Graduate Programme 2026 Norway - Petroleum Energy & Geoscience

At Equinor, we believe that deep understanding of Petroleum Energy & Geoscience is key to driving innovation and success. This role offers a unique opportunity to apply your skills within a dynamic, cross-functional environment where your knowledge will shape real-world outcomes. Whether you're advancing best practices, influencing strategic direction, or solving complex problems, your insights will be valued and impactful. Join us in setting the standard for excellence in Petroleum Energy & Geoscience and help us to make a lasting impact in a rapidly evolving industry.

This year we are recruiting for the following disciplines within Petroleum Energy & Geoscience: 

• Subsurface: Reservoir Production
• Subsurface: Geosciences
• Drilling & Well
• Subsurface: Data & Digital

Available locations: Harstad, Oslo, Rotvoll, Sandsli, Stavanger, Stjørdal

Find out more about the different disciplines here: 
https://www.equinor.com/careers/petroleum-energy-and-geoscience 

Qualities:

• You identify with the values that guide our decisions and help us succeed and grow; open, collaborative, courageous and caring.
• You live by our safety and security expectations, contributing to our zero-harm culture.
• You communicate well, facilitate collaboration, influence stakeholders, and contribute to a diverse and inclusive culture.
• You adapt to change, embrace new technology, and perform in a digitally enabled environment.
• You demonstrate a curious mind and the ability to solve problems, innovate, and identify new ways of delivering on our objectives.
• You have a global mindset and navigate well in multicultural environments

Skills and Academic Requirements:

• You have a master’s degree or PhD with a good academic record.
• You are fluent in English.
• You do not have more than two years of relevant full time work experience.
• Formal working experience is not a requirement.
• Extracurricular activities and/or voluntary work are an advantage.

What can we offer you?

We want you to have a rewarding and fulfilling work life. That’s why we offer:   

Learning and development
You’ll have access to on-the-job-training, and physical and virtual learning modules, work rotations, networking opportunities, as well as access to courses offered by our Equinor university. You’ll also get a buddy and a mentor to help you adapt and provide advice during the programme.   

Wellness and work-life balance
Our benefits packages are designed to help you balance work and life at all stages of your career. We offer health insurance and other benefits for your physical and mental wellbeing; a flexible working policy and a global parental leave policy.    

An inclusive culture
An inclusive culture allows us to harness the unique experiences, knowledge, and backgrounds of our 22,000 employees. Ultimately, we believe we’ll be more creative, innovative, and resilient if everyone in Equinor feels safe in bringing their whole self to work.   

Financial rewards
Our compensation package includes competitive cash compensation and an opportunity to join our share savings plan. In most of our locations we offer pension arrangements aiming to safeguard our employees after retirement. 

Equinor is an international energy company headquartered in Norway, energising the lives of 170 million people worldwide. Our ambition is to be a leading company in the energy transition and achieve net zero by 2050. Our task is enormous: supplying the world with the energy it needs, while lowering emissions to the atmosphere. To achieve it, we are looking for like-minded people to join our team of 22,000 colleagues working in nearly 30 countries. We’re up for the challenge. Are you?