STAVANGER, NORWAY -- (Marketwire) -- 11/21/12 -- Statoil ASA (OSE:STL, NYSE:STO) announces a change in the settlement date in relation to the new issue of USD 300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.250% Notes due November 23, 2041 (the "Reopened 2041 Notes") which were priced on November 14, 2012. The new settlement date is November 23, 2012. The change in settlement date aligns the first interest period for the Reopened 2041 Notes with the originally issued 4.250% Notes due November 23, 2041.

The settlement date in relation to the issue of USD 600,000,000 1.200% Notes due January 17, 2018 and the issue of USD 1,100,000,000 2.450% Notes due January 17, 2023, also priced on November 14, 2012, remains unchanged and is November 21, 2012.

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This announcement does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities of Statoil ASA nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such jurisdiction.

This information is subject of the disclosure requirements acc. to §5-12 vphl (Norwegian Securities Trading Act).

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Source: Statoil via Thomson Reuters ONE

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