STAVANGER, Norway, Sept. 17, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
The shares purchased by DNB on behalf of Statoil ASA (OSE:STL, NYSE:STO) on 13
September 2013 for use in the group's share saving plan have on 17 September
2013 been distributed to the employees in accordance with their savings amount.
Following this, the share saving plan has 8,830,656 shares.
This information is subject of the disclosure requirements pursuant to section
5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.
Hilde Merete Nafstad, SVP Investor Relations, mbl +47 95783911
Morten Sven Johannessen, VP Investor Relations USA, mbl +1 203 570 2524
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