Statistics Norway

Oil activities - investment statistics

2   Accrued investment costs for oil and gas exploration, by cost category. Q2 2001-Q2 2003. Million NOK
  2001 2002 2003
  Q 2 Q 3 Q4 Q1 Q 2 Q 3 Q4 Q1 Q 2
Exploration costs, total 1 858 1 543 1 560 1 808  865  839  969  869 1 303
                   
Exploration drilling 1 210 1 168 1 042 1 181  595  277  657  290 1 027
General Exploration  124  363  194  105  139  358  129  114  108
Field evaluation/field development  376 53  192 58 44  117 87 60 77
Administration and other costs  149 -40  132  465 87 87 95  405 90

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