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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001171843-20-003802
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
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CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20200518
FILED AS OF DATE:		20200518
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20200518

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			EQUINOR ASA
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001140625
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PETROLEUM REFINING [2911]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-15200
		FILM NUMBER:		20888761

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		FORUSBEEN 50
		CITY:			STAVANGER NORWAY
		STATE:			Q8
		ZIP:			N 4035
		BUSINESS PHONE:		47 51 99 00 00

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		FORUSBEEN 50
		CITY:			STAVANGER
		STATE:			Q8
		ZIP:			N 4035

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	STATOIL ASA
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20091102

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	STATOILHYDRO ASA
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20071005

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	STATOIL ASA
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20010515
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<html><head><title></title></head><body style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><div align="center"><div style="margin-top: 3pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><div style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: Black 2.5pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1.1pt solid; width: 100%;">&#160;</div></div><p style="font-size: 14pt;" align="center"><strong>UNITED STATES</strong><br /><strong>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</strong><br /><strong>Washington, D.C. 20549</strong></p><p style="font-size: 14pt; text-transform: uppercase;" align="center"><strong>Form 6-K</strong></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong></strong></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</strong></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong></strong><strong>May 2020</strong></p><p style="text-align: center;">Commission File Number: <strong>1-15200</strong></p><p style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Equinor ASA</strong></font><br />(Translation of registrant's name into English)</p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>FORUSBEEN 50, N-4035, STAVANGER</strong><br />(Address of principal executive office)</p></div><p>Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.<br />Form 20-F [&#160;X ] &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Form 40-F [&#160;&#160; ]</p><p>Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): </p><p><strong>Note:&#160;</strong>Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted solely to provide an attached annual report to security holders.</p><p>Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): </p><p><strong>Note:&#160;</strong>Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted to furnish a report or other document that the registrant foreign private issuer must furnish and make public under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the registrant is incorporated, domiciled or legally organized (the registrant's "home country"), or under the rules of the home country exchange on which the registrant's securities are traded, as long as the report or other document is not a press release, is not required to be and has not been distributed to the registrant's security holders, and, if discussing a material event, has already been the subject of a Form 6-K submission or other Commission filing on EDGAR.&#160;</p><hr style="page-break-after: always;" noshade="noshade" /><p>
 <p>On May 18, 2020, the Registrant issued a press release, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. <br /><br />(c) <font><a href="exh_991.htm" rel="nofollow">Exhibit 99.1</a></font>. Press release dated May 18, 2020</p> </p><p /><hr style="page-break-after: always;" noshade="noshade" /><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>SIGNATURES</strong></p><p>Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.</p><table style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr valign="top"><td width="47%">&#160;</td><td width="6%">&#160;</td><td style="text-decoration: underline;" align="center" width="47%"><strong>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Equinor ASA&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</strong></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td width="47%">&#160;</td><td width="6%">&#160;</td><td align="center" width="47%">(Registrant)</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td width="47%">&#160;</td><td width="6%">&#160;</td><td align="center" width="47%">&#160;</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td width="47%">&#160;</td><td width="6%">&#160;</td><td align="center" width="47%"></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td width="47%">Date: May 18, 2020</td><td width="6%">&#160;</td><td style="text-decoration: underline;" align="center" width="47%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;/s/ LARS CHRISTIAN BACHER&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td width="47%">&#160;</td><td width="6%">&#160;</td><td align="center" width="47%">Lars Christian Bacher</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td width="47%">&#160;</td><td width="6%">&#160;</td><td align="center" width="47%">Chief Financial Officer</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td width="47%">&#160;</td><td width="6%">&#160;</td><td align="center" width="47%"></td></tr></table></body></html>
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<p ></p><p style="text-align: right;"><strong>EXHIBIT 99.1</strong></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Equinor ASA: Execution of debt capital market transactions </strong></p><p style="text-align: center;" ></p><p>
     <p><b>On&#160;</b><b>Monday</b><b>&#160;</b><b>May&#160;</b><b>1</b><b>8</b><b>, 2020&#160;</b><b>Equinor</b><b>&#160;ASA</b><b>&#160;(</b><b>OSE:EQNR</b><b>,&#160;</b><b>NYSE:EQNR</b><b>)</b><b>, guaranteed by Equinor Energy AS, executed&#160;</b><b>a total of</b><b>&#160;EUR</b><b>&#160;</b><b>1.75</b><b>&#160;</b><b>billion&#160;</b><b>in the</b><b>&#160;debt&#160;</b><b>capital market</b><b>.&#160;</b>&#160;</p>      <p>The&#160;debt capital market transaction consists of the following tranches:&#160;&#160;</p>    <ul><li> Issue of&#160;EUR&#160;0.75&#160;billion&#160;0.75% Notes due&#160;May 22, 2026&#160; </li><li> Issue of EUR 1.0 billion&#160;1.375% Notes due May&#160;22, 2032&#160;</li></ul>    <p>&#8220;Equinor has&#160;in&#160;recent&#160;years&#160;improved&#160;our business,&#160;including&#160;our portfolio and our financial&#160;robustness. In&#160;the&#160;current&#160;volatile&#160;market&#160;situation&#160;characterised&#160;by high uncertainty going forward,&#160;we see the value in&#160;further&#160;increasing our&#160;financial flexibility and resilience&#8221;,&#160;says CFO of Equinor ASA, Lars Christian Bacher.&#160;</p>    <p> </p>    <p>The net proceeds from the issue of the Notes will be used for general corporate purposes, which may include&#160;the repayment or purchase of existing debt or other purposes described in the&#160;prospectus supplement for the issue of Notes.&#160;&#160;</p>     <p> </p>    <p>The Notes have been fully subscribed&#160;and the settlement date is&#160;May&#160;22,&#160;2020.&#160;&#160;&#160;</p>     <p>  </p>  <p> </p>    <p><b>Further information:</b>&#160;</p>     <p> </p>    <p>Investor relations&#160;</p>      <p>Peter Hutton,&#160;Senior&#160;Vice&#160;President,&#160;Investor Relations,&#160;</p>      <p>+44 7881 918 792&#160;&#160;</p>     <p> </p>    <p>Press&#160;</p>      <p>B&#229;rd&#160;Glad Pedersen,&#160;Vice&#160;President,&#160;Media Relations,&#160;</p>      <p>+47 918 01 791&#160;</p>     <p> </p>    <p>Finance&#160;<br >Annant&#160;Shah, Vice President, Capital&#160;Markets,&#160;<br >+44 203 204 3200&#160;</p>      <p><br ></p>      <p>This information is subject to the disclosure requirements pursuant to Section 5-12 the Norwegian Securities Trading Act</p>      <p align="justify">This&#160;announcement&#160;shall not constitute or form part of an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the Notes or any other securities in the United States or any other jurisdiction. The Notes have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#8220;<b>Securities Act</b>&#8221;)&#160;or the securities laws of any state of the United States or any other jurisdiction, and may not be offered, sold, tendered, bought or delivered within the United States or to or for the account or benefit of U.S. persons (as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act) absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements&#160;of the Securities Act and any applicable state or other securities laws.&#160;&#160;No public offering of the Notes is being made in the United States or in any other jurisdiction where such an offering is restricted or prohibited or where such offer would be unlawful.&#160;</p>      <p align="justify">This&#160;announcement&#160;is directed only (i) at persons who are outside the United Kingdom, (ii) to investment professionals falling within Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005, as amended or (iii) at persons falling within Article 49(2) (a) to (d) (&#8216;high net worth companies, unincorporated associations, etc.&#8217;) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005, as amended (all such persons together being referred to as &#8217;relevant persons&#8216;). This&#160;announcement&#160;must not be acted on or relied on by persons who are not relevant persons. Any investment activity to which this&#160;announcement&#160;relates is reserved for relevant persons only and may only be engaged in by relevant persons.&#160;</p>      <p align="justify">This announcement is an advertisement and is not a prospectus for the purposes of Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 (the &#8220;Prospectus Regulation&#8221;). The Notes will be issued under a base prospectus which has been prepared and made available to the public in accordance with the Prospectus Regulation. The final form base prospectus is available at&#160;https://www.equinor.com/content/dam/statoil/documents/debt-and-credit-ir/equinor-offering-circular-10052019.PDF.&#160;</p>     <p> </p>    <p align="justify">Relevant stabilisation regulations including Financial Conduct Authority/ICMA apply.&#160;&#160;</p>     <p> </p>    <p align="justify"><b>MiFID II professionals/ECPs-only/No PRIIPs KID&#160;</b>&#160;</p>      <p align="justify">Manufacturer target market (MIFID II product governance) is eligible counterparties and professional clients only (all distribution channels). No PRIIPs key information document (KID) has been prepared as not available to retail in EEA.&#160;</p> </p><p ></p>
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