Equinor — Director's Dealing 2012

Dec 14, 2012

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON , D.C. 20549

FORM 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

December 14, 2012 Commission File Number 1-15200

Statoil ASA

(Translation of registrant’s name into English) FORUSBEEN 50, N-4035, STAVANGER, NORWAY (Address of principal executive offices )

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:

Form 20-F X Form 40-F

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):

This Report on Form 6-K contains a press release issued by Statoil ASA on December 14, 2012, entitled "Notifiable trading".

Notifiable trading

Primary insider in Statoil ASA (OSE:STL, NYSE:STO), Mr. William Maloney, received dividend on his Statoil ASA shares on 20 June 2012. The dividend was allocated in the form of Statoil ASA shares at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) at a share price of $23.0271.

Number of allocated shares and new total share holding is listed in the table below.

Name	Allocated shares	Share holding* as of 12.14.2012
William Maloney	651.994097	18,131.903915

*American Depositary Receipts (ADR)

The above information is subject of the disclosure requirements pursuant to section 5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.

Signatures

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Dated: December 14, 2012	STATOIL ASA (Registrant) — By:	___/s/ Torgrim Reitan Name: Torgrim Reitan Title: Chief Financial Officer