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6. Returns - still worried that even after all of the above your Statoil wont be what you want? Check out the returns policy. There is so much competition now that someone, somewhere is bound to offer the terms that you are comfortable with.
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8. Security - check for the yellow padlock on the Statoil site before you buy, and the s after http:/ /i.e. https:// = a secure site
9. Contact - got a question about Statoil, or want to leave a comment then check out the sites contact page. Reputable companies have them and respond.
10. Payment - ready to pay for your Statoil, then use your credit card or PayPal! Be aware of companies that don't accept them, there may be genuine reasons but given the huge amount of choice you have when buying online there is no reason at all not to buy via credit card or PayPal.
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Statoil Allmennaksjeselskap (, ) is a Norway
petroleum company established in 1972. It is the largest petroleum company in the
Nordic countries and Norway's largest company, employing over 25,000 people. While Statoil is listed on both the Oslo Stock Exchange and the
New York Stock Exchange, the Norwegian state still holds majority ownership, with 64%. The main office is located in Norway's oil capital
Stavanger. The name Statoil is a truncated form of
the State's oil.
Statoil is 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
gas station in 9 countries. The company's Chief Executive Officer from mid-2004 onwards is Helge Lund, formerly CEO of Aker Kværner.
History
Den Norske Stats Oljeselskap A/S was founded as a private limited company owned by the
Government of Norway on
14 July 1972 by a unanimous act passed by the Norwegian parliament Stortinget. The political motivation was Norwegian participation in the oil industry on the continental shelf and to build up Norwegian competency within the petroleum industry to establish the foundations of a domestic petroleum industry. Statoil was required to discuss important issues with the Norwegian Minister of Industry, later
Minister of Petroleum and Energy (Norway). Statoil was also required to submit an annual report to the parliament.
In 1973 the company started work acquiring a presence in the petrochemical
industry. This resulted in the development of processing plants in Rafsnes and, in partnership with Norsk Hydro, the Mongstad plant in
1980. In 1981 the company acquired, as the first Norwegian company, operator rights on the
Norwegian continental shelf on the
Gullfaks field. 1987-88 saw the largest scandal in the companies history, the
Mongstad scandal that made the until then unassailable CEO
Arve Johnsen withdraw.
The company was privatised and made a public limited company (allmennaksjeselskap) in 2001, becoming listed on the both the
Oslo Stock Exchange and the
New York Stock Exchange. At the same time it changed its name to
Statoil ASA.
Operations
Statoil is the largest operator on the Norwegian continental shelf, with 60% of the total production. The field operated are Glitne,
Gullfaks oil field, Heidrun oil field, Huldra, Kristin, Kvitebjørn, Mikkel, Norne,
Ormen Lange, Sleipner gas field, Snorre oil field, Snøhvit,
Statfjord oil field, Sygna, Tordis,
Troll gas field, Veslefrikk, Vigdis, Visund, Volve and Åsgard. The company also has processing plants at Kolsnes, Kårstø, Mongstad, Tjeldbergodden and
Melkøya.
In addition to the Norwegian continental shelf, Statoil operates oil and gas fields in Algeria,
Angola,
Azerbaijan, Brazil, China,
Iran,
Libya,
Nigeria, United States and
Venezuela. Statoil has offices that are looking for possible ventures in the countries of
Egypt, Mexico, Qatar and United Arab Emirates. The company has processing plants in Belgium,
Denmark,
France and Germany.
Statoil is involved in a number of
Pipeline transport, including Zeepipe,
Statpipe, Europipe I and Europipe II, and Franpipe from the Norwegian continental shelf to
Western Europe in addition to the
Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline in
Central Asia.
The company has trading offices for crude oil, refined petroleum products and
natural gas liquids in
London,
United Kingdom,
Stamford (town), New York, United States and Singapore.
Statoil operates petrol station services in
Denmark, Estonia,
Latvia, Lithuania, Norway,
Poland, Russia and
Sweden, a total of 2,000 stations in nine countries. Some fully automated stations are branded 1-2-3 (Oil). The stations in Denmark and Sweden were purchased from Esso in
1985 while the stations in Ireland were purchased from
British Petroleum in
1992 and ConocoPhilips Jet in the mid 90s, then sold by Statoil to Topaz Energy in 2006.
In 2006, Statoil was approved to become the world's largest project to implement carbon sequestration as a means to mitigate carbon emissions to the atmosphere.
Merger with Hydro
In December 2006 Statoil revealed a proposal to merge with the oil business of
Norsk Hydro, a Norwegian conglomerate. Hydro's oil and gas activities to merge with Statoil,
Norsk Hydro, published 2006-12-18, accessed 2007-06-20 Under the rules of the
European Economic Area the proposal was approved by the European Union on May 3, 2007 EU regulators approve Statoil, Norsk Hydro merger,
EU Business, published 2007-05-03, accessed 2007-06-20 and by the
Storting on June 8, 2007. Norwegian Parliament Okays Statoil-Hydro Merger,
Ocean-Resources, published 2007-06-11, accessed 2007-06-20 Former Statoil's shareholders hold 67.3% of the new company StatoilHydro, which started operations on 1 October
2007. The company is the biggest offshore oil and gas company in the world.
Controversy and corruption
Rotvoll controversy
In 1991 there arose a controversy between Statoil and local environmentalists, mainly from
Natur og Ungdom and
Friends of the Earth Norway, who protested the building of a new
research and development centre at Rotvoll in
Trondheim,
Norway, wetlands area close to the city with significant bird life.. The controversy was climaxed with
civil disobedience by the environmentalists, but the centre was still built.
Statoil corruption case
The Statoil corruption case refers to the company's misconduct and use of corruption in Iran in 2002/2003 in an attempt to secure lucrative oil contracts in that country. This was mainly achieved by hiring the services of Horton Investments, an Iranian consultancy firm owned by Mehdi Hashemi Rafsanjani, son of former Iranian President
Hashemi Rafsanjani. Horton Investments was paid United States dollar 15.2 million by Statoil to influence important political figures in Iran to grant oil contracts to Statoil. The corruption scandal was uncovered by Norwegian paper Dagens Næringsliv on September 3,
2003.
Corrib gas project
Statoil is a partner of Royal Dutch Shell in the
Corrib gas project, which entails developing a
natural gas field off the northwest of Ireland. The project has proved controversial, and a national campaign, Shell to Sea, now opposes the project vehemently. In the summer of 2005,
Rossport Five from County Mayo were jailed because of their opposition to the project, and Statoil filling stations around Ireland were picketed. Scores of protesters have been attacked by
An Garda Síochána in order to facilitate the building of a refinery to process the gas in
Erris, but the protests continue.
External links
- Corporate website
- World’s Largest Carbon Sequestration Project Approved
- Statoil operated oil fields Detailed list of all oil fields operated by Statoil
References
{{Infobox_Company | company_name = Statoil ASA |
company_type = [Public company|
company_logo = ]|
company_slogan = [we change your daylife|
foundation = 14 July [|
location = [Stavanger, [Norway |
key_people = CEO: [Helge Lund
Chairman: [Jannik Lindbæk |
num_employees = 25,644 () |
industry = [Oil companies |
products = [Petroleum
[Natural gas
[Petrochemicals |
revenue = ] [Norwegian krone 393.3 billion (2005)|
net_income = ] [Norwegian krone 30.7 billion (2005)|
homepage =
http://www.statoil.com www.statoil.com |
-->
Statoil Allmennaksjeselskap (, ) is a
Norway petroleum company established in 1972. It is the largest petroleum company in the
Nordic countries and Norway's largest company, employing over 25,000 people. While Statoil is listed on both the Oslo Stock Exchange and the
New York Stock Exchange, the Norwegian state still holds majority ownership, with 64%. The main office is located in Norway's oil capital Stavanger. The name Statoil is a truncated form of
the State's oil.
Statoil is 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
gas station in 9 countries. The company's Chief Executive Officer from mid-2004 onwards is Helge Lund, formerly CEO of Aker Kværner.
History
Den Norske Stats Oljeselskap A/S was founded as a private limited company owned by the Government of Norway on
14 July 1972 by a unanimous act passed by the Norwegian parliament
Stortinget. The political motivation was Norwegian participation in the oil industry on the continental shelf and to build up Norwegian competency within the petroleum industry to establish the foundations of a domestic petroleum industry. Statoil was required to discuss important issues with the Norwegian Minister of Industry, later Minister of Petroleum and Energy (Norway). Statoil was also required to submit an annual report to the parliament.
In 1973 the company started work acquiring a presence in the
petrochemical industry. This resulted in the development of processing plants in Rafsnes and, in partnership with Norsk Hydro, the Mongstad plant in
1980. In 1981 the company acquired, as the first Norwegian company, operator rights on the Norwegian continental shelf on the Gullfaks field. 1987-88 saw the largest scandal in the companies history, the Mongstad scandal that made the until then unassailable CEO
Arve Johnsen withdraw.
The company was privatised and made a
public limited company (allmennaksjeselskap) in 2001, becoming listed on the both the Oslo Stock Exchange and the
New York Stock Exchange. At the same time it changed its name to
Statoil ASA.
Operations
Statoil is the largest operator on the Norwegian continental shelf, with 60% of the total production. The field operated are Glitne, Gullfaks oil field, Heidrun oil field, Huldra, Kristin, Kvitebjørn, Mikkel, Norne,
Ormen Lange,
Sleipner gas field, Snorre oil field,
Snøhvit, Statfjord oil field, Sygna, Tordis, Troll gas field, Veslefrikk, Vigdis, Visund, Volve and Åsgard. The company also has processing plants at
Kolsnes,
Kårstø,
Mongstad,
Tjeldbergodden and
Melkøya.
In addition to the Norwegian continental shelf, Statoil operates oil and gas fields in
Algeria,
Angola, Azerbaijan, Brazil,
China, Iran, Libya,
Nigeria, United States and
Venezuela. Statoil has offices that are looking for possible ventures in the countries of Egypt, Mexico, Qatar and United Arab Emirates. The company has processing plants in Belgium, Denmark, France and
Germany.
Statoil is involved in a number of Pipeline transport, including Zeepipe,
Statpipe,
Europipe I and Europipe II, and Franpipe from the Norwegian continental shelf to Western Europe in addition to the
Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline in Central Asia.
The company has trading offices for
crude oil, refined petroleum products and
natural gas liquids in London,
United Kingdom, Stamford (town), New York,
United States and
Singapore.
Statoil operates petrol station services in Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway,
Poland, Russia and Sweden, a total of 2,000 stations in nine countries. Some fully automated stations are branded 1-2-3 (Oil). The stations in
Denmark and Sweden were purchased from
Esso in
1985 while the stations in Ireland were purchased from
British Petroleum in
1992 and ConocoPhilips Jet in the mid 90s, then sold by Statoil to Topaz Energy in 2006.
In 2006, Statoil was approved to become the world's largest project to implement
carbon sequestration as a means to mitigate carbon emissions to the atmosphere.
Merger with Hydro
In December 2006 Statoil revealed a proposal to merge with the oil business of Norsk Hydro, a Norwegian conglomerate. Hydro's oil and gas activities to merge with Statoil,
Norsk Hydro, published 2006-12-18, accessed 2007-06-20 Under the rules of the
European Economic Area the proposal was approved by the
European Union on May 3, 2007 EU regulators approve Statoil, Norsk Hydro merger,
EU Business, published 2007-05-03, accessed 2007-06-20 and by the
Storting on June 8, 2007. Norwegian Parliament Okays Statoil-Hydro Merger,
Ocean-Resources, published 2007-06-11, accessed 2007-06-20 Former Statoil's shareholders hold 67.3% of the new company
StatoilHydro, which started operations on
1 October 2007. The company is the biggest offshore oil and gas company in the world.
Controversy and corruption
Rotvoll controversy
In 1991 there arose a controversy between Statoil and local environmentalists, mainly from Natur og Ungdom and
Friends of the Earth Norway, who protested the building of a new
research and development centre at
Rotvoll in
Trondheim, Norway,
wetlands area close to the city with significant bird life.. The controversy was climaxed with
civil disobedience by the environmentalists, but the centre was still built.
Statoil corruption case
The Statoil corruption case refers to the company's misconduct and use of corruption in Iran in 2002/2003 in an attempt to secure lucrative oil contracts in that country. This was mainly achieved by hiring the services of Horton Investments, an Iranian consultancy firm owned by Mehdi Hashemi Rafsanjani, son of former Iranian President
Hashemi Rafsanjani. Horton Investments was paid
United States dollar 15.2 million by Statoil to influence important political figures in Iran to grant oil contracts to Statoil. The corruption scandal was uncovered by Norwegian paper
Dagens Næringsliv on
September 3,
2003.
Corrib gas project
Statoil is a partner of Royal Dutch Shell in the
Corrib gas project, which entails developing a
natural gas field off the northwest of Ireland. The project has proved controversial, and a national campaign,
Shell to Sea, now opposes the project vehemently. In the summer of 2005,
Rossport Five from County Mayo were jailed because of their opposition to the project, and Statoil filling stations around Ireland were picketed. Scores of protesters have been attacked by An Garda Síochána in order to facilitate the building of a refinery to process the gas in Erris, but the protests continue.
External links
- Corporate website
- World’s Largest Carbon Sequestration Project Approved
- Statoil operated oil fields Detailed list of all oil fields operated by Statoil
References
www.statoil.co.uk
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