Statoil’s creation story might have looked very different if the non-socialist coalition...
Becoming a fully integrated oil company was Statoil’s goal from the very start. Securing...
Today’s Equinor was actually born on 18 September 1972, with the statutory general...
Arve Johnsen served as Statoil’s first CEO from 1972 to 1988. He was a clear-speaking...
Norway was in a comfortable negotiating position when licensing its “Brent” blocks in...
CEO Arve Johnsen attended his first board meeting in the state oil company on 5 December...
The big question in 1973-74 was what role Statoil should play and how that should be...
The Storting (parliament) had resolved that a state oil company was to be established, and...
The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) resolved to use oil as a...
Geological chance dictates the presence of petroleum on the Norwegian continental shelf...
Set to become Norway’s most lucrative company, Statoil started with an equity of just...
Intensive efforts were made during Statoil’s early years by chair Jens Christian Hauge...
Statoil expanded swiftly and in many directions, but not without problems and...
Getting involved at an early stage in processing natural gas liquids (NGL) from the...
Geologists from operator Mobil performed a veritable war dance of pure joy on the drill...
Statoil’s articles of association were not approved by the Storting (parliament) until...
Arve Johnsen had a lot to get to grips with when he took office at the age of 38 as the...
Jens Christian Hauge’s uncompromising stance towards the minister of industry and the...
The terms of the licence meant that Statoil became responsible for all information to the...
Statoil secured the Ross Rig drilling unit on a long-term charter in 1974, initiating a...
During its early years, Statoil was a male-dominated workplace. The first women appointed...
The construction of Statfjord A included two major industrial assignments: construction of...
The Storting (parliament) voted on 9 June 1975 that Statoil should retain its 50 per cent...
Ross Rig was the first drilling unit secured by Statoil as an operator. Through its work,...
What should Norwegian petroleum policy look like? Did an oil nation need a state-owned oil...
Norway’s oil history was still young and unformed in the mid-1970s. One question was...
Development of the Statfjord field from discovery to production was the first oil project...
The huge quantities of oil and gas in Statfjord had to be brought ashore. Negotiations on...
Arve Johnsen, Statoil’s first CEO, had big ambitions of covering everything from...
Preparations for building the Statfjord B platform were well under way in the autumn of...
Several different occupational groups in Statoil unionised in 1977. A positive attitude to...
Great expectations had been aroused by the “golden block” on Norway’s continental...
Norway’s block 34/10 was so attractive that it had been nicknamed the “golden...
