Norway's Equinor has halted all output from its Johan Sverdrup oilfield, reputedly the largest producing field in western Europe, due to an outage in the offshore power system, reported Reuters. The shutdown occurred on Tuesday.

Norway's Equinor has resumed output at its giant Johan Sverdrup oilfield in the North Sea following a power outage and is working to reach full

Norway’s largest oilfield Johan Sverdrup has been shut down for an undetermined period due to a power outage. A technical failure in the offshore power system had been identified, and production was shut down as a routine step, an Equinor spokesperson told Upstream.

Equinor's Johan Sverdrup oilfield in the North Sea has suffered a power outage that is estimated to last for some 8 hours, a regulatory statement posted on the Nord Pool web site showed on Tuesday. "Operational issues,

A power outage has forced the shutdown of the Johan Sverdrup oilfield, Western Europe's largest, impacting oil production in Norway.