India, Feb. 5 -- Norwegian petroleum refining firm Equinor ASA (EQNR) reported Wednesday that its fourth-quarter net income fell 23 percent to $2 billion from last year's $2.61 billion.

Basic earnings per share were $0.73, down 17 percent from prior year's $0.88.

Adjusted net income for the quarter were $1.73 billion or $0.63 per share, compared to $1.84 billion or $0.62 per share a year ago.

Net operating income was $8.735 billion, nearly flat with prior year's $8.748 billion. In the quarter, adjusted operating income was $7.90 billion, 8 percent lower than last year's $8.56 billion.

Total revenues and other income fell 5 percent to $27.65 billion from prior year's $29.05 billion.

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