Statistics Norway

Oil activities - investment statistics

2 Accrued investment costs for oil and gas exploration, by cost category. Q3 2009-Q3 2011. NOK million
  2009 2010 2011
  Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q1 Q3
Exploration costs, total 6 728 6 309 5 464 6 855 5 387 7 228 5 990 6 190 7 977
                   
Exploration drilling 5 257 5 026 4 170 4 927 3 580 5 519 4 504 4 952 6 213
General Exploration  726  517  351  772  921  594  356  526  852
Field evaluation/field development  222  261  269  352  452  578  411  304  373
Administration and other costs  523  505  673  804  434  537  720  408  538

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