Statistics Norway

7   Accrued investment costs for oil and gas exploration, by cost category. Q1 2004 - Q2 2006. NOK million
  2004 2005 2006
  Q 1 Q 2 Q3 Q 4 Q 1 Q 2 Q3 Q 4 Q 1 Q 2
Exploration costs, total  918 1 062  754 1 276 1 452 1 924 1 856 2 279 2 524 3 113
                     
Exploration drilling  346  594  192  732  852 1 272  848 1 394 1 775 1 822
Drilling rigs 86  190 11  210  259  309  383  413  618  691
Hire of drilling rigs 87  176 8  171  251  305  366  361  578  633
Other drilling costs 0 14 3 39 8 4 17 53 40 58
Transportation costs 32 41 6 40 66  152  102  215  232  178
Helicopters and airplanes 7 9 1 11 18 34 26 41 43 34
Vessels 25 32 4 28 48  118 77  174  189  144
Commodities 35 61 38 66 99  126  134  134  219  189
Liner, wellheads, drill bits etc. 17 36 18 29 30 28 67 40 95 93
Cement 4 6 6 6 2 10 10 18 7 11
Drilling mud 7 5 12 8 24 24 20 32 43 27
Fuel 6 12 0 19 21 31 23 36 61 50
Use of machinery and equipment 1 2 2 3 21 34 15 7 12 6
Smaller equipment 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 3
Technical services  193  302  137  416  428  686  228  632  706  763
Clearing 11 20 14 4 10 14 19 39 34 30
Cement services 2 6 -1 5 6 9 11 9 15 35
Drilling mud services 5 14 -6 19 23 25 22 4 28 54
Logging 21 20 14 10 27 42 19 77 43 53
Testing 1 0 0 2 6 10 7 9 25 34
Diving 6 5 2 6 7 12 17 7 13 17
Costs of onshore bases 4 22 10 26 15 20 12 44 45 38
Other technical services  142  213  104  343  334  554  122  443  501  501
                     
General Exploration 92  187  309  278  125  389  499  547  184  291
Geology/geophysics 60 96 78  107 90  105 90  336  113  108
Seismic 17 64  216  116 14  270  390  147 58  155
Special studies 14 27 16 55 21 15 19 63 13 27
                     
Field evaluation/field development  124  188  173  127 74  133  201  241  201  683
                     
Administration and other costs  356 94 80  139  402  130  308 97  364  316
Licence administration 34 23 29 54 43 36 38 31 52 32
Other administration  159 59 49 74  176 78  260 54 96  256
Area fee  164 11 3 11  183 16 9 11  216 28
Source: Investment statistics, oil and gas. Statistics Norway.
More information:  http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/10/06/20 .

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