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Hydro
Company typeFuel station
Number of locations
500
Area served
Sweden
OwnerStatoilHydro
Websitewww.norskhydro.se

Hydro was a chain of fuel stations throughout Sweden owned by Statoil. The chain had more than 500 stations, as well as some unmanned Uno-X stations.[1] The company also operated in retailing natural gas, electricity and heating oil.[citation needed]

History

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The Hydro chain was created in the 1980s–early 1990s when Norsk Hydro bought the Mobil stations in Norway,[2] Sweden,[3] and Denmark to transform itself to a vertically integrated petroleum company. The stations were rebranded Hydro in all three countries.[citation needed] In 1994 the Norwegian and Danish stations were converted to Hydro Texaco when Hydro merged its stations in the two countries with Texaco's stations.[4] In 2007 the ownership of Hydro was transferred to StatoilHydro when Norsk Hydro's oil and gas division merged with Statoil.[1] When StatoilHydro was renamed Statoil in November 2009,[5] the use of the Hydro-brand was discontinued,[6] and ownership of 198 filling stations was transferred to St1.[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Case No COMP/M.4919 – STATOILHYDRO/CONOCOPHILLIPS. REGULATION (EC) No 139/2004 MERGER PROCEDURE" (PDF). European Commission. 21 October 2008. p. 12. Retrieved 29 June 2025. Following Statoil's merger with Hydro in October 2007, SH also owns Hydro's fuel station network which comprised 426 stations at the end of 2007 (376 automated fuel stations branded "Hydro" or "Uno-X", 45 fullservice stations under the "Hydro" brand and 5 unbranded stations ("white pumps")).
  2. ^ Skarung, Eivind (19 April 2024) [3 May 2017]. "ExxonMobil 125 år" [ExxonMobil 125 years]. National Archival Services of Norway (in Norwegian). Retrieved 29 June 2025. I 1992 solgte Mobil alle sine bensinstasjoner i Norge til Norsk Hydro. [In 1992, Mobil sold all its petrol stations in Norway to Norsk Hydro.]
  3. ^ "Mobil to sell Sweden fuel business to Norwegian firm". United Press International. 25 October 1984. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  4. ^ "1994: Hydro-Texaco". Norsk Hydro. 18 August 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  5. ^ "StatoilHydro blir Statoil" [StatoilHydro becomes Statoil]. NRK (in Norwegian). 29 October 2009. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  6. ^ Statoil Annual Report on Form 20-F (2009) (Report). U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. 26 March 2010. 1-15200. The sale or closure of all Hydro-branded stations in Sweden was completed in 2009. Closure of more than 400 stations.
  7. ^ Moskwa, Wojciech; Frich, Joergen (1 April 2009). "Finnish retailer St1 buys 198 Statoil stations". Reuters. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
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