10 | 12 | Statoil is an international energy company with operations in 42 countries and more than 35 years of experience from oil and gas production on the Norwegian continental shelf. We are headquartered in Norway with 30,300 employees worldwide, and are listed on the New York and Oslo stock exchanges. We were founded as The Norwegian State Oil company, Statoil, in 1972. In October 2007, Statoil merged with Hydro's oil and gas division, and in 2010 we implemented an IPO of Statoil Fuel & Retail on the Norwegian stock exchange. |