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Equinor’s Aasgard B Oil And Gas Platform Shuts Down After Fire

OIL

Equinor’s Aasgard B oil and gas processing platform was shutdown and partly evacuated late Sunday, as a fire in the transformer caused a production outage, newspaper Adresseavisen reported on Monday.

  • The shutdown resulted in an outage of gas production of 19.8mcm/d, Aasgard's pipeline operator Gassco said in a regulatory filing.
  • Equinor is now working on getting an overview of the incident and starting the process to restart safe operations, a spokesperson said.
  • Aasgard B produces 17-20mcm/d of natural gas, according to Equinor.

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