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Equinor Says Norwegian Subsea Project's Phase 3 Starts Gas Production

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Equinor (EQNR.OL) said Tuesday that production began at the Troll A subsea project's phase 3, stage 2, on the Norwegian continental shelf.

The project boosts production of 55 billion standard cubic meters of gas from the Troll West reservoir.

The Norwegian energy company Equinor is the operator of the project and owns a 30.55% stake. Other partners are Petoro, TotalEnergies' (TTE.PA, TTE.L) TotalEnergies EP Norge, Shell's (SHEL.L, SHELL.AS) Norske Shell, and ConocoPhillips' ConocoPhillips Skandinavia, with 55.93%, 3.69, 8.19%, and 1.64% stakes, respectively.

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