Our principal offices located at Forusbeen 50, N-4035, Stavanger, Norway, comprise approximately 135,000 square metres of office space, and are owned by Statoil.A contract has been signed with IT Fornebu Holding AS in Oslo for the long-term lease of a new 60,000 square metre office building to be built at Fornebu in Bærum municipality. The building, which will enable all of Statoil's activities in the Oslo region to be consolidated, will be ready for occupation in autumn 2012. IT Fornebu Holding AS will be the owner and Statoil will be the tenant.

For a description of our significant reserves and sources of oil and natural gas, see note 35 - Supplementary oil and gas information in the Consolidated Financial Statements in this report.