Statistics Norway

Oil activities - investment statistics

2 Accrued investment costs for oil and gas exploration, by cost category. Q4 2007-Q4 2009. NOK million
  2007 2008 2009
  Q4 Q1 Q 2 Q 3 Q4 Q1 Q 2 Q 3 Q4
Exploration costs, total 5 243 4 299 5 394 6 576 7 045 7 108 7 124 6 728 6 309
                   
Exploration drilling 3 679 3 580 3 602 3 455 4 931 5 522 5 415 5 257 5 026
General Exploration  970  238  979 2 079  772  440  983  726  517
Field evaluation/field development  218 -323  144  353  233  222  304  222  261
Administration and other costs  376  803  670  688 1 109  924  422  523  505

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