EX-12 10 exhibit121.htm EXHIBIT 12.1 RULE 13A-14(A) CERTIFICATION OF THE CEO
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- Equinor, Annual Report on Form 20-F 2021
1
I, Anders Opedal,
certify that:
1.
I have reviewed this Annual report on Form
20-F of Equinor ASA;
2.
Based on my knowledge, this report does not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements made, in light
of the circumstances under which such statements
were made, not misleading with
respect to the period covered by this report;
3.
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and
other financial information included in this report, fairly
present in all material
respects the financial condition, results of operations and
cash flows of the company as of, and for, the periods presented in this
report;
4.
The company’s other certifying officer and I are responsible
for establishing and maintaining disclosure
controls and procedures (as
defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e))
and internal control over financial reporting (as defined
in Exchange Act
Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the company
and have:
(a)
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures,
or caused such disclosure controls and procedures
to be designed
under our supervision, to ensure that material information
relating to the company, including its consolidated subsidiaries,
is made known to us by others within those entities,
particularly during the period in which this
report is being prepared;
(b)
Designed such internal control over financial reporting,
or caused such internal control over financial reporting
to be
designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable
assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting
and the
preparation of financial statements for external purposes
in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles;
(c)
Evaluated the effectiveness of the company’s disclosure controls and
procedures and presented in this report our
conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure
controls and procedures, as of the end of
the period covered by this
report based on such evaluation; and
(d)
Disclosed in this report any change in the company’s internal
control over financial reporting that occurred
during the
period covered by the annual report that has materially
affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the
company’s
internal control over financial reporting; and
5.
The company’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed,
based on our most recent evaluation of internal
control over financial
reporting, to the company’s auditors and the audit
committee of the company’s board of directors (or persons
performing the
equivalent functions):
(a)
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses
in the design or operation of internal control
over financial reporting
which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the company’s
ability to record, process, summarize and report
financial
information; and
(b)
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves
management or other employees who have a
significant role in the
company’s internal control over financial reporting.
Date:
18 March 2022
By:
/s/
Anders Opedal
Name:
Anders Opedal
Title:
President and Chief Executive Officer