Statoil Fuel&Retail : Statoil Fuel & Retail opens its most advanced station in Norway

17 January 2012 - Statoil Fuel & Retail's most modern full service station is now open - located 80 kilometres north of Oslo alongside the E6 motorway in Minnesund. The station offers visitors a range of new facilities and services including its own chef, speed charging for electric cars and much more.  

"We open nearly one station every week in one of our eight European markets. This station however is different. It represents our first concept introduction after our stock listing. It is the most futuristic addition to our station network and will serve as a testing laboratory to help us decide which features to roll out in our network," says Jacob Schram, CEO Statoil Fuel & Retail

"This new highway station offers even better features for families, children, professional drivers, electric car owners and anyone who needs a refill while on the road. The station has innovations for everyone, whether they want to eat, rest, work, play, recharge or simply refuel," says Dag Roger Rinde, leader of Statoil Fuel & Retail's Norwegian business unit.

The 15,000 square metre site offers generous parking with eight gasoline and diesel pumps, plus separate pumps for heavy goods vehicles and a speed charger for electric cars. Car wash facilities are complemented by a truck wash and shower and laundry facilities for those who want them.

One of the highest priorities at the new station has been to create a broad offering of hot and cold food. Separate menus for breakfast, lunch and dinner with a variety of salads, meat, fish dishes and even sushi. This is the first full service station in Norway to have a dedicated chef.

Statoil Fuel & Retail's Minnesund station offers an appealing, spacious and efficient environment. Customers can relax and take a seat indoors or out while they enjoy their meal or a selection of freshly ground coffee and other hot drinks. A children's play room, free wireless internet access and plenty of clean, fresh bathrooms look after their other needs.

The station employs 18 people hand-picked from more than 250 applicants. Station manager Anniken Strand, who has moved to Minnesund with her family to run the station, stressed industry knowledge, background and local connections when choosing her team. Anniken has been involved in all of the preparations for the opening, including supervising weeks of intensive staff training that ranged from knowledge of cars, through cooking and food safety to robbery prevention and fire fighting.

The station was formally opened by Einar Madsen, the mayor of Eidsvoll municipality (where the station is located), Jacob Schram, CEO Statoil Fuel & Retail and Dag Roger Rinde, business unit leader Norway, Statoil Fuel & Retail.  

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About Statoil Fuel & Retail

Statoil Fuel & Retail is a leading Scandinavian road transport fuel retailer with over 100 years of operations experience in the region. The company has a broad retail network across Scandinavia, Poland, the Baltics, and Russia with approximately 2,300 full-service (fuel and convenience) or automated (fuel only) stations.

Statoil Fuel & Retail's other products include stationary energy, marine fuel, aviation fuel, lubricants and chemicals. In Europe, Statoil Fuel & Retail operates 12 key terminals, approximately 400 road tankers and 50 depots in eight countries. The company also delivers aviation fuel at 85 airports in nine countries and produces and sells 750 different lubricant products.

Approximately 17,000 people work at Statoil Fuel & Retail's sites across Europe. This includes employees at Statoil's branded franchise stations. About 2,400 people work in the corporate headquarters, eight national headquarters and at terminals and depots.