SEC Comment Letter 0000000000-23-007018 to EQUINOR ASA (EQNR, STOHF) (CIK 0001140625) (EQNR)
EQUINOR ASA (EQNR, STOHF) (CIK 0001140625)
Date: June 30, 2023 · CIK: 0001140625 · Accession: 0000000000-23-007018
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United States securities and exchange commission logo
June 30, 2023
Anders Opedal
Chief Executive Officer
Equinor ASA
Forusbeen 50, N-4035
Stavanger, Norway
Re:Equinor ASA
Form 20-F for the Fiscal Year ended December 31, 2022
Filed March 23, 2023
Response dated June 21, 2023
File No. 001-15200
Dear Anders Opedal:
We have reviewed your June 21, 2023 response to our comment letter and have the
following comments. In some of our comments, we may ask you to provide us with information
so we may better understand your disclosure.
Please respond to these comments within ten business days by providing the requested
information or advise us as soon as possible when you will respond. If you do not believe our
comments apply to your facts and circumstances, please tell us why in your response.
After reviewing your response to these comments, we may have additional
comments. Unless we note otherwise, our references to prior comments are to comments in our
June 8, 2023 letter.
Form 20-F for the Fiscal Year ended December 31, 2022
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements, page 67
1.We note your response to prior comment one explaining that you believe the methods
used to compute basic and diluted earnings per share were sufficiently disclosed because
the amounts utilized are available in the Statement of Income, although you agree to
include in future filings "...references to notes to the financial statements where applicable
information relating to basic and diluted earnings per share" can be found.
We are unable to ascertain from your response whether you have agreed to disclose the
calculations of basic and diluted earnings per share as required by paragraphs (a) and (b)
of IAS 33.70. We believe that you should disclose within the notes to the financial
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statements the details that are prescribed by this standard.
Please confirm that you will provide disclosure consistent with the table included within
your response regarding the calculations of basic and diluted earnings per share.
You may contact Joseph Klinko, Staff Accountant, at (202) 551-3824 or Robert
Babula, Staff Accountant, at (202) 551-3339 with any questions.
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Energy & Transportation