Project Description

Equinor’s involvement in Mongstad now includes an oil refinery, an NGL processing plant (Vestprosess), a crude oil terminal, a cogeneration plant and the world’s largest technology centre for CO2 capture from flue gas. In terms of tonnage, the harbour at Mongstad is also Norway’s largest, and one of the largest oil and product harbours in Europe, with around 1500 ships calling every year. In addition, a number of other firms have also been established in the Mongstad industrial area, of which the supply base at Mongstad South is the largest. Around 2000 people are employed in this area, about 1100 of them are linked to enterprises where Equinor is involved as an owner. The refinery at Mongstad has approximately 750 permanent employees and around 65 apprentices. During normal operations, around 300 supplier staff are also utilised each year, mainly within maintenance, modification, catering, cleaning and guard and security services