Statoil's share saving plan allocates shares

The shares purchased by DnB NOR on behalf of Statoil (OSE:STL, NYSE:STO) on 15
July 2010 for use in the group's share saving plan have on 19 July 2010 been
distributed to the employees in accordance with their savings amount. Following
this, the share saving plan has 6,080,889 shares.

This information is subject of the disclosure requirements acc. to §5-12 vphl
(Norwegian Securities Trading Act)


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