Statistics Norway

Oil activities - investment statistics

2 Accrued investment costs for oil and gas exploration, by cost category. Q2 2008-Q2 2010. NOK million
  2008 2009 2010
  Q 2 Q 3 Q4 Q1 Q 2 Q 3 Q4 Q1 Q 2
Exploration costs, total 5 394 6 576 7 045 7 108 7 124 6 728 6 309 5 464 6 847
                   
Exploration drilling 3 602 3 455 4 931 5 522 5 415 5 257 5 026 4 170 4 927
General Exploration  979 2 079  772  440  983  726  517  351  764
Field evaluation/field development  144  353  233  222  304  222  261  269  352
Administration and other costs  670  688 1 109  924  422  523  505  673  804

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