Statistics Norway

Oil activities - investment statistics

2   Accrued investment costs for oil and gas exploration, by cost category. Q3 2001 - Q3 2003. Million NOK
  2001 2002 2003
  Q 3 Q4 Q1 Q 2 Q 3 Q4 Q1 Q 2 Q 3
Exploration costs, total 1 543 1 560 1 808  865  839  969  869 1 303 1 282
                   
Exploration drilling 1 168 1 042 1 181  595  277  657  290 1 027  940
General Exploration  363  194  105  139  358  129  114  108  142
Field evaluation/field development 53  192 58 44  117 87 60 77  103
Administration and other costs -40  132  465 87 87 95  405 90 97

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