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5 unusual facts about Statoil


Downtown St. John's

ExxonMobil Canada has its headquarters in the Cabot Building on New Gower Street, as well Chevron, Statoil and Suncor Energy along with other oil and gas companies have major operations downtown.

Jack J. Grynberg

According to court records, it was Grynberg who provided the introductions and data for BG, BP, Statoil, ARCO, Transworld Oil and others to enter the region in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Offshore concrete structure

Troll A was built within four years and deployed in 1995 to produce gas from the Troll oil field which was developed by Norske Shell, since 1996 operated by Statoil.

Sørvágur

Also placed in the proximity of the harbour lies a Statoil tank station which is run by the Niclasen concern.

Statoil

1987-88 saw the largest scandal in the company's history, the Mongstad scandal that made the until then unassailable CEO Arve Johnsen withdraw.


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2006 Tour of Faroes Islands

Saturday 22 July, was the 4th stage in the Island of Suðuroy, starting on Gas Station of Statoil in Tvøroyri, finished in Gas Station of Statoil in Vági.

Evangelos Marinakis

With a total deadweight capacity of over 4 million tonnes, the vessels enter into long-term charters with strong counterparties around the world, such as BP Shipping, COSCO (China), Hyundai Merchant Marine (S.Korea), Maersk Line, Royal Dutch Shell, ExxonMobil, Chevron, Total (France), Repsol, Statoil (Norway), Pemex (Mexico), Petrobras (Brazil), Cepsa (Spain).

Helge Lund

After Olav Fjell withdrew as CEO of Statoil in 2004, Lund took over his position and retained after Statoil merged with the oil & gas division of Norsk Hydro in 2007 to create StatoilHydro.

HyNor

It was initiated by large industrial actors such as Statoil and Hydro in 2003 with the goal of a market-realistic demonstration of hydrogen refuelling stations, as well as hydrogen vehicles.

Industri Energi

Industri Energi is the largest union in companies like StatoilNorsk Hydro and Orkla.

Jæren

The petroleum industry around Stavanger is an important part of economy of Jæren, with the headquarters of the country's largest oil company Statoil being located on Jæren, as well regional offices of international companies like ExxonMobil, Eni, Shell, ConocoPhilips, BP, Schlumberger, Halliburton, Baker Hughes and several others.

Ole Hamre

Within this concept, Hamre produced numerous audiovisual performances and films on behalf of the business community, among others Norsk Hydro, Statoil and "BIR".

Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm

In April 2008, cable company Nexans was awarded the €24m export cable supply contract by Statoil.

Simula Research Laboratory

The other owners of Simula or its subsidiaries are Statoil, Telenor, Bærum Municipality, SINTEF, and Norwegian Computing Centre.

Statoil corruption case

The uncovering of the corruption scandal also led to the resignation of Statoil Chairman Leif Terje Løddesøl, Statoil CEO Olav Fjell and Director for international operations Richard John Hubbard.

Subsea Valley

The three central companies in Subsea Valley – FMC Technologies, Aker Solutions and GE Vetco – are supplying oil & gas extraction equipment to such hydrocarbon operators as Statoil, Exxon and Petrobras.

Yann-Erik de Lanlay

In 2006, he was picked for Statoil's football academy, where he played with Rosenborgs Markus Henriksen, Lillestrøms Ruben Gabrielsen and Viking FK team mate Christian Landu Landu.


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