Equinor ASA (formerly Statoil and StatoilHydro) is a Norwegian state-owned multinational energy company headquartered in Stavanger. It is primarily a petroleum company and operates in 36 countries.^[1]

Energy Web

Along with Shell Oil, TEPCO, Sempra, and other major environmental corporate polluters, Equinor co-founded Energy Web in 2017 ahead of the launch of its 2019 Energy Web blockchain and cryptocurrency token.^[2]

Microsoft

In 2018, Equinor, the company formerly known as Statoil, announced it had signed a cloud contract with Microsoft for its operations worth hundreds of millions of dollars.^[3]^[4] Despite joint marketing of their partnership around carbon capture and storage,^[5]^[6] Equinor's profits are primarily driven by oil and gas,^[7], and the company is still seeking new oil & gas drilling licenses in 2022.^[8]

[1] ttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equinor

[2] ttps://www.energyweb.org/why-we-exist/

[3] ttps://www.wsj.com/articles/silicon-valley-courts-a-wary-oil-patch-1532424600

[4] ttps://www.energy-reporters.com/industry/equinor-and-microsoft-7-year-sign-deal/

[5] ttps://www.equinor.com/news/archive/20201014-northern-lights-microsoft

[6] ttps://no.usembassy.gov/microsoft-signs-mou-with-equinor-on-carbon-capture-and-storage-value-chain/

[7] ttps://www.reuters.com/business/energy/equinor-posts-record-profit-boosted-by-soaring-gas-2022-10-28/

[8] ttps://www.reuters.com/business/energy/equinor-others-apply-right-explore-oil-gas-off-norway-2022-09-13/

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