Emerson Measurement Instrumentation Selected by Equinor to Optimise Operations

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road measurement portfolio to support reliable and efficient operations across global energy assets

Emerson and Equinor will collaborate to advance measurement technology innovation and digital operations across Equinor’s global onshore and offshore assets.
Emerson’s broad process measurement and instrumentation portfolio will support Equinor’s objectives to accelerate development, extend field life, improve recovery and advance standardised operations.
The 13-year frame agreement, including options, builds on existing automation programmes between the companies and is designed to optimise operations, helping Equinor deliver value and support Europe’s energy demands.

Global automation and industrial technology company Emerson has announced a new strategic collaboration with Equinor focused on supplying advanced measurement instrumentation technologies, analytical solutions and lifecycle services across the energy company’s global offshore and onshore operations.

The 13-year frame agreement, which includes options, is intended to support Equinor’s operational objectives by helping accelerate development, extend field life, improve recovery and advance the standardisation of operations across its global asset portfolio.

The agreement brings together process measurement, analytical technology and industrial automation as part of the companies’ ongoing efforts to improve operational performance. Reliable measurement instrumentation is fundamental to process control, providing operators with information on variables such as flow, pressure, temperature and other critical process conditions.

Supporting digitalisation and process automation

Under the agreement, Emerson will provide Equinor with its broad portfolio of measurement instrumentation and analytical technologies alongside lifecycle services. These solutions are intended to help Equinor optimise production and equipment performance while supporting reliable, safe and efficient operations across its assets.

The collaboration also builds on the companies’ existing digitalisation and automation initiatives. By combining measurement technologies with digital and automation systems, industrial operators can gain greater visibility of process conditions and use real-time information to support more consistent and efficient operations.

For large-scale energy assets, accurate process measurement can play an important role in maintaining production performance, identifying changes in operating conditions and supporting asset management throughout the lifecycle of a facility.

Process instrumentation typically encompasses technologies for measuring parameters including flow, pressure, level and temperature as well as analytical measurements.

Emerson’s portfolio will therefore support Equinor’s wider objectives around operational excellence while helping standardise measurement and automation approaches across its onshore and offshore operations.

More than 40 years of collaboration

The new agreement strengthens a relationship between Emerson and Equinor that extends back more than four decades.

Equinor has worked with Emerson for over 40 years and has deployed a wide range of its automation and measurement technologies. These include subsea multiphase flow meters, downhole monitoring systems, valves, emissions management systems, control systems, asset management systems and safety, pressure and temperature measurement instrumentation.

The latest agreement expands this established relationship by placing measurement instrumentation and analytical technologies at the centre of a longer-term collaboration covering Equinor’s global energy operations.

The use of advanced measurement technologies is particularly important across complex offshore and onshore facilities where accurate process data can support production optimisation, equipment reliability and operational safety.

Supporting Equinor’s Norwegian Continental Shelf strategy

The collaboration will also support Equinor’s Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) 2035 initiatives. These initiatives are focused on maintaining production and improving recovery from Equinor’s Norwegian Continental Shelf portfolio.

For Equinor, extending field life and improving recovery can help maximise the value of existing energy assets while supporting the company’s broader operational objectives. The agreement is also intended to contribute to the standardisation of operations, helping create more consistent approaches to measurement and automation across different facilities and assets.

Slawomir Suchomski, Emerson president of Europe, said: “Emerson has been a trusted technology supplier to Equinor for more than four decades, and this collaboration reinforces our shared commitment to operational excellence and innovation. We are proud to deepen our collaboration with Equinor and support the company’s Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) 2035 initiatives. Through our measurement instrumentation technologies, we will help optimise production, improve reliability and support safe and efficient operations across its global assets.”

Advanced measurement for energy operations

Measurement instrumentation is a core element of modern process automation. Sensors, transmitters and analysers provide the data required to monitor industrial processes while supporting control strategies and operational decision-making. In process industries, measurement technologies are commonly used to monitor variables including flow rate, pressure, temperature and level.

For energy companies operating complex offshore and onshore assets, the ability to measure process conditions accurately and consistently can support production efficiency and equipment performance while helping operators respond to changing conditions.

Emerson’s agreement with Equinor consequently represents more than the supply of individual measurement instruments. It provides a framework for continued technology development and lifecycle support while extending the companies’ existing work in industrial automation and digitalisation.

The 13-year agreement, including options, provides a long-term basis for the deployment of measurement instrumentation, analytical technologies and associated services across Equinor’s global operations. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

With process measurement increasingly integrated into wider automation and digitalisation strategies, the collaboration demonstrates the continuing role of instrumentation in improving operational performance across large-scale energy infrastructure.

It also reflects the growing importance of standardised measurement and automation technologies as operators seek to improve reliability, optimise production and extract greater value from existing assets.

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