Statistics Norway

Oil activities - investment statistics

2 Accrued investment costs for oil and gas exploration, by cost category. Q4 2008-Q4 2010. Million NOK
  2009 2010 2011
  Q1 Q 2 Q 3 Q4 Q1 Q 2 Q 3 Q4 Q1
Exploration costs, total 7 108 7 124 6 728 6 309 5 464 6 855 5 387 7 228 5 990
                   
Exploration drilling 5 522 5 415 5 257 5 026 4 170 4 927 3 580 5 519 4 504
General Exploration  440  983  726  517  351  772  921  594  356
Field evaluation/field development  222  304  222  261  269  352  452  578  411
Administration and other costs  924  422  523  505  673  804  434  537  720

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