Equinor - Board/Management Information 2015

Statoil ASA: Election to Statoil's board of directors

In a meeting in the Corporate Assembly of Statoil ASA (OSE:STL, NYSE:STO) on 20

August 2015 Wenche Agerup was elected as a new member of Statoil's board of

directors.

Wenche Agerup was the Executive Vice President for Corporate Staffs and the

General Counsel of Norsk Hydro ASA from 2010 to 31 December 2014. She has held

various executive roles in Hydro since 1997, including within the company's M&A-

activities, the business area Alumina, Bauxite and Energy, as a plant manager at

Hydro's metal plant in Årdal and as a project director for a Joint Venture in

Australia where Hydro cooperated with the Australian listed company UMC. Through

her work in Hydro, Agerup has developed a significant business and strategic

competence. Agerup is currently a board member in Oslo Børs Holding VPS ASA/Oslo

Børs ASA (the Oslo Stock Exchange) and the seismic company TGS, and has

competence and experience within corporate governance.

The election enters into effect from 21 August 2015 and until the ordinary

election of shareholder-elected members to the board of directors in 2016.

Agerup was elected in accordance with the proposal from the nomination

committee.

Contacts:

Olaug Svarva, chair of the nomination committee

All enquiries to be directed through Statoil Corporate Press Office, Jannik

Lindbæk, +47 977 55 622.

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

(Norwegian Securities Trading Act)

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