Innovate is Statoil's channel dedicated to open innovation

On this website we will post challenges derived from business needs that is important to us. We want to engage more people in this process - whether it is through insights, ideas or proposed solutions. Our key objective is to access substantial ideas from our industry, but also from other industries that we can learn from. If you or your company can contribute with ideas that could lead to real world solutions for Statoil, we have the competence, financial instruments and the capacity to make it happen - welcome to Statoil Innovate.

Open Challenge:

DEADLINE: 01 Jul 2013 Challenge promotion image
An increase in our production efficiency can represent great benefits for Statoil, society and maybe you. Especially how we can increase it through improved inspections of offshore pressure vessels. Do you have an insight or idea that can be a gamechanger for pressure vessel inspections? Please share it with us.

Statoil Technology Invest - commercialising technologies within the oil and gas industry

Statoil recognizing the need to support SMEs, particularly during the first critical years before their technologies have achieved commercial success, formed Statoil Technology Invest (STI) to provide expert technical and financial guidance as well as project based or venture capital funding. STI is staffed with Statoil employees with experience in venture, M&A and developing oilfield technology companies.

About Us and the Challenges Ahead

Today the energy industry is battling with the most daunting challenges it has ever faced. Demand is increasing rapidly, while the traditional sources of fossil fuels are diminishing. This coupled with the drive to reduce carbon emissions is pushing the industry to search for radically different solutions. Small businesses have been identified as being responsible for >50 percent of the innovations and >90 percent of all "radical innovation". It's no coincidence therefore that Statoil is looking at Small to Medium ... "

Our investment team

STI is staffed with Statoil employees with experience in finance, mergers & acquisitions, board management, marketing & sales, technology development and implementation and oilfield technologies. STI is supported by the larger technical community within Statoil and as a result can provide expert advice on technology development and qualification, as well as providing test wells for qualified technologies.

Venture showcase captures external innovation

On the 24th of April Statoil Technology Invest, in collaboration with Oiltech, hosted a seminar where 22 innovative technology startup companies within the oil and gas arena, got the opportunity to present their technologies to potential investors.


Investment updates


Our business needs

At Statoil we define innovation as "creating something new which is valuable and used". This means that we see our open innovation portal as an important channel to get access to ideas that can fit our business needs and has the potential to be implemented and create value for our business.

Exploration activities are aimed at the resource replacement and resource maturation challenges in our operations. Statoil works to be on the leading edge in developing and implementing new technologies in Exploration an

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Reservoir activities are aimed at the resource replacement, resource maturation, field development and heavy oil challenges in our operations. Statoil is continuously developing and implementing new technologies in this

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Statoil is continuously developing and implementing new technologies to meet our challenges. Drilling and well activities are aimed at the resource replacement, resource maturation, field development and heavy oil challe

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Creative thinking and new technologies are needed to help us meet our challenges in the facilities sector, which are aimed at the resource replacement, resource maturation, and field development in deepwater and harsh en

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Processing activities are geared towards meeting the field development and heavy oil challenges in our operations. Statoil is always on the lookout for new technologies to meet our challenges in processing.

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Innovate with Statoil

Statoil has an established partnership with LinkedIn. We have over 80.000 company followers and our Energy Innovation group has some 30.000 active members - and it is growing. We see our partnership with LinkedIn, our members and followers as a significant resource and value, so we have taken the first step to integrate Innovate and our innovation process with LinkedIn. That means that the discussions about the challenges here on Innovate will be mirrored on our new, dedicated LinkedIn group, called "Innovate with Statoil". You can authenticate with your LinkedIn-account to tap into our conversations, to contribute with your insights and ideas, and to stay updated. If you do not have a LinkedIn-account - sign up today!
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