Equinor unexpectedly announced a new CEO this week, almost casually pretending that the last quarter’s results had nothing to do with it, and that this did not represent a change of strategy, post Covid, which is precisely what it is. Chairman Jon Erik Reinhardsen said, “Equinor is entering a phase of significant change as the world needs to take more forceful action to combat climate change. “The board’s mandate is for new CEO Anders Opedal to accelerate our development as a broad energy company and to increase value creation for our shareholders through the energy transition.” “We will focus and improve our oil and gas portfolio and accelerate our development of renewable energy,” he said. But praise was given to…