UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

August 22, 2023 
Commission File Number 1-15200

Equinor ASA

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
FORUSBEEN 50, N-4035, STAVANGER, NORWAY
(Address of principal executive offices )

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This Report on Form 6-K contains a press release issued by Equinor ASA on August 22, 2023, entitled "Equinor ASA: Share buy-back".

Equinor ASA: Share buy-back

Please see below information about transactions made under the share buy-back programme for Equinor ASA (OSE:EQNR, NYSE:EQNR).

Date on which the third tranche of the share buy-back programme for 2023 was announced: 26 July 2023.

The duration of the third tranche of the buy-back programme for 2023: 27 July to no later than 26 October 2023.

Size of the buy-back programme: Up to 94,000,0000 shares, with a maximum total consideration for the third tranche: USD 550,000,000.

From 14 August to 18 August 2023, Equinor ASA has purchased a total of 1,124,000 own shares at the Oslo Stock Exchange at an average price of NOK 320.8265 per share.

Aggregated overview of transactions per day:

Date	Aggregated volume (number of shares)	Weighted average share price (NOK)	Total transaction value (NOK)
14 August	280,000	320.8944	89,850,432.00
15 August
16 August	281,000	319.3300	89,731,730.00
17 August	284,000	321.7872	91,387,564.80
18 August	279,000	321.2877	89,639,268.30
Previously disclosed buy-backs under the third tranche of the 2023 programme	3,325,076	314.5421	1,045,876,338.78
Total buy-backs under third tranche of the 2023 programme (accumulated)	4,449,076	316.1298	1,406,485,333.88

Following the completion of the above transactions, Equinor ASA owns a total of 31,887,778 own shares, corresponding to 1.06% of Equinor ASA’s share capital, including shares under Equinor’s share savings programme.

This is information that Equinor ASA is obliged to make public pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation and subject to the disclosure requirements pursuant to Section 5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.

Appendix:
A detailed overview of all transactions made under the buy-back programme that have been carried out during the above-mentioned time period is attached to this report and available at www.newsweb.no.

Further information from

Investor relations
Bård Glad Pedersen, senior vice president Investor Relations,
+47 918 01 791

Media
Sissel Rinde, vice president Media Relations,
+ 47 412 60 584

This information is subject of the disclosure requirements pursuant to section 5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.

Signatures

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.

	EQUINOR ASA (Registrant)
Dated: August 22, 2023	By:	___/s/ Torgrim Reitan Name: Torgrim Reitan Title:     Chief Financial Officer