Statistics Norway

Oil activities - investment statistics

2 Accrued investment costs for oil and gas exploration, by cost category. Q2 2006-Q2 2008. NOK million
  2006 2007 2008
  Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2
Exploration costs, total 3 125 2 698 3 371 3 911 3 784 3 908 5 243 4 299 5 394
                   
Exploration drilling 1 822 1 385 2 208 2 386 2 576 2 189 3 679 3 580 3 602
General Exploration  294  790  541  215  665 1 259  970  238  979
Field evaluation/field development  691  382  410  266  163  169  218 -323  144
Administration and other costs  318  141  212 1 044  381  292  376  803  670

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