Building a broad energy

partnership with the UK

Foreword
The UK is on a path to reach net zero by 2050. We are also working to develop domestic for carbon neutral operations globally on
In today’s world it is essential that we strike a oil and gas and have three British projects Equinor-operated projects.
balance, providing energy security while also that have come onstream in the last few
enabling the energy transition. As the country’s years: Mariner, Utgard and Barnacle. We The UK was a pioneer in setting a 2050
leading energy provider, Equinor is committed are also progressing plans for the Rosebank net zero emissions target. And because we
to playing a key role in delivering these needs field which will account for up to 8% of the believe that one of the most effective ways
and building a broad energy partnership with UK’s oil production up to 2030. Rosebank to reduce our net carbon footprint is to
the UK. We have been here for nearly 40 years, will be one of the first greenfield oil and gas increase the share of low carbon products,
investing in multi-billion pound projects and developments in the UK to be powered by we will play an active role in the UK’s energy
creating hundreds of jobs. electricity, which would provide some of the transition. Our two major offshore wind farms,
lowest emission barrels on the UK Continental Sheringham Shoal and Dudgeon, already
Today, our supplies from Norway meet Shelf (UKCS) and globally. comprise 155 wind turbines and we are now
more than one quarter of the UK’s demand looking to double their capacity using newer
for natural gas and around one fifth of I am proud that the emissions from Equinor’s turbines by the mid-2020s. In the seas east
its demand for oil. And these supplies are oil and gas production are already at of Aberdeen, we run Hywind Scotland, the
produced with one of the lowest carbon industry-leading levels. But to speed up world’s first floating wind farm - the first of
footprints in the industry: for example, our new the energy transition we need to see more many projects we believe will be capable of
Johan Sverdrup field uses hydroelectricity substantial and rapid changes. That is why harnessing the potential of more powerful
to produce oil with emissions twenty times our ambition is to reach net zero emissions and reliable wind in deeper waters.
lower than the global average. And our by 2050, through continuing our industry
reliable gas supplies have enabled the leadership in carbon efficiency, profitable Building on this experience, we are now
UK to phase out coal from its power mix growth in renewables, and accelerating building Dogger Bank, the largest offshore
and achieve greenhouse gas emission levels decarbonisation. And by 2030 we’re aiming wind farm in the world, with our partners
not seen since the 19th century.
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SSE and Eni Plenitude. Using turbine blades And in the Humber we intend to build the hydrogen. We are also a partner in power
produced with supplier companies involved UK’s first large-scale low-carbon hydrogen stations with carbon capture in the Humber,
from across the UK, it will provide enough production plant, and, with our partner SSE, Teesside and in Scotland.
power for 5 million UK homes, and represents the UK’s first power station entirely fuelled by
a £9 billion investment in the UK.

For over 20 years we have been storing

carbon dioxide reservoirs deep under
the Norwegian North Sea and producing
hydrogen from natural gas, and we are
applying both together in the UK, helping to
develop the East Coast Cluster into a global
leader in low carbon technologies. We are
working on this with our partners in Zero
Carbon Humber, Net Zero Teesside and the
Northern Endurance Partnership.

Alex Grant
Our goal is that the East Coast Cluster is one Senior Vice President
of the UK’s first to deploy carbon capture and UK Country Manager
use and storage (CCUS), linking permanent
storage under the North Sea to the Humber
and Teesside.

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 At a glance

38+ 650+ 700 £5 bn

year presence UK employees suppliers in energy sales to the

in the UK working for UK each year
Equinor in the UK

27% 15% 5
of UK gas demand of UK oil demand million homes
met by Equinor met by Equinor powered by our
UK wind farms by 2030

4 Equinor in the UK All figures are correct as of August 2022

 Keadby Hydrogen Power Stations
Aldbrough Gas Storage &
Aldbrough Hydrogen Storage
Port of Tyne
Dogger Bank
Rosebank
Barnacle
Northern Endurance Partnership
Equinor in the UK Bressay
H2H Saltend
Zero Carbon Humber
Mariner
Dudgeon
Producing field Sheringham Shoal
Great Yarmouth
Field development Utgard
Wind farm
Peterhead Carbon Capture Power Station
Decarbonisation initiatives
Gas storage London Hywind Scotland
Offices
Aberdeen NZT Power
Keadby Carbon Capture &
Keadby Hydrogen Power Stations
Aldbrough Gas Storage &
Aldbrough Hydrogen Storage
Port of Tyne
Dogger Bank

Northern Endurance Partnership

H2H Saltend
Zero Carbon Humber
Dudgeon
Producing field Sheringham Shoal
Great Yarmouth
Field development
Wind farm
Decarbonisation initiatives
Gas storage London
Offices

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 5 ways we contribute to a net zero society:

1. We commit to reducing emissions from our production of oil & gas.

2. We accelerate our investments in renewable energy and grow a profitable renewables business.

3. We invest in new technology to create and build new low-carbon markets, value chains and industries.

4. We will invest in nature-based solutions.

5. We use our voice to support the goals of the Paris Agreement and policies that support net zero.

Carbon neutral Reduce maritime emissions

global operations in Norway by 50%
Upstream CO₂ intensity 40% reduction of absolute Eliminate routing flaring
below 8kg CO₂/boe emissions in Norway and near zero methane intensity
2025 2030

2026 2030 2040

Increase renewable energy Increase renewable energy 70% reduction of absolute

capacity to 4-6 GW capacity to 12-16 GW emissions in Norway

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Our climate ambition
Climate change presents a fundamental challenge to society, and we have to move faster
towards net zero emissions. We aim to be a leader in the energy transition by building the
energy industry of tomorrow and becoming a net zero company, helping the UK reach its
net zero targets.

As a company with a net zero 2050 ambition, Equinor is committed governments. An increasingly important part of that partnership will
to long-term value creation in support of the Paris Agreement. centre on how we as industry and as a company use our voice on the
Net zero implies a new partnership between business, society and issue of climate policy.

Speaking up on policy enables us to achieve two main objectives.

First, it shows we are a positive and proactive stakeholder in the energy

Reduce maritime emissions 100% net carbon transition. Governments are responsible for setting the framework
globally by 50% intensity reduction
conditions, but the private sector can provide valuable input and
Reduce absolute emissions Net zero
in Norway to near zero company
support to ensure that strategies and policies are feasible and
sufficiently ambitious. Secondly, using our voice on policy enables us
2050
to signal to government ways in which they can maximise investments
in low- and zero-carbon technologies and business models necessary
to get society to net zero.

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Oil & Gas -
investing in energy today
for tomorrow’s security
By supplying energy to the UK, and
producing energy in the UK for supply
to Europe and beyond, Equinor is
helping deliver safe, secure and Rosebank:
reliable sources of energy, improving
1600
Estimated peak
the UK and Europe’s energy security. number of direct
FTE jobs

Estimated gross

£4.1 bn
value add over
the life of the field

Carbon avoided

250 kt by reusing an
CO2 existing FPSO

8 Estimated percentage of UK’s

% oil production up to 2030

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Equinor is at the forefront of applying new technologies. In the UK we are
leveraging digitalisation to drive new ways of working with our offshore
developments. Technology is providing new opportunities to keep people
safe, create value and reduce carbon emissions.

The Mariner field, our first operated development in the UK North Sea, is
one of our most innovative offshore developments. We are testing new
ground through our offshore digital workers, automated drilling and the use
of Echo, a digital copy of the platform, to deliver safe and efficient solutions.

We are working with partners to develop Rosebank, where we will reduce

emissions from production, through FPSO electrification. Electrification of
Rosebank is a long-term investment that will drastically cut the carbon
emissions caused by using the FPSO’s gas turbines for power. Using
electricity as a power source on Rosebank results in a reduction in emissions
equivalent to taking over 650,000 cars off the road for a year compared
with importing 300 million barrels of oil from international sources.

Our cross-border developments connect fields and infrastructure between

the UK and Norway across the North Sea, unlocking otherwise stranded
resources to add value on both sides of the border. These include the
Utgard and Barnacle developments that started production in 2019. The
developments are possible through innovative commercial solutions and
close collaboration between partners, regulators and authorities in both
the UK and Norway.

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 ~27%
Equinor
~15%
Equinor
Providing secure energy
to the UK
market share* market share*

35% 47% As the UK has moved away from coal to

Norwegian
market
Norwegian
market
cleaner energy sources, natural gas has
share share played an important role in helping to re-
duce emissions while keeping the lights on.
UK’s gas market UK’s oil market
Natural gas is a key part of Norway’s energy partnership with the UK.
In 2021 Norway supplied 37% of the UK’s gas demand. It is also a key
supplier of oil, providing around 50% of the UK’s needs.

The reliability of natural gas is backed up by SSE and Equinor’s

Aldbrough storage facility in Yorkshire. The facility, opened in 2011,
provides around 7% of the UK’s total gas storage capacity.

Both our natural gas and our oil are produced with one of the lowest
carbon footprints in the industry. In fact, natural gas from Norway is
produced and supplied through pipelines to the UK with around one fifth
of the emissions of liquefied natural gas.

* Equinor’s market shares vary from year to year,

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A global offshore wind major, 5 ~277
turbines
with our roots in the North Sea turbines
30 MW 3600 MW

Hywind Dogger
Equinor is a global leader in offshore wind Scotland Bank

and is using its expertise in offshore energy

to drive forward innovation in the North Sea,
and help the UK reach its net zero targets.

We operate three UK offshore wind farms; Dudgeon and Sheringham

Shoal, off the Norfolk Coast, and Hywind Scotland, the world’s first
floating wind farm, off the coast of Peterhead, Scotland.
Ireland
We’re also developing plans to extend both Dudgeon and Sheringham
United Dudgeon
Shoal, doubling our capacity in Norfolk to be able to provide 1.5 million Kingdom
homes with renewable energy.
67
turbines
402 MW
Along with SSE Renewables and Eni Plenitude, we are a partner in the
world’s biggest offshore wind farm, Dogger Bank. When complete in Sheringham
2026 this 3.6GW project will be capable of providing around 5 million Shoal
UK homes with renewable electricity. Equinor will be the operator for The North Sea region will play a key 88
turbines
the wind farm’s life from a new base at the Port of Tyne. In total, the contribution in Equinor’s global ambition to 317 MW
Dogger Bank Wind Farm has created or supported over 2,500 UK jobs increase its renewables capacity to 12 – 16GW
as part of the construction and future operation of the wind farm. by 2030, around 30 times what it is today.

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Hywind Scotland -
the global pioneer in floating wind
Floating offshore wind is an exciting technology with huge growth potential. The UK has become one of
the first countries to set a formal target for floating offshore wind, committing to 5 GW by 2030.

Hywind Scotland was the first ever floating offshore wind farm and since it started operations 154m
has consistently achieved the highest capacity factor of all UK wind farms.

25km cable to shore

98m
#3
Peterhead
#2

Big Ben
#5 #1
78m
Water depth
#4 95m-120m
Peterhead

Scotland

Turbine Mooring line

Edinburgh
Anchor Electrical line

12 Equinor in the UK Illustration: Schematic diagram and map of Hywind Scotland.

Hywind Scotland’s five turbines came online in 2017
and with 30 MW capacity they can generate enough
electricity to power around 36,000 Scottish homes.

Partnered with Batwind, the world’s first battery for

offshore wind, Hywind Scotland demonstrates the
global potential of floating wind in deeper waters –
where wind speeds are stronger and more reliable,
and where fixed offshore wind farms are not possible.

Hywind combines familiar technologies from the

offshore and wind power industries into a new design.
Hywind is a floating wind turbine design based on a
single floating cylindrical spar buoy moored by cables
or chains to the seabed. Its substructure is ballasted
so that the entire construction floats upright.

We believe floating offshore wind is the next wave

in renewable energy and, within the next decade,
we aim to make it a competitive renewable energy
source.

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Dogger Bank, the world’s largest offshore wind farm

With our partners, we are building the world’s largest offshore wind farm at Dogger Bank,
off the North East coast of England.
Comprising three phases, the wind farm will generate 3,600 MW; be the first wind farm in the UK to use high voltage direct current
enough to power around 5 million homes, roughly equivalent to (HVDC) technology, which reduces electrical losses in transmission.
around 5% of the UK’s electricity demand. From first power in 2023, We’ve used our expertise in offshore O&G to design the world’s first
it will make a significant contribution to the UK’s climate goals, and at unmanned HVDC substation, slashing the weight. These innovations
record-low power prices for UK businesses and consumers. pave the way for other large scale wind farms in the UK.

The Dogger Bank wind farm is also pioneering new technology. It will Equinor will operate the wind farm from a new base at the Port of
be the first in the world to use GE’s 13 and 14 MW Haliade-X turbines, Tyne. Around 200 roles will be created in the North East to operate
the latest in turbine technology with blades 107 metres long. One and maintain this groundbreaking project, with thousands more jobs
rotation of the blades can generate enough electricity to power a created as a result of its scale.
home for over two days. Due to the distance from shore, it will also

Dogger Bank A, B and C are owned by SSE Renewables (40%), Equinor (40%) and Eni Plenitude (20%).

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Helping the UK to net zero
North Sea Potential fut
expansion

While renewable power continues to grow, most of the UK’s energy system still relies on
the high energy content and flexibility of oil and natural gas. For the UK to meet its climate
Endurance
Northern Endurance
targets and reach net zero by 2050, these fuels mustPartnership
be replaced
(NEP)
with lower or zero
carbon alternative. 85 km 145 km

North Sea Potential future

expansions
TEESSIDE
THE TEESSIDE
HUMBER
Scarborough
Middlesbrough Net Zero
Northern Endurance
Endurance

Teesside
Partnership (NEP) H2H Saltend
Easington THE HUMBER
NZT Power
(NZT) 145 km 85 km
Hull
Grimsby

TEESSIDE
York
Scunthorpe
Zero Carbon
THE TEESSIDE
HUMBER Darlington
Scarborough
Humber
Middlesbrough Net Zero Keadby Carbon Capture (ZCH)
Teesside H2H Saltend Easington THE HUMBER
London
This illustration is NZT
not toPower
scale and locations are not exact & Keadby Hydrogen
(NZT) Hull
Grimsby
York
Scunthorpe
Zero Carbon
Darlington Humber
Keadby Carbon Capture (ZCH)
London
This illustration is not to scale and locations are not exact & Keadby Hydrogen

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That is why the UK has set targets for the rollout of carbon capture Coming onstream from the mid-2020s, the 600MW of hydrogen it
use and storage (CCUS) and for low- and zero-carbon hydrogen. And produces will enable its customers at Saltend Chemicals Park to cut
it is why we are pushing ahead with projects that build on our 20+ their emissions by 900,000 tonnes of CO2 each year.
years of experience in CCUS and hydrogen, helping the UK to reach
its targets and ensure a just transition for workers and communities in H2H Saltend is just the start of our ambitions for low-carbon hydrogen
the UK’s industrial heartlands. in the Humber, which together add up to 1.8GW of production to meet
local demand using the ZCH infrastructure. In addition to this, we are
Underpinning these efforts are our role in the Northern Endurance developing projects in zero-carbon hydrogen (from water electrolysis
Partnership (NEP) and our interest in Endurance, the UK’s most using renewable power).
developed site for CO2 storage. NEP will develop the offshore CO2
transport and storage infrastructure in the UK North Sea to serve Also in the Humber, we are working with our partner SSE Thermal on
the East Coast Cluster, comprising industry and power projects in the two other ZCH projects that will start production from 2027. One will
Humber and Teesside regions on the UK’s east coast be a gas-fired power station with carbon capture, and the other will
be the first power station entirely fuelled by hydrogen.
In the Humber, the UK’s largest region by emissions, we are a leading
partner in the Zero Carbon Humber (ZCH) partnership that plans to In Teesside, we are part of the Net Zero Teesside project to capture
decarbonise a mixture of power and industrial sites on both sides of CO2 emissions from local industry and from a gas-fired power station
the estuary by rolling out hydrogen and CO2 infrastructure, enabling that will start operations in the mid-2020s. Like projects in the Humber,
each to fuel switch to hydrogen or capture their emissions. it will make use of the offshore CO2 storage developed by NEP.

The Equinor-led H2H Saltend hydrogen production plant will be the In Aberdeenshire in Scotland, we are collaborating with SSE Thermal
first to use this infrastructure, converting natural gas to low-carbon to develop Peterhead Carbon Capture Power Station, a new gas-
hydrogen and capturing at least 95% of the associated CO2 emissions. fired power station with carbon capture that is expected to start
operations by 2027. Equinor in the UK 17
Investing in future generations
Education in Science, Technology, Engineering In Aberdeen, we are the Digital Futures partner Alongside supporting apprentices within
and Maths (STEM) plays a vital role in of the Aberdeen Science Centre, building Equinor, we have launched an Apprenticeship
equipping young people with the knowledge visitors’ understanding of digitalisation. Levy Transfer, to support the ongoing
and skills needed to participate in and development of England’s East Coast and
contribute to UK society and the future We also sponsor TechFest, and through our North-East England offshore wind workforce,
of the energy industry. Our sponsorships partnership, run an annual STEM workshop with a particular emphasis on local small
strengthen education in STEM, delivering on event reaching more than 400 pupils from and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and
our commitment to host communities and to across the North-east of Scotland. companies that are diversifying into the
creating shared value in the UK. offshore wind industry. By transferring some
We are committed to the local communities of our levy funds, we’re supporting the training
We’re proud to support the Science Museum where we operate. Through community funds needs of smaller businesses who otherwise
as a member of their STEM Circle, and with we provide grants for community groups, wouldn’t benefit from the Apprenticeship Levy.
Wonderlab: The Equinor Gallery, which builds including schools and NGOs, seeking financial
on children’s natural curiosity in STEM to assistance for local projects and initiatives.
ensure long-lasting engagement.

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Our product may be energy.
But our greatest resource is our people.
We are passionate individuals working towards one goal - to provide the world with
the energy it needs, sustainably and responsibly.

We’re up for the challenge.

Are you?

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@Equinor_UK

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Photography
Ole Jørgen Bratland/Equinor ASA.
Roberg Gregory Yorke. Harald Pettersen.
Øyvind Gravås. Øivind Haug. Einar Aslaksen.
Jonas Bostrom. Fiona Hanson.

Illustrations and design

Equinor ASA.

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