Statistics Norway

Oil activities - investment statistics

2 Accrued investment costs for oil and gas exploration, by cost category. Q3 2010-Q3 2012. NOK million
  2010 2011 2012
  Q 3 Q4 Q1 Q1 Q 3 Q4 Q1 Q1 Q 3
Exploration costs, total 5 387 7 228 5 990 6 190 7 977 6 612 6 314 5 680 5 545
                   
Exploration drilling 3 580 5 519 4 504 4 952 6 213 4 872 4 788 3 872 3 660
General Exploration  921  594  356  526  852  630  484  957 1 013
Field evaluation/field development  452  578  411  304  373  552  327  319  332
Administration and other costs  434  537  720  408  538  559  716  532  540

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