We suffered six fatal accidents in 2009. Three of our employees in Brazil were on board Air France flight 447 which disappeared over the Atlantic on 1
June. On 7 May 2009 we experienced an accident in connection with the dismantling of scaffolding on Oseberg B, when one of our contractor employees was fatally injured. On 7 September a fatal accident occurred on the LPG carrier "Lady Shana" during a port call at Petit Couronne in France, when one crew member fell from the shore gangway and into the river Seine. On 17 October a fatality occurred when one of our contractor employees was fatally injured during work at the Leismer project in Canada.

The board of directors emphasises the importance of understanding factors that create risks in order to avoid major accidents. We work systematically to
mitigate risks that are critical to operating safely and reliably, and continuous improvement for better safety results has high attention in all our business
areas.

In order to meet our goal of improving safety results in all our businesses, we hold a large number of training sessions in compliance and risk m anagement.
 
Major organisational changes have been planned and implemented in a safe manner. For Statoil's North Sea operations, strong cooperation between
offshore units, onshore support functions and management is essential. A new organisational model has now been implemented, and there is a particular focus on risk management in this respect. Compensatory measures are continuously implemented in order to reduce the probability of any kind of accident occuring.

Our compliance programme focuses on the integration of our values in all activities, and on compliance with internal and external requirements. Where
requirements cannot be met, the risk will be identified and controlled as part of the systematic handling of non-conformities.
 
Statoil's safety results with respect to serious incidents have been at a stable level in recent years. The overall Serious Incident Frequency (SIF) improved
from 2.2 in 2008 to 1.9 in 2009.

We strive to ensure a working environment that promotes job satisfaction and good health. This work involves monitoring of physical, chemical and
organisational factors in the working environment, and a system for following up on groups or individuals that are exposed to risks in their working
environment. Special attention is devoted to chemical health hazard.

The sick leave rate in Statoil was 4% in 2009, and is followed closely by managers at all levels.

Statoil was fined NOK 25 million by the public prosecution authorities in Norway on 18 December 2009 in connection with an oil leakage incident that
took place on 12 December 2007 on the Norwegian continental shelf.