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STAVANGER, Norway, June 17, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The shares purchased by DNB on behalf of Statoil ASA (OSE:STL, NYSE:STO) on 13 June 2014 for use in the group's share saving plan have on 17 June 2014 been distributed to the employees in accordance with their savings amount. Following this, the share saving plan has 8,560,523 shares. This information is subject of the disclosure requirements pursuant to section 5-12 [...]

STAVANGER, Norway, June 16, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On behalf of Statoil (OSE:STL, NYSE:STO), DNB has on 13 June 2014 purchased 485,634 shares for use in the group's Share saving plan. The shares have been acquired at a price of NOK 190.47 per share. Before distribution to the employees, the Share saving plan has 8,831,279 shares. This information is subject of the disclosure requirements pursuant to section 5-12 of [...]

STAVANGER, Norway, June 10, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In a meeting in the Corporate Assembly of Statoil ASA (OSE:STL) (NYSE:STO) 10 June Svein Rennemo was re-elected as chair and Grace Reksten Skaugen as deputy chair of the board of directors. Bjørn Tore Godal, Maria Johanna Oudeman, Jakob Stausholm, Catherine Hughes and James Mulva were re-elected as shareholder representatives to the board. Øystein [...]

Stavanger, Norway, June 3, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The nomination committee in Statoil (OSE:STL, NYSE:STO) recommends that the company's corporate assembly elects Øystein Løseth as new members of Statoil's board of directors. Furthermore, the nomination committee recommends the re-election of Svein Rennemo (chair), Grace Reksten Skaugen (deputy chair), Bjørn Tore Godal, Maria Johanna Oudeman, Jakob [...]

STAVANGER, Norway, May 20, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The shares purchased by DNB on behalf of Statoil ASA (OSE:STL, NYSE:STO) on 15 May 2014 for use in the group's share saving plan have on 20 May 2014 been distributed to the employees in accordance with their savings amount. Following this, the share saving plan has 8,345,645 shares. This information is subject of the disclosure requirements pursuant to section 5-12 of [...]

STAVANGER, Norway, May 16, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On behalf of Statoil (OSE:STL, NYSE:STO), DNB has on 15 May 2014 purchased 515,880 shares for use in the group's Share saving plan. The shares have been acquired at a price of NOK 179.89 per share. Before distribution to the employees, the Share saving plan has 8,614,964 shares. This information is subject of the disclosure requirements pursuant to section 5-12 of the [...]

STAVANGER, Norway, May 14, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On 14 May 2014 the annual general meeting of shareholders in Statoil ASA (OSE: STL, NYSE: STO) adopted the annual report and accounts for Statoil ASA for 2013, as proposed by the board of directors. The annual accounts and the annual report for Statoil ASA and the Statoil group for 2013 were approved, and a dividend of NOK 7.00 per share will be distributed. The [...]

STAVANGER, Norway, May 9, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The following primary insiders have on 8 May acquired shares in Statoil ASA (OSE:STL, NYSE:STO) at a share price of NOK 185.20 in connection with the company's long-term incentive programme. The long-term incentive programme is a fixed, monetary compensation calculated as a portion of the participant's base salary; ranging from 20 - 30 per cent depending on the [...]

HOUSTON, May 6, 2014 /CNW/ - Statoil (OSE: STL, NYSE: STO) executive vice president for its North American operations Bill Maloney said today that the company has set a goal of recovering an average of 70% of the oil in its Johan Sverdrup field in the Norwegian continental shelf. "We've set a very large goal for oil recovery for Johan Sverdrup," says Maloney. "With the right technology and ingenuity, we believe 70% is [...]

HOUSTON, May 6, 2014 /CNW/ - Statoil (OSE: STL, NYSE: STO) announced today that it has started its latest Gulf of Mexico exploration campaign. It started drilling Martin, a high-impact prospect, on 20 April. "We consider Martin one of the top prospects in our global portfolio," says Jez Averty, senior vice president of exploration for Statoil in North America. "Since acquiring this prospect in 2012, we've advanced it in [...]