Equinor — Board/Management Information 2010

Aug 31, 2010

Elected to Statoil's board

The corporate assembly of Statoil (OSE:STL, NYSE:STO) has chosen Lady Barbara

Judge and Bjørn Tore Godal as new members of Statoil's board of directors.

The corporate assembly also re-elected Svein Rennemo as chair, Marit Arnstad as

deputy chair, and Roy Franklin, Grace Reksten Skaugen and Jakob Stausholm as

board members.

The election of the board will take effect from 1 September 2010.

Information on the members of the board can be found at www.statoil.com.

Contacts:

Investor relations

Hilde Merete Nafstad, vice president, investor relations

Tel: +47 95783911

Media

Jannik Lindbæk Jr, vice president for media relations

Tel: +47 97755622

This information is subject of the disclosure requirements acc. to §5-12 vphl

(Norwegian Securities Trading Act)

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