Statistics Norway

Oil activities - investment statistics

2   Accrued investment costs for oil and gas exploration, by cost category. Q4 2001-Q4 2003. NOK million
  2001 2002 2003
  Q4 Q1 Q 2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q 2 Q3 Q4
Exploration costs, total 1 560 1 808  865  839  969  869 1 303 1 282  667
                   
Exploration drilling 1 042 1 181  595  277  657  290 1 027  940  194
General Exploration  194  105  139  358  129  114  108  142  232
Field evaluation/field development  192 58 44  117 87 60 77  103  176
Administration and other costs  132  465 87 87 95  405 90 97 65

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