The verified answer
As of Sep 2026, DEPLOY verifies Equinor: 1 model, 1 deployment across 1 region. 2 sources back the record.
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
2 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (1)
View all models →Partnerships
Every company Equinor has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Equinor on the deployment map
View the global map1 verified deployment across 1 region, newest verified Jun 2024. Explore where Equinor's robots are operating, by place and type.
View the full Equinor deployment record →
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 →
Operator customers (1)
- Equinor1 deployment
Recent coverage
Equinor in third-party press
Peers
34 peers across 1 segment. Every Equinor competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
marine(34)
29 companies in this segment · highly_concentrated (HHI 5727.802012906746) · leader Anduril Industries at 7141%
- Anduril Industriesdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Bedrock Oceandirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Blue Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Blue Water Autonomydirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Deep Trekkerdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- ECA Groupdirect competitor(inferred)strong
Financial state
- Employees
- 25,155as of 2024-12-31(reported)
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- mature
- Counterparty risk class
- low
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Partnerships
2 total · 2 operating
Every company Equinor has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
All 2 partnerships
open in the atlas →- equinor x nvidiawithNVIDIA1108technology—operating
- equinor x awswithAWS976technology—operating
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
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
Offshore Inspection Robot at Hammerfest
Sources (2)
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Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
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.
New 100-megawatt battery storage center in Texas set to boost US power grid
Equinor has started commercial operations at its largest battery energy storage project in the U.S.,...
First US LNG cargo puts Equinor on course to double global portfolio by decade-end
Norwegian state-owned energy giant Equinor is scaling up its liquefied natural gas (LNG) ambitions with its first cargo from the U.S. Gulf Coast under long-term supply agreements…
Equinor just brought its biggest US battery online in Texas
Equinor’s largest US battery energy storage project to date is now operating in South Texas, adding 100 megawatts (MW) of flexible capacity to the state’s fast-growing power grid.…
Oil And Gas Giants Valero, Equinor Pop To New Highs, Among New Names On Best Stock Lists
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Jan De Nul makes its entrance into CCS market with North Sea pipeline project
Jan De Nul is entering the carbon capture and storage (CCS) market, with offshore rock installation works that one of its vessels is carrying out for the Northern Endurance…
Equinor, Aker BP and Vår Energi launch multi-year hunt for Norway’s next big oil & gas discoveries
Three of Norway’s biggest oil and gas players – Equinor, Aker BP, and Vår Energi - are joining forces to search for the next batch of major hydrocarbon discoveries on the…
Norwegian Natural Gas Agreement Supports Uniper’s German Customer Portfolio
(IN BRIEF) Uniper and Equinor have signed a 15-year natural gas supply agreement under which Equinor will deliver more than 30 TWh of Norwegian natural gas per year to Uniper from…
DNV Launches Wellhead Fatigue Manager Following Equinor Digital Solution Acquisition
(IN BRIEF) DNV has agreed to acquire WellSpot, a digital solution developed and operated by Equinor over the past 15 years, and will commercialise it under the new name Wellhead…
DNV augments subsea toolkit with Equinor’s wellhead fatigue tech
Norwegian assurance and risk management company DNV is expanding its subsea technology offering by buying Equinor’s wellhead fatigue software, which the compatriot energy giant…
New gas/condensate discovery adds to North Sea’s hydrocarbon riches
The North Sea may be a mature oil and gas basin, but it is still yielding more discoveries, as highlighted by two Norwegian energy companies, Equinor and Aker BP, which have…
ORLEN Expands Norwegian Crude Oil Supply for Refineries in Poland, Czech Republic and Lithuania
(IN BRIEF) ORLEN has signed a three-year crude oil supply agreement with Equinor for deliveries from the Johan Sverdrup field on the Norwegian Continental Shelf, with supplies due…
Poland’s Orlen locks in Norwegian crude supplies with Equinor amid oil market volatility
Poland’s Orlen has secured up to a quarter of its crude needs through a new deal with Norway’s state-owned energy giant Equinor, which expands the duo’s strategic energy ties…
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
K-lab, formerly known as Kårstø metering and technology laboratory, is a full-scale test facility for qualification of all kinds of equipment and processes used
Equinor is establishing a drone center in Bergen to test flights from land to offshore. The Tampen area will become the world's first offshore airspace regulate
We have robots - and drones, to take on more of the challenging, remote, and repetitive tasks for us. By using AI for advanced analysis, we can detect even the
Snart vil robothunden Roberta ta seg selv med på tur rundt Northern Lights. Det er et anlegg for transport og lagring av CO₂ som vanligvis er ubemannet. Derfor
Full project case: https://www.parabel.studio/work/equinor-drones Credits Year: 2022 Client: Equinor Production: Parabel Sound design: SyncPoint Music: Syncpoi
Welcome to the HOIS Digitalisation Forum 27! The third presentation was: 'Use of drones and robotic in Equinor' presented by Geir Tore Knudsen 'GT' from Equin
With his father having been a pioneer diver, it was perhaps only natural that Trond Eriksen would find his place beneath the waves. Today, at Equinor, he is hel
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We use drones and robots to do more of the unsafe, hard to reach and repetitive jobs for us, leaving our employees to focus even more time on innovative tasks a
What happens when experts within IT, 3D print, CO2 management and drones collaborate with an inventor about the use of new technology to solve the challenges of
Autonomous robotics offer an attractive solution to oil and gas operators navigating the four Ds, which define the bulk of the sector’s roles: dull, distant, di
Heat Index
Serious54/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
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. Meaningful press and media coverage across the period. 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: Sep 6, 2026