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Board/Management Information • Jan 21, 2014

Gro G. Haatvedt appointed new senior vice president exploration in Det norske

Gro G. Haatvedt appointed new senior vice president exploration in Det norske

Gro G. Haatvedt has been appointed as the new senior vice president

exploration in Det norske oljeselskap ASA. Haatvedt was until 1 January

2014 senior vice president for exploration on the Norwegian Continental

Shelf in Statoil.

Gro G. Haatvedt (56) has for the last three years been senior vice

president for exploration on the Norwegian Continental Shelf in Statoil.

During this period Statoil has made several significant discoveries,

among them Johan Sverdrup. Haatvedt has over the last years been

responsible for the appraisal wells program on the Johan Sverdrup field.

Haatvedt says it was impossible not to accept the offer as senior vice

president exploration in Det norske.

-          I am looking forward to start working for Det norske. It is a

very exciting task to build a solid company forward. Det norske already

has a considerable portfolio and my main responsibility is to strengthen

this further. I look very much forward to meet a competent and energetic

organisation.

Gro G. Haatvedt graduated as geophysicist from the University of Oslo in

1984. She started her career in Hydro in 1984 and continued in Statoil

after the two companies merged. She has held many professional and

management positions in Statoil, among them on Oseberg and as Sr. VP

Exploration for the North Sea. She has been responsible for business

development in Iran and country manager in Libya.

Chairman of Det norske, Sverre Skogen, is very pleased with the

appointment of Gro G. Haatvedt as new senior vice president exploration

in Det norske.

-          Det norske has been strengthened with a very competent Sr. VP

Exploration, with considerable experience and outstanding results. We

look very much forward to welcome her to a company that always moves

forward creating values on the Norwegian continental shelf.

Time of taking office is yet to be decided, but will not be later than

August 2014.

Contact:

VP Investor relations, Knut Evensen, tel: 950 77 622

About Det norske:

Det norske oljeselskap ASA (DETNOR) is an active exploration company on

the Norwegian Continental Shelf. Det norske's headquarters is in

Trondheim. The company also has offices in Oslo and Harstad. Det norske

is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange with the ticker "DETNOR".

More about Det norske at www.detnor.no (http://www.detnor.no/?lang=en)