Statoil (fuel station)

Infobox Chain
name = Statoil

type = Fuel station
structure = Vertical integrated
Franchise
owner = StatoilHydro
foundation = 1985
area_served = Northern Europe
locations = 2,000
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homepage = [http://www.statoilcard.ie/ http://www.statoilcard.ie/]
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Statoil is a chain of fuel stations operating in eight countries in Northern Europe. The chain is owned by StatoilHydro and operates about 2,000 stations, including the unmanned chain 1-2-3.

tations

* Denmark: 329
* Sweden: 600
* Norway: 500
* Estonia: 46
* Latvia: 60
* Lithuania: 66
* Poland: 200
* Russia: 8

History

In the mid 1980s Statoil decided to become a fully-integrated company, and decided to launch its own fuel station chain in Scandinavia. It did this by buying the Esso stations in Sweden and Denmark in 1985, along with the Norol stations in Norway, and rebranding them as Statoil. In 1992 it bought the British Petroleum stations in Ireland along with the Jet stations in 1995. In the early 1990s Statoil chose to enter the Eastern European market as well. The unmanned 1-2-3 chain was launched in 2001. In mid-2008, Statoil service stations in the Republic of Ireland began to rebrand as Topaz, following the acquisition of the company in 2006 by Irish oil firm Topaz Energy Group.