Statistics Norway

Oil activities - investment statistics

2 Accrued investment costs for oil and gas exploration, by cost category. Q4 2008-Q4 2010. NOK million
  2008 2009 2010
  Q4 Q1 Q 2 Q 3 Q4 Q1 Q 2 Q 3 Q4
Exploration costs, total 7 045 7 108 7 124 6 728 6 309 5 464 6 855 5 387 7 228
                   
Exploration drilling 4 931 5 522 5 415 5 257 5 026 4 170 4 927 3 580 5 519
General exploration  772  440  983  726  517  351  772  921  594
Field evaluation/field development  233  222  304  222  261  269  352  452  578
Administration and other costs 1 109  924  422  523  505  673  804  434  537

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