Equinor recorded nine serious oil and gas leaks in the 12 months to the end of the third quarter of 2026, the company said on Wednesday, October 21.
The figure compares with five leaks in the rolling 12-month period covered by the company's second-quarter update. The third-quarter count covers leaks with a discharge rate above 0.1 kilograms per second.
Over the latest 12 months, the total recordable injury frequency (TRIF) reached 3.1 per million hours worked, compared with 2.8 at the end of the second quarter.
Equinor says TRIF counts fatalities, lost-time injuries and medical-treatment injuries per million working hours.
SIF, which includes serious personal injuries, stood at 0.26 per million hours worked, versus 0.25 at the end of the second quarter.
There were no major-accident-potential incidents or serious well-control incidents during the quarter. Equinor described its long-term safety trend as stable.
"We work on improvements in a systematic and risk-based way, along with our suppliers. Our measures focus on work at heights, the risk of falling objects and occupational injuries," said Camilla Salthe, Equinor's executive vice president with responsibility for safety, security and sustainability.
Equinor's TRIF stood at 2.3 at the end of both 2024 and 2025. The company reported six oil and gas leaks during 2025, and its first-quarter 2026 update recorded nine over the preceding 12 months.
