Overview
Equinor ASA (formerly Statoil) is a Norwegian multinational energy company headquartered in Stavanger, deploying autonomous underwater robots and drones for offshore oil and gas operations. The company operates in 36 countries with 02.5 billion in revenue (2024) and 25,155 employees, and is 67% owned by the Government of Norway.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 1 deployment on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Chair
Revenue
Employees
Owner
Data & sources
Web sources
2
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Models (1)
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Where Equinor's robots are verified operating. Explore the deployment map by place and type.
Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Anders Opedal CEOreported, not verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for Equinor.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Operated deployments (1)
- Offshore Inspection RobotHammerfest
Operator customers (1)
- Equinor1 deployment
Recent coverage
Equinor in third-party press
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- mature
- Counterparty risk class
- low
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Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 11, 2026
Equinor E-ROV Concept, SV version
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 11, 2026
The future of robots | Equinor
- Record createdJun 7, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (2)
Common questions
- What is Equinor?
- Equinor ASA (formerly Statoil) is a Norwegian multinational energy company headquartered in Stavanger, deploying autonomous underwater robots and drones for offshore oil and gas operations. The company operates in 36 countries with 02.5 billion in revenue (2024) and 25,155 employees, and is 67% owned by the Government of Norway.
- What does Equinor make?
- Equinor has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: Offshore Inspection Robot (Equinor builds physical robots).
- Is Equinor publicly traded?
- Yes. Equinor is publicly traded on public markets, per the DEPLOY registry.
- Who is the CEO of Equinor?
- Anders Opedal is the ceo of Equinor, per the DEPLOY registry.
- How can I invest in Equinor?
- Equinor is publicly traded (public markets), so its shares can be bought through any broker.
- Who owns Equinor?
- Equinor is publicly held by its shareholders.
- Where does Equinor operate robots?
- Equinor operates 1 verified deployment, including at Hammerfest.
- Is Equinor a top robotics company?
- On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Equinor ranks in roughly the top 62% of companies tracked by the registry.
- When was Equinor founded?
- Equinor was founded in 1972.
- Is Equinor safe?
- Equinor has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.
Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-23
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-23
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Equinor.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Equinor from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/equinor.md
- RSS feed: /companies/equinor/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/75beeba3-7b54-4b05-9f95-4df9d933b392
- Revision history: /companies/equinor/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Video
27.08.2020 Equinor completed the world’s first logistics operation with a drone to an offshore installation. The drone - a Camcopter s-100 model, manufactured by Schiebel, and operated by Nordic Unmanned - flew a 3D-prin
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Reality vs attention
Not enough verified signal yet to place Equinor against unclassified robots. Reality and attention percentiles publish once the underlying record clears its data floor.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 1 verified deployment. Deployment footprint remains limited relative to category peers.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Jul 23, 2026