▁its ▁name ▁to ▁Stato il ▁AS A . ▁The ▁government ▁retained ▁ 8 1 . 7 % ▁of ▁the ▁shares . ▁Through ▁further ▁priv at ization ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁and ▁ 2 0 0 5 , ▁the ▁government ' s ▁share ▁was ▁reduced ▁to ▁ 7 0 . 9 %. ▁ ▁The ▁company ▁operated ▁three ▁br ands ▁of ▁fuel ▁stations : ▁Stato il , ▁H ydro , ▁and ▁ 1 - 2 - 3 . ▁Stato il ▁operated ▁pet rol ▁station ▁services ▁in ▁Den mark , ▁Est onia , ▁Ireland , ▁Lat via , ▁Lith u ania , ▁Norway , ▁Poland , ▁Russia , ▁and ▁Sweden . ▁Some ▁fully ▁autom ated ▁stations ▁are ▁brand ed ▁ 1 - 2 - 3 . ▁In ▁Sweden , ▁the ▁company ▁also ▁operated ▁H ydro ▁stations . ▁In ▁total , ▁Stato il ▁had ▁about ▁ 2 , 0 0 0 ▁fuel ▁stations . ▁ ▁The ▁Stato il / H orton ▁case ▁refers ▁to ▁the ▁company ' s ▁use ▁of ▁b rib es ▁in ▁Iran ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 2 – 2 0 0 3 ▁in ▁an ▁attempt ▁to ▁secure ▁luc r ative ▁oil ▁contract s ▁in ▁that ▁country . ▁ ▁This ▁was ▁mainly ▁achieved ▁by ▁h iring ▁the ▁services ▁of ▁H orton ▁In vest ments , ▁an ▁Iran ian ▁consult ancy ▁firm ▁owned ▁by ▁Me h di ▁Hash emi ▁Raf san j ani , ▁son ▁of ▁former ▁Iran ian ▁President ▁Hash emi ▁Raf san j ani . ▁H orton ▁In vest ments ▁was