Experience: Vice President Operation for Equinor Canada from 2018 to end of 2020 and
acting Country Manager for Canada since May 2020. Prior to taking on this role, Unni held the
position as Equinor’s location manager in Hammerfest, Norway, responsible for the company’s
LNG production. Previously, Unni held several positions within Equinor, including as a platform
manager offshore Norway and HR manager for operations Mid-Norway.
Unni joined Equinor in 1993 as a Principal Engineer / Researcher and advanced her way into
Senior roles in Equinor within Operations and Marketing, Midstream and Processing.
Prior to joining Equinor, Unni was working as a researcher in SINTEF.
Outside Equinor, Unni served as a Board Member in Canadas Ocean Supercluster (2018-
2021) and Chair of the Board for Petroleum Research Newfoundland and Labrador (2019-
2020)
Education: Unni holds a master’s degree in mechanical engineering and began her career
with Equinor 28 years ago in research and development.
Other matters: Unni M.S. Fjaer is married, has two children and is a Norwegian citizen
As valuable as gas is for Africa, its potential as a transition fuel is yet to be truly actualised. According to the IEA, tapping into Africa’s undeveloped gas reserves could add an additional 90 bcm per year by 2030, around two-thirds for domestic needs, and the rest for export. Given that potential, how can African nations build roadmaps for domestic gas monetization whilst balancing export demands?
Wednesday 11 October 11:00 - 11:45 Stage A
Gas Forum
As valuable as gas is for Africa, its potential as a transition fuel is yet to be truly actualised. According to the IEA, tapping into Africa’s undeveloped gas reserves could add an additional 90 bcm per year by 2030, around two-thirds for domestic needs, and the rest for export. Given that potential, how can African nations build roadmaps for domestic gas monetization whilst balancing export demands?