Content
About the statistics
Definitions
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               Name and topic 
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               Name: Oil and gas activities, international market conditions (discontinued) 
 Topic: Energy and manufacturing
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               Responsible division 
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               Division for Energy and Environmental Statistics 
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               Definitions of the main concepts and variables 
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               Brent Blend: A major trading classification of light crude oil that is extracted in the North Sea. It serves as a major benchmark price for purchases for oil worldwide. Brent Blend is traded on the InterContinentalExchange (ICE) in London. 
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               Standard classifications 
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               Not relevant 
Administrative information
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               Regional level 
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               Globally 
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               Frequency and timeliness 
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               Quarterly 
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               International reporting 
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               Not relevant 
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               Microdata 
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Background
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               Background and purpose 
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               The statisisics gives a descriptive analysis of the development in the international oil market, represented by the development in Brent Blend oil prices. The analysis was earlier a part of the Official Statistics of Norway publication Oil and Gas activity. 
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               Users and applications 
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               Anyone who is interested in a desciptive analysis of the development in the international oil market. 
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               Coherence with other statistics 
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               Not relevant 
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               Legal authority 
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               Not relevant 
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               EEA reference 
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Production
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               Population 
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               Not relevant 
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               Data sources and sampling 
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               IEAs Monthly Oil Market report is the source for the demand and supply data presentated in the statistics. The source for the Brent Blend prices is ECOWIN. 
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               Collection of data, editing and estimations 
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               Not relevant 
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               Confidentiality 
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               Not relevant 
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               Comparability over time and space 
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               Not relevant 
Accuracy and reliability
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               Sources of error and uncertainty 
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               Not relevant 
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Find Brent Blend prices, both as a weekly and yearly average, dating back to 1998.