Picture of a Statoil Station in the [[Republic of Ireland - Statoil has grown to become a major international company]]
A Statoil petrol station sign in [[Estonia]]
Statoil is a
Norwegian petroleum company established in 1972. It is Norway's largest company with roughly 25,000 employees. While Statoil is listed on both the Oslo Stock Exchange and the
NYSE, the Norwegian state still holds majority ownership. The main office is located in Norway's oil capital
Stavanger. The name Statoil is a truncated form of
the State's oil.
One of the largest net sellers of crude oil in the world, and a major supplier of
natural gas to the
European continent, Statoil also operates around 2000 service stations in 9 countries. The company's CEO from mid-2004 onwards is
Helge Lund, formerly CEO of
Aker Kvaerner.
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Category:Companies of Norway
Category:Oil companies
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