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

April 17, 2015
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 )

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This Report on Form 6-K contains a press release issued by Statoil ASA on April 17, 2015, entitled "Statoil's share saving plan allocates shares".

Statoil's share saving plan allocates shares

The shares purchased by DNB on behalf of Statoil ASA (OSE: STL, NYSE:STO) on the 15th of April 2015 for use in the group's Share Saving Plan have on the 17th of April 2015 been distributed to the employees in accordance with their savings amount.

Following this, the share saving plan has 8,417,565 shares.

As participants in the share saving plan, the primary insiders below have been allocated shares at an average price of NOK 159.

Name

Allocated shares

New shares holding

Anfinnsen, Tor Martin

341

9 789

Bacher, Lars Christian

350

22 767

Bjørn, Benedikte Bettina

46

848

Di Valerio, Ingrid Elisabeth

112

2 607

Dodson, Timothy

277

25 150

Gjærum, Reidar

274

22 684

Hilland, Jannicke

229

11 348

Hovden, Magne Andre

252

10 204

Klouman, Hans Henrik

397

21 318

Knight, John Nicholas

813

73 452

Kvelvane, Ørjan

172

2 987

Mathieu, Philippe François

203

7 754

Opedal, Anders

13

12 023

Reitan, Torgrim

360

25 196

Skeie, Svein

221

19 218

Sætre, Eldar

284

30 270

Øvrum, Margareth

369

38 804

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.

 

STATOIL ASA
(Registrant)
 

Dated: April 17, 2015

By:

___/s/ Torgrim Reitan
Name: Torgrim Reitan
Title:     Chief Financial Officer