Overview
- Equinor, Norway's energy firm, intends to submit a proposal to pre-qualify for Norway's first offshore wind auction. The company, teaming up with Germany's RWE, is focusing on the Soerlige Nordsjoe II area, which has a capacity of 1.5 GW.
- Due to global supply chain cost increases and inflationary pressure, Norwegian lawmakers have raised subsidies for Soerlige Nordsjoe II by 53% to 23 billion Norwegian crowns ($2.05 billion).
- Equinor suffered a financial setback as it booked a $300 million impairment charge on its US offshore wind portfolio following a rejected request to renegotiate terms with New York officials.
- Despite the financial hit due to the writing off of US offshore wind projects, Equinor posted higher-than-expected profit for the third quarter, owing majorly to the company's trading unit.
- Equinor has reduced its full-year oil and gas production growth target to 1.5% in 2023 from the initial 3% owing to heavy maintenance at many of its offshore fields.