UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

November 8, 2011
Commission File Number 1-15200

Statoil ASA

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
FORUSBEEN 50, N-4035, STAVANGER, NORWAY
(Address of principal executive offices )

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:

Form 20-F   X      Form 40-F

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):           
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):           

This Report on Form 6-K contains a press release issued by Statoil ASA on November 8, 2011, entitled "Notifiable trading".

Notifiable trading

As participants in the Statoil ASA share savings plan, the primary insiders in Statoil Fuel&Retail below have been allocated Statoil ASA shares monthly, from January until October 2011. By mistake, this has not been notified at each allocation. Average share price is NOK 137.40.

Name	Allocated shares	New share holding
Jon Arnt Jacobsen	1757	18730
Marthe Hoff	670	3926

This information is subject of the disclosure requirements acc. to § 4-1 in the Norwegian Securities Trading Act

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

	STATOIL ASA (Registrant)
Dated: November 8, 2011	By:	___/s/ Torgrim Reitan Name: Torgrim Reitan Title:     Chief Financial Officer