Annual report 1998 p. 16

Translated from Norwegian (via Google translater):

Statoilkonsernet hadde 18 133 ansatte ved utgangen av 1998, mot 16 777 ved forrige årsskifte.

The Statoil Group had 18,133 employees at the end of 1998, compared with 16,777 at the end of last year.

Modified:

mistake in 1998 report p.16 about the number of previous year (1997) employees. According to the 1997 annual report p. 13: The Statoil group had 17 177 employees at 31 December 1997, as against 15 171 a year earlier.