Olav Skalmeraas

Olav Skalmeraas

• Vice President Equinor

Olav is vice president for Government & Regulatory affairs and Country Manager for Statoil in Germany, since 2017. Before he headed Statoil’s Carbon Capture Utilization & Storage activities and has worked in North America and in Central Asia overseeing Statoil’s midstream activities.
Before joining Statoil in 2008, Olav worked in Norsk Hydro as managing director of Norsk Hydro’s aluminum activities in South America and before 2004 as vice president of power and gas marketing activities in Europe. Prior to 2000 he had various managerial positions within oil and gas sales and transportation in Saga Petroleum.
Olav has a Master of Science in Marine Engineering and postgraduate studies in economics.