Equinor halted production at the Visund oil and gas platform in the North Sea after a fire broke out in an electrical switchboard room. The incident began with reports of smoke before flames were discovered shortly before 11 a.m. local time on Nov. 4. Seventy workers were evacuated as a precaution. The shutdown removed 13.2 million cubic meters per day of the field’s gas export capacity from the market starting Thursday.
Equinor suspended 13.2 million cubic meters of daily gas export capacity after evacuating 70 workers from its North Sea platform due to an electrical fire.
Read the full storyEquinor suspended operations at its North Sea oil and gas facility as a safety measure following a fire, potentially impacting European energy supplies.