Equinor

Equinor said drones could reinforce safety, boost production efficiency and contribute to lower CO2 emissions from Norwegian oil and gas

He started in the oil and gas business running logs in the 1990s and by the end of the decade became a petroleum engineer at Equinor. Now, he is set to take over the company’s top position.

The complete paper discusses Equinor’s operation planning tool, developed to present planners with the technical conditions of a platform, identify potentially dangerous combinations of concurrent activities, and propose learnings from 8 years of incident recordings.

Four Equinor insiders are short-listed to succeed the current chief executive who is expected to step down from the Norwegian oil and gas company later this year.

With their gee-whiz—albeit artificial—intelligence, robots may be the industry’s answer to jobs deemed dangerous, dirty, distant, or dull.

Askeladd Vest is Phase 2 of the Snøhvit gas development, which is expected to see an FID this year.

An independent study pegged the cost of the project at about $2.6 billion, 80% of which Norway’s government planned to fund. The ministry said there is uncertainty about Northern Lights’ benefits and that it could prove to be unprofitable.

A test showing that it’s possible to automate the billing process for produced water hauling has opened the door for tracking a wide range of field activities. The industry downturn brought on by COVID-19 has motivated big companies to test practical applications sooner.

A new idea from Equinor calls for autonomous submarines to transport CO2 from the surface to the seabed. The Norwegian operator says the shuttles could also carry oil and water for injection.

Sleipner’s share in net-zero emissions savings will be more than 150,000 tonnes per year.