Statistics Norway

Oil activities - investment statistics

2 Accrued investment costs for oil and gas exploration, by cost category. Q4 2009-Q4 2011. NOK million
  2009 2010 2011
  Q4 Q1 Q 2 Q 3 Q4 Q1 Q1 Q 3 Q4
Exploration costs, total 6 309 5 464 6 855 5 387 7 228 5 990 6 190 7 977 6 612
                   
Exploration drilling 5 026 4 170 4 927 3 580 5 519 4 504 4 952 6 213 4 872
General Exploration  517  351  772  921  594  356  526  852  630
Field evaluation/field development  261  269  352  452  578  411  304  373  552
Administration and other costs  505  673  804  434  537  720  408  538  559

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