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- Equinor, Annual Report on Form 20-F 2021 1

I, Ulrica Fearn, 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/ _____________ ______

Name: Ulrica Fearn

Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer