Statistics Norway

Oil activities - investment statistics

2 Accrued investment costs for oil and gas exploration, by cost category. Q1 2010-Q1 2012. NOK million
  2010 2011 2012
  Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q1 Q3 Q4 Q1
Exploration costs, total 5 464 6 855 5 387 7 228 5 990 6 190 7 977 6 612 6 295
                   
Exploration drilling 4 170 4 927 3 580 5 519 4 504 4 952 6 213 4 872 4 769
General Exploration  351  772  921  594  356  526  852  630  484
Field evaluation/field development  269  352  452  578  411  304  373  552  327
Administration and other costs  673  804  434  537  720  408  538  559  716

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