Equinor awards Wood three-year lifecycle data management contract covering nearly 100 Norwegian assets

Equinor has awarded Wood a three-year contract to manage lifecycle information services across nearly 100 assets in Norway—spanning offshore installations, subsea sites, and onshore plants. Announced this week, the agreement tasks Wood with maintaining technical records and data quality across one of Norway’s largest upstream portfolios.

Equinor selects Wood for lifecycle information contract

Wood’s new deal with Equinor stands out not just for what it covers, but for how much it consolidates. Nearly 100 assets—offshore platforms, subsea installations, and onshore processing plants—all fall under a single lifecycle information management contract. That’s a substantial technical data responsibility brought under one roof, across one of Norway’s biggest upstream portfolios.

The three-year agreement tasks Wood with managing technical information updates and maintaining lifecycle information (LCI) records across Equinor’s asset base. Keeping that data accurate and accessible is no small job when it spans the full range of Norway’s upstream infrastructure.

Wood says the system also creates a foundation for future AI-enabled capabilities—though the company hasn’t specified what those might look like in practice.

About 35 Wood employees based in Norway will handle delivery—a mix of existing staff and new hires—backed by Wood’s broader global engineering network. The arrangement gives the contract both on-the-ground presence and access to wider technical resources when needed.

Scope of work and digital tools to be deployed

Central to the contract is Wood’s role managing data within Equinor’s STID platform. The agreement also includes something new: a purpose-built work management system that Wood will deploy specifically to streamline technical information management and engineering workflows.

That digital tool targets several operational pain points at once. It improves transparency and traceability across data updates, cuts down the manual effort involved in processing change requests, and shortens the lead times those changes typically require. Across a portfolio of nearly 100 assets, those efficiency gains compound quickly.

Wood says the system also creates a foundation for future AI-enabled capabilities—though the company hasn’t specified what those might look like in practice. For now, the focus is on getting the underlying data infrastructure right.

Tom Johansson, Interim Senior Vice President, Norway, at Wood, put it plainly: “This agreement reflects the strength of our long-standing relationship with Equinor and our shared focus on improving how critical technical information is managed across complex assets.”

The goal, as Johansson framed it, is to strengthen data integrity and reduce operational risk—making sure technical information stays reliable and accessible for future projects across the portfolio.

Role of Equinor’s STID platform in asset management

STID—the System for Technical Information and Documentation—is Equinor’s authoritative source for technical documentation across its asset base. It holds tags and equipment data, asset and facility information, and lifecycle records covering plants, wells, and equipment.

The platform’s reach is what makes it significant. STID isn’t limited to one phase of an asset’s life; it’s used from the earliest engineering and project stages all the way through to operations and, eventually, decommissioning. That means the data it holds needs to be accurate at every stage and kept current as assets evolve.

For a company managing a portfolio as large and varied as Equinor’s Norwegian operations, a single authoritative system for technical documentation is a practical necessity. Gaps or inaccuracies in that data can affect everything from day-to-day operational decisions to long-term planning.

Wood’s contract puts the company at the center of maintaining that system’s integrity—keeping the platform updated, traceable, and trustworthy across nearly 100 separate assets.

Context of Wood’s broader relationship with Equinor

This contract doesn’t come out of nowhere. Wood has been supporting Equinor’s operations in Norway for over 25 years, and the two companies have built a substantial commercial relationship over that time.

The most recent additions came in quick succession. Wood secured two five-year frame agreements to provide maintenance and modifications services across installations on the Norwegian Continental Shelf and associated onshore plants, covering both routine maintenance work and larger modification projects. In early 2025, Wood was also awarded a $27 million EPCI contract—covering engineering, procurement, construction, and installation—for infrastructure upgrades at the Snorre field.

The new LCI contract sits alongside those agreements rather than replacing them. It addresses a different kind of work—data and information management rather than physical modifications or maintenance—but draws on the same foundation of technical familiarity with Equinor’s assets and operations.

Wood will maintain LCI records within Equinor’s STID platform

Here’s what’s been announced: Equinor has awarded Wood a three-year contract to manage lifecycle information services across nearly 100 Norwegian assets, including offshore, subsea, and onshore facilities. Wood will maintain LCI records within Equinor’s STID platform and deploy a new work management system designed to improve data transparency, reduce manual effort, and lay groundwork for future AI capabilities.

Around 35 Wood employees in Norway will deliver the work, supported by the company’s global network. The contract extends a commercial relationship stretching back more than 25 years and follows recent frame agreements for maintenance and modifications work, plus a $27 million EPCI contract at Snorre. Taken together, these deals reflect Wood’s growing footprint across Equinor’s Norwegian operations.

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