Mar 31, 2025 · We are an international energy company headquartered in Norway, with over 23,000 employees in around 30 countries worldwide.

Equinor ASA (formerly Statoil and StatoilHydro) is a Norwegian multinational energy company headquartered in Stavanger, Norway. It is primarily a petroleum company operating in 36 countries with additional investments in renewable energy. In the 2020 Forbes Global 2000, Equinor was ranked as the 169th-largest public company in the world. [3]

The name Statoil was a truncated form of the State's oil (company). Statoil was 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 operated around 2000 service stations in 9 countries.

Equinor, formerly known as Statoil, is a key player in the Norwegian petroleum industry. Founded in 1972 by the Norwegian government, our original purpose was to manage the country’s vast oil and gas resources.

Mar 15, 2018 · Statoil will develop long-term value on the Norwegian continental shelf, deepen in core areas and develop new growth options internationally. Statoil is one of the world’s most carbon-efficient producers of oil and gas, and will develop its low carbon advantage further.

Mar 15, 2018 · State-backed Statoil announced Thursday that it would change its name to Equinor to reflect its shift toward cleaner energy.

Jun 27, 2022 · Statoil changed its name to Equinor on 16 May 2018. That marked a strategic shift, initiated by CEO Eldar Sætre, towards becoming a broader energy company.

Statoil Fuel & Retail was a Norwegian petrol station chain, formed by the 2010 separation of the downstream business of Statoil ASA into a separate listed company. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The company had 2,300 fuel retail stations in Scandinavia, Poland, the Baltic countries and Russia as well as significant lubricants and aviation fuel operations. [ 3 ]

Under the name "Statoil" the company had a long history and was among the largest companies and employers in Norway. The name had been created in 1972, and earlier variations of the company had included the word Statoil.

The company soon adopted the far simpler moniker, ‘Statoil.’ In chartering a state-owned oil company, Norway’s politicians realized they were taking on considerable risk.