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Financial investments and financial receivables
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021
Financial investments and financial receivables [abstract]  
Disclosure of financial investments and financial receivables [text block]
14 Financial investments and financial receivables
Non-current financial investments
At 31 December
(in USD million)
2021
2020
Bonds
1,822
1,866
Listed equity securities
778
1,648
Non-listed equity securities
746
569
Financial investments
3,346
4,083
Bonds and equity securities mainly relate to investment portfolios held by Equinor’s captive insurance company
 
and other listed and
non-listed equities held for long-term strategic purposes, mainly accounted for using fair value through profit
 
or loss.
Included in Listed equity securities are shares in Scatec ASA of USD
360
 
million and USD
831
 
million for 2021 and 2020,
respectively
Non-current prepayments and financial receivables
At 31 December
(in USD million)
2021
2020
Interest bearing financial receivables
 
707
465
Other interest bearing receivables
276
246
Prepayments and other non-interest bearing receivables
104
150
Prepayments and financial receivables
1,087
861
Interest bearing financial receivables primarily relate to loans to employees and project financing of equity accounted
 
companies.
Other interest bearing receivables primarily relate to tax receivables.
Current financial investments
At 31 December
(in USD million)
2021
2020
Time deposits
7,060
4,841
Interest bearing securities
14,186
7,010
Listed equity securities
0
13
Financial investments
21,246
11,865
At 31 December 2021, current financial investments
include USD
300
 
million investment portfolios held by Equinor’s captive insurance
company which mainly are accounted for using fair value through profit or loss.
 
The corresponding balance at 31 December 2020 was
USD
202
 
million.
For information about financial instruments by category, see note 26
Financial instruments: fair value measurement and sensitivity
analysis of market risk
.