Statoil is an international energy company with operations in 35 countries. Building on more than 35 years of experience from oil and gas production on the Norwegian continental shelf, we are committed to accommodating the world's energy needs in a responsible manner, applying technology and creating innovative business solutions. We are headquartered in Norway with 20,000+ employees worldwide, and are listed on the New York and Oslo stock exchanges. To date Statoil has invested more than USD $11 billion in US upstream activities, and currently produces more than 70,000 barrels of oil equivalent a day. Our Houston office currently staffs more than 500 people. We have US offices located in Anchorage, Austin, North Dakota, Houston, Stamford and Washington D.C. USA, Our North American upstream activities are managed from two main offices located in Houston, Texas and Calgary, Alberta. Our midstream, marketing and trading activities are managed from our office in Stamford, Connecticut. We additionally staff offices in Anchorage, Alaska; Austin, Texas; Washington, D.C; and Williston, North Dakota, as well as in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada and Mexico City, Mexico. We also own and operate the South Riding Point oil terminal in the Bahamas. We are active in some of the most exciting energy resource areas of North America with a focus on deep-water exploration and production, shale and tight rock hydrocarbons and heavy oil. We owns interests in four producing offshore fields in the U.S. and two producing fields offshore Canada. We are one of the largest leaseholders in the deep-water areas of the Gulf of Mexico and off Canada's east coast, and we possess a substantial portfolio of exploration acreage as both operator and partner. We also have exploration licenses in the Chukchi Sea in Alaska.