Oil activities - investment statistics

2   Accrued investment costs for oil and gas exploration, by cost category. Q3 1999 - Q3 2001. Million NOK
  1999 2000 2001
  Q 3 Q 4 Q 1 Q 2 Q 3 Q4 Q1 Q 2 Q 3
Exploration costs, total 1 070 1 270 1 047 1 066 1 257 1 902 1 598 1 657 1 423
                   
Exploration drilling 768 569 523 707 668 1 212 869 1 131 1 145
General Exploration 134 179 76 117 176 238 95 123 363
Field evaluation/field development 63 217 42 102 212 276 202 263 -36
Administration and other costs 105 306 406 140 201 176 433 140 -49

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