Equinor ASA company profile
- CEO
- Anders Opedal
- Employees
- 23,843
- Headquarters
- Forusbeen 50, Stavanger, RO 4035, NO
- Sector
- Energy
- Industry
- Oil & Gas Integrated
- IPO date
- 18 Jun 2001
- Stock exchange
- NYSE
- ISIN
- US29446M1027
Website:equinor.com
About the company
Equinor ASA operates as an energy company in Norway and internationally. It operates through Exploration & Production Norway; Exploration & Production International; Exploration & Production USA; Marketing, Midstream & Processing; and Renewables segments. The company engages in the discovery and appraisal of new resources, as well as commercial development and operation of the oil and gas portfolios; oil and gas field development, well deliveries, and sourcing; research, technology development, specialist advisory services, digitalization, IT, improvement, innovation, and ventures and future business; and developing, exploring, investing in, and operating areas within renewable energy, such as offshore wind, green hydrogen, storage solutions, and solar power. It is also involved in the marketing, trading, processing, and transportation of crude oil and condensate, natural gas, NGL and refined products, including refineries, terminals, and processing plant operation; power and emissions trading; development of transportation solutions for natural gas, liquids, and crude oil, including pipelines, shipping, trucking, and rail; and provision of low carbon solutions. The company was formerly known as Statoil ASA and changed its name to Equinor ASA in May 2018. Equinor ASA was incorporated in 1972 and is headquartered in Stavanger, Norway.
Employees
Equinor ASA had about 24,140 employees at the end of fiscal year 2025 (31 December 2025), by its annual report. That is 2.0% fewer than a year before.
Employees at each fiscal year end, as the company reports them in its annual report (10-K); revenue and net income per employee are the fiscal year's over that count.
Who owns Equinor ASA
Institutions such as funds, banks and insurers held 7.0% of Equinor ASA's shares on 30 June 2026, 444 of them reporting holdings to the SEC; the rest is held by individual investors and other shareholders.
Shares free to trade
Closely held shares belong to insiders, founders and owners of more than 5%, and seldom change hands. The free float is the rest: the shares anyone can buy and sell.
Common questions about Equinor ASA
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