Equinor ASA

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Overview

Lobbying Costs

2,500,000€ - 2,749,999€

Financial year: Jan 2023 - Dec 2023

Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

5.4 Fte (12)

Lobbyists with EP accreditation

4

High-level Commission meetings

78

Lobbying Costs over the years

  • Info

    Equinor ASA   (EQNR)

    EU Transparency Register

    4447605981-76 First registered on 19 Jan 2009

    Goals / Remit

    Equinor is an international energy company committed to long-term value creation in a low-carbon future. Founded in 1972 under the name Den Norske Stats Oljeselskap AS—Statoil (the Norwegian State Oil company), we changed our name to Equinor in 2018. Our purpose is to turn natural resources into energy for people and progress for society. Equinor’s portfolio of projects encompasses oil and gas, renewables and low-carbon solutions, with an ambition of becoming a net-zero energy company by 2050. Headquartered in Stavanger (Norway), Equinor is the leading operator on the Norwegian continental shelf. We are present in around 30 countries worldwide and we have over 21,000 employees. Our activities are managed through business areas, staffs and support divisions, and we have operations in North and South America, Africa, Asia, Europe and Norway.

    Main EU files targeted

    (a) Initiatives belonging in the framework of the EU Energy Union and the European Green Deal, such as: Fit for 55 Package (Renewable energy, EU ETS, Methane emissions, Hydrogen and decarbonized gas market, Carbon removals, FuelEU Maritime, Industrial emissions…); REPowerEU (e.g. Aggregate EU); Wind Power Action Plan; EU Grid Action Plan.(b) Initiatives linked to sustainable finance, governance, and reporting, such as: EU Taxonomy; Corporate Due Diligence; Corporate Sustainability Reporting and European Sustainability Reporting Standards. (c) Industrial policies (e.g. Net-Zero Industry Act). Related to the listed topics, senior leaders and experts of Equinor participated intuitu personae in working groups of the Conseil de Cooperation Economique (CCE), without Equinor being a member of the CCE.

    Address

    Head Office
    Forusbeen, 50
    Stavanger N-4035
    NORWAY
    EU Office
    Kortenberglaan 120
    Brussels 1000
    BELGIUM

    Website

    https://www.equinor.com/

  • People

    Total lobbyists declared

    12

    Employment timeLobbyists
    100%4
    25%4
    10%4

    Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

    5.4

    Lobbyists with EP accreditation

    All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time

    4 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 04 May 2024

    Name Start date End Date
    Chiara MERLO 20 Dec 2023 19 Dec 2024
    Olav Aamlid SYVERSEN 20 Dec 2023 19 Dec 2024
    Tomas PINTO PEREIRA MUELLE GOLDSTEIN 20 Dec 2023 19 Dec 2024
    Alessia ENDELLINI 20 Dec 2023 19 Dec 2024
    Mr Johan LEURAERS 17 Jan 2023 17 Jan 2024
    Ms Luisa DE CASTRO GONZALEZ 10 Jan 2023 06 Dec 2023
    Olav Aamlid SYVERSEN 20 Dec 2022 20 Dec 2023
    Tomas PINTO PEREIRA MUELLE GOLDSTEIN 06 Dec 2022 06 Dec 2023
    Olav Aamlid SYVERSEN 03 Dec 2021 03 Dec 2022
    Ms Luisa DE CASTRO GONZALEZ 02 Dec 2021 02 Dec 2022
    Lucie BOOST 02 Dec 2021 02 Dec 2022
    Lucie BOOST 08 Sep 2020 08 Sep 2021
    Olav Aamlid SYVERSEN 05 Feb 2020 05 Feb 2021
    Irma PACEVICIUTE 01 Nov 2019 09 Jul 2020
    Ms Luisa DE CASTRO GONZALEZ 30 Aug 2019 29 Aug 2020
    Ms Anne Cavendish 26 Mar 2019 26 Mar 2020
    Olav Aamlid SYVERSEN 12 Feb 2019 05 Feb 2020
    Mr Dominik HATIAR 28 Aug 2018 21 Feb 2019
    Mr Jannik LINDBÆK 28 Aug 2018 30 Aug 2019
    Irma PACEVICIUTE 25 Apr 2018 01 Apr 2019
    Ms Anne Cavendish 24 Feb 2018 23 Feb 2019
    Olav Aamlid SYVERSEN 24 Feb 2018 12 Feb 2019
    Mr Dominik HATIAR 31 Aug 2017 26 Aug 2018
    Mr Jannik LINDBÆK 31 Aug 2017 23 Aug 2018
    Mr Johan LEURAERS 20 Jul 2017 30 Jun 2018
    Mr Johannes-Christoph Leininger 19 May 2017 25 Apr 2018
    Ms Anne Cavendish 28 Feb 2017 24 Feb 2018
    Mr Anders Marvik 02 Feb 2017 31 Aug 2017
    Mr Emil Gjeset 02 Feb 2017 14 May 2017
    Olav Aamlid SYVERSEN 02 Feb 2017 01 Feb 2018
    Mr Rune Bjørnson 11 May 2016 29 Jan 2017
    Mr Simone Rossi 11 May 2016 10 May 2017
    Mr Johan LEURAERS 22 Apr 2016 21 Apr 2017
    Mr Johan Lauraers 22 Apr 2016 26 Apr 2016
    Mr Johannes-Christoph Leininger 07 Apr 2016 06 Apr 2017
    Mr Anders Marvik 08 Mar 2016 03 Feb 2017
    Ms Anne Cavendish 08 Mar 2016 27 Feb 2017
    Olav Aamlid SYVERSEN 08 Mar 2016 03 Feb 2017
    Mr Emil Gjeset 10 Jun 2015 08 Jun 2016
    Mr Anders Marvik 25 Mar 2015 08 Mar 2016
    Ms Anne Cavendish 25 Mar 2015 08 Mar 2016
    Olav Aamlid SYVERSEN 25 Mar 2015 08 Mar 2016
    Ms Anne Cavendish 22 Mar 2014 21 Mar 2015
    Mr Paul Quirke 23 Jan 2015 20 Jan 2016
    Mrs Jana Frejova 06 Nov 2014 20 Dec 2014
    Oystein LIND 26 Mar 2014 25 Mar 2015
    Mrs Anne Cavendish 22 Mar 2014 27 Jan 2015
    Mr Anders Marvik 13 Mar 2014 12 Mar 2015
    Mr Paul Quirke 12 Nov 2013 09 Nov 2014
    Mrs Anne Cavendish 27 Apr 2013 22 Mar 2014
    Oystein LIND 09 Apr 2013 26 Mar 2014
    Mr Anders Marvik 21 Mar 2013 08 Mar 2014
    Mrs Jana Frejova 19 Mar 2013 16 Mar 2014
    Mr Andrea BONZANNI 13 Dec 2011 01 Nov 2012
    Mr Geir WESTGAARD 17 Jan 2012 01 Sep 2012
    Oystein LIND 01 Mar 2012 01 Mar 2013

    Complementary Information

    This section includes a best-faith estimate of both the amount of people involved and the amount of time spent by these employees on activities specifically covered by the Transparency Register. It does not necessarily cover all employees monitoring EU affairs.

    Person in charge of EU relations

    Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR

    Person with legal responsibility

    Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR

  • Categories

    Category

    Companies & groups

  • Networking

    Affiliation

    Equinor is a member of several associations, organisations and think tanks. The most relevant for the scope of the EU Transparency Register are:

    o International oil and gas producers (IOGP)
    o Wind Europe
    o Zero Emissions Platform (ZEP)
    o Eurogas
    o FuelsEurope
    o BusinessEurope
    o Hydrogen Europe
    o European Federation of Energy Traders (EFET)

    Member organisations

    None declared

  • Financial Data

    Interests represented

    Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members

    Closed financial year

    Jan 2023 - Dec 2023

    Lobbying costs for closed financial year

    2,500,000€ - 2,749,999€

    Major contributions in closed year

    TypeNameAmount
    Grant Horizon Europe 245,700€

    Major contributions in current year

    TypeNameAmount
    Grant Horizon Europe 233,500€

    Intermediaries for closed year

    NameAmount
    rasmussen global 500,000€ - 599,999€
    nove 100,000€ - 199,999€
    baker & mckenzie 10,000€ - 24,999€

    Intermediaries for current year

    Name
    nove
    rasmussen global

    Closed year Costs

    2,500,000€ - 2,749,999€

    Other financial info

    Regarding the overall estimate of annual costs related to activities covered by the register, we included costs already declared by the individual associations we are members of, thereby following the guidelines of the Registry and accepting there is an element of double counting when following these guidelines.

  • EU Structures

    Groups (European Commission)

    none

    Groups (European Parliament)

    European Energy Forum
    Energy Solutions
    European Energy Forum
    Energy Solutions

    Communication activities

    In 2023, Equinor engaged in public consultations, meetings, events, and sponsorships as part of its activities linked to the EU Transparency Register and to the EU policies mentioned above.

    Contributed to the following public consultations in 2023:

    - Public consultation on competitive bidding under the Innovation Fund
    - Consultation on Proposal for a Certificate of Carbon Removals
    - Review of electricity market design
    - Public consultation to inform Vision Communication
    - Public consultation Innovation Fund Market Survey
    - Electricity Market Design Ex-post proposal
    - Net Zero Industry Act Ex-post proposal
    - Competitive bidding
    - Questionnaire EU Climate Target for 2040
    - Industrial Carbon Management Strategy

    Other activities

    None declared

  • Meetings

    Meetings

    78 meetings found. Download meetings

    The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.

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