Abstract

Statoil is a leading oil and gas exploration, production, transport, refining, and marketing giant, based in Norway. The company has operations in 25 countries. Statoil faces many risks. These include capacity expansion risks, acquisitions risks, operations risks, political risks, health, safety, environmental and catastrophe risks, equity price risks, foreign exchange risks, interest rate risks and credit risks. The case outlines the risks and the mechanisms Statoil employs to mitigate them.

Learning Objectives

The case is structured to achieve the following Learning Objectives:

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Keywords

Norway's oil giant, Statoil, Risks in capacity expansion, Political risks, Catastrophe risks, Equity price risks, Foreign exchange risks, Operations risks, Health, safety and environmental risks, Interest rate risks