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Equinor shuts Norway's Visund oil, gas platform due to fire, NRK reports

By Reuters News

OSLO, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Norway's Equinor EQNR.OL evacuated 70 people and shut production at its Visund oil and gas platform on Wednesday due to a fire in an electrical system, a company spokesperson told public broadcaster NRK, adding that the flames had been put out.

  • The production outage was expected to last until at least Thursday morning, the company said in a separate market message published via Gassco

  • Equinor did not immediately respond to a request for comment

  • Visund, which mostly produces gas, is owned by Equinor (53.2%), Petoro (30%), ConocoPhillips COP.N (9.1%) and Repsol (7.7%)

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