• CERAWEEK 2025 | March 10-14, 2025
  • CERAWEEK
  • March 10 - 14, 2025

Hans Jakob Hegge

Equinor

Equinor US Country Manager

Hans Jakob Hegge is US country manager and senior vice president (SVP) of Equinor’s Global Unconventionals business cluster. In this role  he oversees Equinor’s onshore operations in the US as well as exploration leases in Argentina and Turkey.

Hegge joined Equinor in 1995 and has held several executive leadership roles for various groups across the company. From 2015 – 2018 Hegge served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Equinor. Prior to that he held the roles of SVP, Operations North (2013—2015), and SVP, Operations East (2011—2013) for Development and Production Norway, and as senior vice president, Global Business Services (2005-2009).

Hegge holds a Master of Science degree from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration. 

Sessions With Hans Jakob Hegge

Wednesday, 11 March

  • 07:30am - 08:40am (CST) / -

    EVs & Oil: What's the impact?
    Mobility/Transportation Downstream, Midstream & Chemicals

    Shifts in personal car ownership are at the forefront of the energy transition and electrification of the passenger car fleet is one of the main decarbonization pathways in many markets. As battery technology improves and EVs become more cost-competitive, EVs are gaining traction in many markets and with that comes concern about the future of oil demand in the passenger car segment. In which markets will EVs gain share fastest? Is EV adoption scalable? Will EVs bring forward peak demand?