Western Europe’s Biggest Oilfield Shut Down Due to Power Outage

Following a power outage, Equinor on Tuesday suspended all production at the huge 755,000-bpd Johan Sverdrup oilfield in the North Sea, Western Europe’s biggest, a spokesperson for the Norwegian energy major told Reuters. Equinor has already started work to repair the outage in the offshore system feeding power to the massive field. “Repair work has been initiated, and we are working on a restart plan,” the company’s spokesperson told Reuters, without giving further details. An outage at the huge oilfield could curb some…