Equinor Has Shut Down Gudrun, Oseberg South, Oseberg East Fields Amid Strike
July 05 2022 - 3:16AM
Dow Jones News
By Dominic Chopping
Norwegian energy major Equinor ASA said Tuesday that it has
initiated a shutdown of the Gudrun, Oseberg South and Oseberg East
fields on the Norwegian continental shelf after energy-sector
workers went on strike from midnight.
An offshore collective pay deal proposed by employer body
Norwegian Oil and Gas Association was agreed to by two unions that
jointly represent about 85% of operator employees on the Norwegian
continental shelf. However, members of the Lederne union rejected
the deal and voted to strike.
As a result, the Equinor-operated Gudrun, Oseberg South and
Oseberg East fields have been forced to shut down, halting the
production of 89,000 barrels of oil equivalent a day from the
fields, of which around 27,500 are natural gas.
A further extension of the strike from the night before July 6
has been notified for the Heidrun, Kristin and Aasta Hansteen
fields, which will force those fields as well as the Tyrihans field
to shut down.
Total production from Heidrun, Kristin/Tyrihans and Aasta
Hansteen is around 333,000 barrels of oil equivalent a day, of
which 264,000 are natural gas.
"A further escalation has been announced from July 9 at
Sleipner, Gullfaks A and Gullfaks C," it said.
Write to Dominic Chopping at dominic.chopping@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
July 05, 2022 03:01 ET (07:01 GMT)
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