Oil activities - investment statistics

2   Accrued investment costs for oil and gas exploration, by cost category. Q2 1999-Q2 2001. Million NOK
  1999 2000 2001
  Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 Q 1 Q 2 Q 3 Q4 Q1 Q 2
Exploration costs, total 1 066 1 070 1 270 1 047 1 066 1 257 1 902 1 590 1 657
                   
Exploration drilling 614 768 569 523 707 668 1 212 860 1 131
General Exploration 146 134 179 76 117 176 238 95 123
Field evaluation/field development 140 63 217 42 102 212 276 202 263
Administration and other costs 166 105 306 406 140 201 175 433 140

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