Statistics Norway

Income statistics for petroleum companies

1   Income and taxes for companies which are carrying out oil and gas extraction and transport via pipelines1. 1998-2002. NOK million
       1998      1999      2000      2001      2002
Calculation of ordinary income          
Income before financial items2 21 708     46 607      140 152      140 781      124 763
+ Financial items3 -6 323 -8 406 -10 289 -6 321 1 145
Net income on shelf 15 386 38 201  129 863  134 460  125 908
Deficit/financial expenditure from previous years4  369 1 559 3 328 1 511 1 619
           
Ordinary income 15 017 36 643  126 534  132 949  124 291
Positive (taxable) income 16 587 37 999  127 037  133 322  124 429
Negative income 1 571 1 356  502  373  139
           
Assessed tax on income 4 644 10 640 35 570 37 330 34 840
           
Calculation of income liable to special tax          
Ordinary income 16 587 37 999  127 037  133 322  124 429
- This years uplift 6 619 8 588 10 513 11 825 11 810
- Uplift and remuneration for manufacturing carried forward from previous years and other corrections5 -286 2 170 3 760 -657 35
Income liable to special tax 10 255 27 240  112 765  122 153  112 585
           
Assessed special tax 5 128 13 620 56 382 61 077 56 292
           
Total assessed taxes 9 772 24 260 91 953 98 407 91 133
           
Number of taxpayers6 20 23 27 27 25
1  Assessed by the Petroleum Tax Office pursuant to the Petroleum Tax Act.
2  Reduced for deficit from other activities.
3  Effective from fiscal year 2002 new rules for apportioning financial items apply, see The Petroleum Tax Act § 3 d. Unapportioned financial costs as of 31. december 2001 have been apportioned in accordance with the rules in The Petroleum Tax Act § 3 d. The item also includes corrections for deductions made with reference to section 6-42 of the general Tax Act. .
4  Deficit/financial expenditure from previous years also includes special deductions made with reference to section 10 of the Petroleum Tax Act.
5  Other corrections include inter alia deductions made with reference to section 6-42 of the general Tax Act and deficit from other activities.
6  Non-personal taxpayers with assessed tax based on income and/or property before possible tax deductions.

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