Statoil ASA was a Norwegian petroleum company established in 1972. It merged with the oil and gas division of Norsk Hydro in 2007 and was known as StatoilHydro until 2009,when the name was changed back to Statoil ASA. The brand Statoil was retained as a chain of fuel stations owned by StatoilHydro. Statoil was the largest petroleum company in the Nordic countries. In the 2013 Fortune 500,Statoil was ranked as the 39th -largest company in the world. While Statoil was listed on both the Oslo Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange,the Norwegian state still held majority ownership,with 64%. The company's headquarters are located in Norway's oil capital Stavanger. The name Statoil was a truncated form of the State's oil (company).
Norsk Hydro ASA is a Norwegian aluminium and renewable energy company,headquartered in Oslo. It is one of the largest aluminium companies worldwide. It has operations in some 50 countries around the world and is active on all continents. The Norwegian state owns 34.3% of the company through the Ministry of Trade,Industry and Fisheries. A further 6.5% is owned by Folketrygdfond,which administers the Government Pension Fund of Norway. Norsk Hydro employs approximately 35,000 people. Eivind Kallevik has been the CEO since May,2024,following Hilde Merete Aasheim.
Helge Lund is a Norwegian businessman who has been chairman of BP since January 2019,and chairman of the Danish healthcare company Novo Nordisk since 2018. He is the former chief executive officer (CEO) of BG Group,Statoil and Aker Kværner,and was a director of Schlumberger from June 2016 to April 2018.
Yara International ASA is a Norwegian chemical company. It produces,distributes,and sells nitrogen-based mineral fertilizers and related industrial products. Its product line also includes phosphate and potash-based mineral fertilizers,as well as complex and specialty mineral fertilizer products.
Equinor ASA is a Norwegian state-owned multinational energy company headquartered in Stavanger,Norway. It is primarily a petroleum company operating in 36 countries with additional investments in renewable energy. In the 2020 Forbes Global 2000,Equinor was ranked as the 169th-largest public company in the world. In 2023,the company was ranked 52nd in the same list. As of 2021,the company has 21,126 employees.
Olav Fjell is a Norwegian businessperson. He was the chief executive officer (CEO) of Statoil from 1999 to 2003,and of Hurtigruten from 2007 to 2012.
Svein Rennemo is a Norwegian businessperson and former chair of Statoil.
Ellen Christine Hambro is a Norwegian civil servant.
Torvild Aakvaag was a Norwegian businessperson.
Siri Beate Hatlen is a Norwegian businessperson. A "Sivilingeniør" by education with several years in the petroleum industry,since 1996 she has been an independent consultant. After succeeding in turning operations in various companies in the late 1990s,she has become best known as a health executive. She was the chair of the Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority during its entire existence from 2001 to 2006,later chief executive officer of Oslo University Hospital from 2009 to 2011.
Sven Ombudstvedt is a Norwegian businessperson. He is the chief executive officer of Norske Skog (2010–present).
Kaare Frydenberg is a Norwegian businessperson.
Kjeld Rimberg was a Norwegian businessperson.
Jan Erik Langangen is a Norwegian businessperson and lawyer.
Robert Hermansen is a Norwegian businessperson.
Borger Arildssøn Lenth was a Norwegian civil servant,banker and lawyer.
Henrik Julius Ager-Hanssen was a Norwegian nuclear physicist and businessperson. He spent his career in the nuclear energy sector from 1956 to 1975,then in the petroleum company Statoil from 1976 to 1998.
Svein Richard Brandtzæg is a Norwegian chemist and business executive.
Arnfinn Hofstad is a Norwegian businessperson.
Libya–Norway relations are the bilateral and diplomatic relations between Libya and Norway. While neither country has an embassy in the other—Libya has its closest embassy in Stockholm,whereas Norway has an embassy in Cairo—the economic relations have been more significant. Notably,Norway also took part in the bombing campaign against Libya in 2011.
