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Equinor

Earnings Release Oct 27, 2021

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3rd quarter 2021 results

Ulrica Fearn Chief Financial Officer

27 October 2021

Third quarter 2021

  • Strongest results1since 1Q 2012
  • Capturing value from higher prices with strong operating performance and production
  • Strong cash flow and strict capital discipline further improving net debt ratio
    • One NCS tax payment in 3Q21
  • Record prices in the European gas market during summer season
    • Leveraging flex gas production as response to high demand in Europe
    • Troll Phase 3 brought on stream
    • High reported MMP results
  • Cash dividend of 18 cents per share
  • Increasing second tranche of share buy-back from USD 300 million to USD 1 billion

  1. Adjusted earnings per quarter in USD

2 | 3rd quarter results 2021

Serious Incident Frequency - SIF

Serious incidents and near-misses per million hours worked 12-month average.

Total Recordable Injury Frequency - TRIF

Personal injuries requiring medical treatment per million hours worked 12-months average.

Oil and gas leakages

Number of leakages with rate above 0.1 kg/second during the past 12 months.

Financial results

  • Capturing improvement in l market prices
    • Liquids up ~ 80% to 69.2 USD/bbl
    • European gas up ~ 370% to 12.8 USD/mmbtu
    • North American gas up ~110% to 3.23 USD/mmbtu
  • High MMP results include significant derivatives impact
  • Stable underlying upstream cost¹
  • Net impairment reversal of USD 513 million
  • Adjusted tax rate of 71.6%
3Q 2021
Million USD
1,409 9,567 204 9,771 (6,994) 2,777
Net income Reported
nol
Adjustments Adjusted
earnings
Tax on
adjusted
earnings
Adjusted
earnings
after tax
3Q 2020
Million USD
(2,124) (2,019) 2,799 780 (509) 271

1. Unit cost, adjusted for currency, royalties, portfolio changes and one-off effects

2012 generation
prioritization
E&P USA
Continued strong cash flow
despite hurricane impact
Stable underlying production2
Benefits from sustained cost
focus
MMP
Significant effect of
derivatives, will impact 4Q
2021 and 1Q 2022
Solid results North America
ದಿಂದ ನಿರ್ವ
No production from
Hammerfest LNG
REN
- Below seasonal average
wind
- Good progress in maturing
the portfolio
Change in the policy for
adjusted earnings
Pre tax After tax Pre tax After tax Pre tax After tax Pre tax After tax Pre tax After tax
6,160 1,700 556 378 288 285 2,187 428 (28) (22)
773 414 (104) (17) (193) (193) 262 22 15 14
E&P Norway
Strongest result since 1Q
Solid production efficiency
Optimising gas production
Stable underlying unit costs1
E&P International
Strong result and solid cash
Ongoing portfolio
More focused exploration
with lower activity
  1. Unit cost, adjusted for currency, royalties, portfolio changes and one-off effects

  2. Excluding divestments

Oil and gas equity production

  • Solid operational performance
    • Turnaround activity according to plan
    • Low unplanned losses
  • Capturing value with optimised gas production - Troll Phase 3 onstream
  • Increased production from Johan Sverdrup and ramping up Martin Linge
  • US GoM production returning after hurricane interruption in 3Q 2021

Oil and gas mboe/d

Renewables

Production and portfolio updates

  • Continued high availability
  • Lower wind than seasonal average

Progressing projects

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  • Empire Wind milestone selection of wind turbine contractor

  • Establishing new operating center in UK

  • Guañizuil IIA (solar) production started mid-July in Argentina

Cashflow

  • Strong cashflow due to higher prices, sustained improvements and strict capital discipline
  • 3Q NCS tax installment: NOK 11.8 billion
    • 4Q NCS tax will be NOK 55.5 billion reflecting higher earnings
  • Organic capex USD 5.9 billion year-to-date ।
    • 3Q: USD 1.9 billion
  • Further reduction in net debt ratio1 to 13.2%
    • Normalised for tax payments ~5 % points2
    • Increase in working capital ~3 % points2
  • First tranche of share buy-back programme completed in the market
    • Increasing second tranche of share buy-back from USD 300 million to USD 1 billion

Adjusted, excluding IFRS16 impact.

  1. Impact on adjusted net debt ratio

2021 YTD Cashflow Million USD

  1. Income before tax USD 18 448 million + non-cash items USD 5 514 million 4. Dividend and share buy-back executed in the market 5. Including inorganic investments

Outlook

2020-21 ~2 percent
2021 ~8 billion USD
2021-22 9-10 billion USD
2023-24 ~12 billion USD
  1. Production rebased for portfolio measures 2. Annual average capex based on USD/NOK of 9

Segment results

Adjusted earnings
Pre tax, Million USD
E&P Norway E&P International E&P USA MMP REN
3Q 21 6,760 556 288 2,187 (28)
3Q 20 773 (104) (193) 262 15
IFRS NOI
Pre tax, Million USD
3Q 21 7,846 534 244 924 (27)
3Q 20 431 (1,328) (1,606) 551 15

Forward-looking statements

This presentation contains certain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. In some cases, we use words such as "ambition", "could", "estimate", "intend", "expect", "believe", "ikely", "may", "outlook", "plan", "strategy", "will", "guidance", "targets", and similar expressions to identify forward-looking statements. include all statements other than statements of historical fact, including, among others, statements reguinor's plans, intentions, aims, ambitions and expectations, including with respect to the Covid-19 pandemic and its impacts, consequences and risks; Equinor's response to the Covid-19 pandemic, including measures to protect people, operations and value creation, operating costs and assumptions the commitment to develop as a broad energy company; the ambition to be a leader in the energy transition; future finance, including cash flow and liquidity; accounting policies; plans to develop fields and increase gas exports; expectations regarding development of renewables projects, CCUS and hydrogen businesses; market outlook and future economic projections and assumptions, including commodity price assumptions and changes in tax regimes; organic capital expenditures through 2024; estimates regarding production; ambition to keep unit of production cost in the top quartile of our peer group; scheduled maintenance activity and the effects on equity production thereof, completions and disposals; expected amount and timing of dividend payments and the implementation of our share buy-back programme; and provisions and contingent liabilities. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Our actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements for many reasons.

These forward-looking statements reflect current views about future events and are, by their nature, subject to significant risks and uncertainties because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that will occur in the future. There are a number of factors that could cause actual results and developments to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements, including levels of industry product supply, demand and pricing, in particular in light of the uncertainty regarding demand created by the Covid-19 pandemic and oil price volatility triggered, among other things, by the changing dynamic among OPEC+ members; levels and calculations of reserves and material differences from reserves estimates; natural disasters, adverse weather conditions, climate change, and other changes to business conditions; regulatory stability and access to attractive renewable opportunities; unsuccessful drilling; operational problems, in particular in light of quarantine rules and social distancing requirements triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic; health, safety

and environmental risks; impact of the Covid-19 pandemic; the effects of climate chang; security breaches, including breaches of our digital infrastructure (cybersecurity); ineffectiveness of crisis management systems; the actions of competitors; the development and use of new technology, particularly in the renewable energy sector; inability to meet strategic objectives involving transportation infrastructure; political and social stability and economic growth in relevant areas of the world; reputational damage; exercise of ownership by the Norwegian state; an inability to attract and retain personnel, risks related to implementing a new corporate structure, inadequate insurance coverage; changes or uncertainty in or non-compliance with laws and governmental regulations; the actions of the Norwegian state as majority shareholder; failure to meet our ethical and social standards; the political and economic policies of Norway and other oil-producing countries; non-compliance with international trade sanctions of field partners; adverse changes in tax regimes; exchange rate and interest rate fluctuations; factors relating supply and financial risk; general economic conditions; and other in this report. Additional information, including information on factors that may affect Equinor's business, is contained in Equinor's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2020, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (including section 2.12 Risk review - Risk factors thereof). Equinor's 2020 Annual Report and Form 20-F is available at Equinor's website www.equinor.com.

Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot assure you that our future results, level of activity, performance or achievements will meet these expectations. Moreover, neither we nor any other person assumes responsibility for the accuracy and completeness of the forward-looking statements. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which such statement is made, and, except as required by applicable law, we undertake no obligation to update any of these statements after the date of this report, either to make them conform to actual results or changes in our expectations.

We use certain terms in this document, such as "resources" that the SEC's rules prohibit us from including in our filings with the SEC. U.S. investors are urged to closely consider the disclosures in our Form 20-F, SEC File No. 1-15200. This form is available on our website or by calling 1-800-SEC-0330 or logging on to www.sec.gov

Investor Relations in Equinor

E-mail: [email protected]

Norway/UK

Peter Hutton Senior Vice President [email protected] +44 788 191 8792
Lars Valdresbråten IR Officer [email protected] +47 40 28 17 89
Erik Gonder IR Officer [email protected] +47 99 56 26 11
Amberley Doskey IR Officer [email protected] +44 758 468 1246
Fan Gao IR Officer [email protected] +44 777 191 8026
Dennis Arthur IR Officer [email protected] +44 782 527 5429
Anne Sofie Dahle Senior Consultant [email protected] +47 90 88 75 54
USA
Nate Mital IR Officer [email protected] +1 469-927-5677

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