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Cases / Law, regulation and treaties · Norway · 2016–2021

Norway's Økokrim fines Equinor over Mongstad refinery spills and emissions

Short record: the main facts, with sources. A full case file has not been prepared.

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No measurement of the harm done to me here is on record.
Did nature suffer? Not measured.
Not on record
  • The record does not name which of my species, waters, soils or forests were harmed.
What the record lacks: 2 none on record · 1 not measured See the gaps

Norway's economic crime agency Økokrim fined Equinor NOK 220 million and ordered NOK 500 million confiscated over spills and emissions at the Mongstad refinery. Equinor is contesting the decision; the sources reviewed do not describe the environmental effects.

What?
Equinor was fined NOK 220 million and NOK 500 million was ordered confiscated for spills and emissions at the Mongstad refinery. Økokrim
Where?
Mongstad refinery, Norway Økokrim
When?
Conduct 2016 to 2021; decision in December 2025 Økokrim
Who?
Gained
None on record
Lost
None on record
Harmed
None on record
Why?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
Fine plus confiscation for spills and emissions; Equinor is contesting the decision. Økokrim
5 of 6 questions answered from the record · open: who

What happened

The record, in order.

Økokrim said in December 2025 that Equinor was fined NOK 220 million, with NOK 500 million confiscated, for spills and emissions at the Mongstad refinery.

The conduct covered by the decision ran from 2016 to 2021, and Equinor is contesting it.

    In court and with insurers

    Every proceeding and every insurer decision on record.

    Lawsuits and rulings

    No court case on record. No court has ruled on this case.

    Insurers

    No insurer decision on record.

    What we don't know

    Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.

    Nature

    • Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.

    Record

    • None on record The sources reviewed do not describe the spills or emissions or their environmental effects.
    • None on record The outcome of Equinor's challenge is not stated in the sources reviewed.

    Did the harm stop?

    Not stated in the sources reviewed.

    Who paid?

    Not stated in the sources reviewed.

    Sources

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    Press and investigations

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