Company
Equinor
[Equinor ASA](https://www.equinor.com) (formerly Statoil) is a Norwegian multinational energy company headquartered in Stavanger, deploying autonomous…
- Founded
- 1972
- HQ
- Stavanger, Norway
- Models
- 1
- Deployments
- 1
Verified profile
2
Sources on record
1
Tracked changes
Updated 26 days ago
Last verified change
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
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Models (1)
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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.
Operated deployments (1)
- Offshore Inspection RobotHammerfest
Operator customers (1)
- Equinor1 deployment
Recent coverage
Equinor in third-party press
Peer companies
- Anduril Industries7 models
- Saildrone4 models
- Saronic Technologies4 models
- BAE Systems3 models
- Kongsberg Maritime2 models
- Saab Seaeye2 models
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- mature
- Counterparty risk class
- low
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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.
- Where is Equinor based?
- Equinor is based in Stavanger, Norway.
- When was Equinor founded?
- Equinor was founded in 1972.
- What does Equinor make?
- Equinor has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: Offshore Inspection Robot (Equinor builds physical robots).
- Where does Equinor operate robots?
- Equinor operates 1 verified deployment, including at Hammerfest.
- 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 2026-07-03
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-03
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
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Methodology surface for Equinor.Peer companies
- Anduril Industries7 models
- Saildrone4 models
- Saronic Technologies4 models
- BAE Systems3 models
- Kongsberg Maritime2 models
- Saab Seaeye2 models
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
Peer companies
- Anduril Industries7 models
- Saildrone4 models
- Saronic Technologies4 models
- BAE Systems3 models
- Kongsberg Maritime2 models
- Saab Seaeye2 models
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
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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
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
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
DEPLOY Intelligence Score
25.0/ 100
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 1 verified deployment. Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.
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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.
Last computed: Jul 3, 2026
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