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Equinor ASA

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18.09.1972 Regular founding

Name: Statoil ASA
Short name: STATOIL
Affiliations: Fully state owned limited company
Hierarchical level: Highest level
COFOG 04 Economic affairs
Superior body: Ministry of Industry and Handicrafts
Main affiliation category: National single organization (without subordinated units)
Located: 1103

Statoil was formed in 1972 by a decision of the Norwegian parliament. Statoil was incorporated as a limited liability company under the name Den norske stats oljeselskap AS on 18 September 1972. As a company wholly owned by the Norwegian State, Statoil's role was to be the government's commercial instrument in the development of the oil and gas industry in Norway

01.01.1978* New superior organization (horizontal movement)

(The unit has changed superior.)
Superior body: Ministry of Petroleum and Energy

01.01.1980 Maintenance by absorption

Incorporated bodies:

01.01.1985* Maintenance by reorganization

Related units:
  • State’s Direct Financial Interest (SDFI)

Please note that this event has comments in Norwegian that are for the present not translated into English.

01.01.1993 No change to unit, but change of superior

(The unit reports to a new superior organization because the previous superior organization was terminated at the same time.)
Superior body: Ministry of Industry and Energy

01.01.1997 No change to unit, but change of superior

(The unit reports to a new superior organization because the previous superior organization was terminated at the same time.)
Superior body: Ministry of Petroleum and Energy

18.06.2001 New form of affiliation/administrative level

(The unit is reorganized and has changed its form of affiliation/administrative level.)
Affiliations: Limited company with private shareholders
Hierarchical level: Highest level
Procedure and documents for this change:
Relasjoner:

In 2001, the company became a public limited company listed on the Oslo and New York stock exchanges, and it changed its name to Statoil ASA.

18.06.2001* Change of name

Name: Statoil ASA
Short name: Statoil ASA

07.07.2004 Maintenance by reorganization

Please note that this event has comments in Norwegian that are for the present not translated into English.

25.02.2005 Maintenance by reorganization

Please note that this event has comments in Norwegian that are for the present not translated into English.

01.10.2007 Change of name

Name: * StatoilHydro
Short name: StatoilHydro

01.10.2007 Maintenance by reorganization

Procedure and documents for this change:
Related units:
  • * Oil and gas division of the Norwegian Hydro (Norsk Hydro)

Please note that this event has comments in Norwegian that are for the present not translated into English.

02.11.2009 Change of name

Name: Statoil
Short name: Statoil ASA

Please note that this event has comments in Norwegian that are for the present not translated into English.

01.01.2011 Maintenance by reorganization

Procedure and documents for this change:

Please note that this event has comments in Norwegian that are for the present not translated into English.

15.05.2018 Change of name

Name: Equinor ASA
Short name: Equinor ASA

Please note that this event has comments in Norwegian that are for the present not translated into English.

01.07.2021 Maintenance by reorganization

Please note that this event has comments in Norwegian that are for the present not translated into English.

01.01.2022 New superior organization (horizontal movement)

(The unit has changed superior.)
Superior body: Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries

Please note that this event has comments in Norwegian that are for the present not translated into English.

Remarks

* = If a date is denoted with an asterisk (*), this implies that the date is not confirmed.

* = If a name is denoted with an asterisk (*), this implies a direct translation from Norwegian to English. The translation is thus not necessarily the official one (if any exists at all).

Comment to the change-of-name event: Sometimes the old and new name is the same. This occur when the translation to English haven’t taken into consideration minor Norwegian name change.

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