Equinor ASA; A/S Norske Shell; TOTAL E&P Norge AS

On 11.12.2020 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:

Planned purchase process

Equinor ASA, A/S Norske Shell and TOTAL E&P Norge AS plan to set up a Joint Venture as a greenfield project to construct and operate CO₂ transport and storage infrastructures (carbon capture and storage, "CCS")

The proposed transaction concerns CO₂ transportation and storage.

Industry sector: H - Verkehr und Lagerei

Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 08.01.2021.

Entrepreneurs whose legal or economic interests are affected by the merger can bring in a written statement at the Federal Competition Authority or the Federal Cartel Prosecutor within 14 days from publication date.

Note: The intervening party has no right to a certain treatment of the statement and will not gain a party position.

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