Energy and Retail, which has approximately 11,000 employees, consists of approximately 2,100 service stations and 350 truck stops in eight countries. We also market refined products directly to consumer and industrial markets.
The full-service stations in the Retail segment provide automotive fuels, car accessories and basic vehicle service products. In addition, most stations offer consumer goods, including fast food, convenience products and basic groceries.
In 2008, these stations, together with automated stations, sold approximately 8.4 billion litres of petrol and diesel. Sales from truck stops accounted for additional sales of 1 billion litres.
The following table lists these retail outlets by region or country as of 31 December 2008 and our volume of automotive fuel sales for the year ended 31 December 2008.
| StatoilHydro owned and operated |
276 |
185 |
164 |
15 |
640 |
| StatoilHydro owned and dealer operated |
517 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
518 |
| Dealer owned and StatoilHydro operated |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Dealer owned and operated |
254 |
44 |
10 |
0 |
308 |
| Automated stations |
555 |
41 |
17 |
0 |
613 |
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| Petrol |
2,453 |
361 |
521 |
37 |
3372 |
| Diesel |
3,819 |
392 |
560 |
4 |
4775 |
| LPG/Ethanol |
337 |
144 |
29 |
0 |
510 |
In addition to retail operations, Energy and Retail also supplies aviation and marine fuels, as well as a large number of Statoil-brand refined products. Such products include oil-based heating fuels and lubricants, which are supplied to both retail and industrial customers. We have operations for lubricants and LPG in Poland and the Baltic countries, supplementing our strong market position in Scandinavia.
The majority of Energy and Retail sales are generated in Scandinavia. We have an approximate transport fuel market share of 36% in Norway and 23% in Denmark. In Sweden, our transport fuel market share is approximately 33%, based on sales from Statoil and Hydro-branded stations together with truck site sales and bulk deliveries. Other service stations are located in Poland, Russia and the Baltic countries: Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia. We rank as a market leader, measured in terms of fuel volumes sold, in Estonia and Latvia with approximately 26% and 34%, respectively, of the local transport fuel market in 2008.
Acquisition of Jet
On 21 October 2008, the European Commission granted permission for StatoilHydro to take over the bulk of the Jet self-service retail chain in Scandinavia that was then owned and operated by ConocoPhillips. To comply with the terms set by the commission, StatoilHydro agreed to sell 80 of the 274 filling stations acquired, in order to limit market concentration. StatoilHydro will also be obliged to sell 118 Hydro stations in Sweden as part of the divestment package.
The transaction is an important element in our endeavours to become the leading fuel company in Scandinavia.
