Recommendation from the Nomination Committee and proposed new Board members

Det norske oljeselskap ASA’s (Det norske) nomination committee has nominated Murray Auchincloss, Upstream Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Head of Business Development at BP as new member to Det norske’s Corporate Assembly. Mr. Auchincloss will replace Odd Reitan, who have informed the Nomination Committee the he want to resign from the Corporate Assembly. The election will take place at the company’s Extraordinary General Meeting 15 September. Further information is available at the Det norske’s homepage: http://www.detnor.no/en/investor/the-share/general-meeting/.

The nomination committee have nominated Bernard Looney, Chief Executive Upstream in BP and Kate Thomson, Group Head of Tax in BP as new members of Det norske’s Board of Directors. The election of new board members will take place at a Corporate Assembly meeting in late September.