Equinor reported two commercial discoveries in the North Sea, including the Byrding C oil find in the Troll area and the Frida Kahlo gas and condensate find in the Sleipner area.
Equinor has secured Norwegian consent to use Deepsea Bollsta for drilling, completion, temporary plugging and workover on Johan Sverdrup, following a rig contract extension tied to an eight-well program.
Equinor completed its probe into the 23 September 2025 well-control event on Deepsea Bollsta at Troll, detailing a short gas release during casing cutting and follow-up measures.
Equinor drilled the 7018/5-2 Vikingskipet wildcat in the Barents Sea with COSL Prospector, but the well proved dry and was plugged and abandoned.
Equinor and Polenergia have started offshore works on Poland’s Bałtyk 2 and 3, beginning with subsea rock installation and moving to monopiles, substations and cables during 2026.
Equinor will drill North Sea wildcat 25/7-13 in March 2026 after NOD approval, using COSL Innovator under a rig contract starting Q2 2025.
Equinor Energy AS selects Worley Rosenberg for a parallel framework covering offshore maintenance and minor projects on selected NCS facilities, starting 1 May 2026.
Equinor has obtained a Norwegian Offshore Directorate permit for a North Sea wildcat well, to be drilled in March 2026 with the COSL Innovator under production licence 782 S.
Equinor and Empire Wind won a preliminary injunction in D.C. federal court against the Trump administration’s 22 December stop-work order, allowing the partly built New York offshore wind farm to resume work.
