018. The NOK dividend per share is based on average USDNOK fixing rate from Norges Bank in the period plus/minus three business days from record date 22 November 2018, in total seven business days.

The report “H21 North of England” published today, sets out how 3.7 million homes and 40,000 businesses in the north of England, currently heated by natural gas, could be converted to hydrogen and made emission-free by 2034.