Oil activities - investment statistics

2   Accrued investment costs for oil and gas exploration, by cost category. Q3 1998 - Q3 2000. Million NOK
  1998 1999 2000
  Q 3 Q 4 Q 1 Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 Q 1 Q 2 Q 3
Exploration costs, total 1 912 1 811 1 587 1 066 1 070 1 270 1 047 1 066 1 257
                   
Exploration drilling 1 032 959 774 614 768 569 523 707 668
General Exploration 447 358 125 146 134 179 76 117 176
Field evaluation/field development 209 276 121 140 63 217 42 102 212
Administration and other costs 223 218 567 166 105 306 406 140 201

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