Equinor will drill 250 oil and gas exploration wells in Norwegian waters in the next 10 years to fulfil a goal of sustaining output in 2035 at 2020 levels, driven…
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Equinor will drill 250 oil and gas exploration wells in Norwegian waters in the next 10 years to fulfil a goal of sustaining output in 2035 at 2020 levels, driven by expectations of prolonged fossil fuel demand, its CEO said on Tuesday.
The Norwegian energy company plans to invest around 60 billion Norwegian crowns ($5.86 billion) annually over the next decade to maintain production levels on Norway's ageing continental shelf, CEO Anders Opedal told an energy conference.
"This is anything but business as usual," Opedal said. "Fighting decline on a mature shelf calls for one of the largest industrial plans Norway has ever seen."
Global oil and gas demand could grow until 2050, the International Energy Agency said earlier this month, departing from its previous expectations of a speedy transition to cleaner fuels and predicting that the world will likely fail to achieve climate goals.
Opedal said the company had been overly optimistic about the pace at which some low-carbon
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