Statoil: Notifiable trading

STAVANGER, NORWAY -- (Marketwire) -- 05/10/12 -- The following managers in Statoil ASA have on 09 May bought Statoil ASA
shares at a price of NOK 148.40 per share.

Number of acquired shares and their new total share holding is listed in the table below.

The trade has been made through DNB Markets.

                                   New share
  Name                    Bought     holding

  Dodson, Timothy          2 377      14 946
  Gjærum, Reidar           1 458      15 277
  Klouman, Hans Henrik     2 432      10 714
  Knight, John Nicholas   10 704      39 174
  Lund, Helge              6 355      50 656
  Mellbye, Peter           1 847      24 132
  Michelsen, Øystein       2 572      18 292
  Reitan, Torgrim          2 242      15 467
  Sjøblom, Tove Stuhr      2 040       7 917
  Skeie, Svein             1 219      11 985
  Sætre, Eldar             2 510      20 844
  Thomsen, Kåre            1 104      14 292
  Øvrum, Margareth         2 836      25 792

This information is subject of the disclosure requirements pursuant to
section 5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.

The Statoil Fuel & Retail primary insider, Jon Arnt Jacobsen, has on 09 May bought Statoil ASA shares at a price of NOK 148.40 per share.

Number of acquired shares and new total share holding is listed in the
table below.

  Name                 Bought   New share holding

  Jacobsen, Jon Arnt    1 881              22 106

This information is subject of the disclosure requirements acc. to §
4-1 vphl (Norwegian Securities Trading Act)


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