Extraction and related services, 2017, preliminary figures

Principal figures for oil and gas activities. NOK million
	2014	2015	2016	2017	Change in per cent
	2014	2015	2016	2017	2016 - 2017
¹The statistics had several method changes that it affects comparability for the time series. Read more in About the statistics for details information.
Extraction of crude oil and natural gass, incl. transport via pipelines¹
Gross value of production	649 614	525 208	436 715	535 293	22.6
Intermediate consumption	62 368	51 566	47 083	42 120	-10.5
Value added	587 246	473 642	389 632	493 173	26.6
Value added at factor price	582 721	468 284	383 989	487 125	26.9
Employees (persons)	27 258	26 470	25 357	23 840	-6.0
Wage costs	45 686	46 085	39 400	37 528	-4.8
Royalties	4 525	5 358	5 643	6 048	7.2
Accrued investments	224 402	201 192	164 492	148 809	-9.5

Support activities for petroleum and natural gas extraction
Gross value of production	137 622	138 528	111 967	94 116	-15.9
Intermediate consumption	87 165	88 671	73 394	62 071	-15.4
Value added	50 457	49 857	38 574	32 046	-16.9
Value added at factor price	50 461	49 887	38 604	32 083	-16.9
Employees (persons)	36 814	33 282	29 182	25 485	-12.7
Wage costs	37 724	35 323	29 667	21 675	-26.9
Accrued investments	4 039	4 058	995	2 015	102.5

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