Western Europe’s Biggest Oilfield Shut Down Due to Power Outage

Western Europe’s Biggest Oilfield Shut Down Due to Power Outage

Following a power outage, Equinor on Tuesday suspended all production at the huge 755,000-bpd Johan Sverdrup oilfield in the North Sea, Western Europe’s biggest, a spokesperson for the Norwegian energy major told Reuters. Equinor has already started work to repair the outage in the offshore system feeding power to the massive field. “Repair work has been initiated, and we are working on a restart plan,” the company’s spokesperson told Reuters, w…

Equinor halts output at Johan Sverdrup oilfield due to power outage

Norway's Equinor has halted all output from its Johan Sverdrup oilfield, the “largest” producing field in western Europe, due to an outage in the offshore power system.