Equinor reportedly shuts Norway's Visund oil and gas platform due to fire
EQNR•Equinor evacuated 70 people and shut production at its Visund platform after a fire in an electrical system; the flames were put out. The outage was expected to last until at least Thursday morning.
1. Fire shuts production
Equinor evacuated 70 people and shut production at its Visund oil and gas platform on Wednesday after a fire in an electrical system. A company spokesperson told NRK the flames had been put out.
2. Outage expected to continue
Equinor said in a separate market message that the production outage was expected to last until at least Thursday morning. Equinor owns 53.2% of Visund, which mostly produces gas; Petoro owns 30%, ConocoPhillips 9.1% and Repsol 7.7%.
