STAVANGER, Norway, April 16, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On behalf of Statoil (OSE:STL, NYSE:STO), DNB has on 15 April 2014 purchased 540,000 shares for use in the group's Share saving plan.

The shares have been acquired at a price of NOK 172.22 per share.

Before distribution to the employees, the Share saving plan has 8,382,325 shares. 

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

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