Table 7 Accrued investment costs for oil and gas exploration, by cost category. Q2 2004

7	Accrued investment costs for oil and gas exploration, by cost category. Q2 2004 - Q3 2006. NOK Million

	2004			2005				2006

	Q 2	Q3	Q 4	Q 1	Q 2	Q3	Q 4	Q 1	Q 2	Q3

Exploration costs, total	1 062	754	1 276	1 452	1 924	1 856	2 304	2 524	3 125	2 698

Exploration drilling	594	192	732	852	1 272	848	1 394	1 775	1 822	1 385
Drilling rigs	190	11	210	259	309	383	413	618	691	513
Hire of drilling rigs	176	8	171	251	305	366	361	578	633	448
Other drilling costs	14	3	39	8	4	17	53	40	58	65
Transportation costs	41	6	40	66	152	102	215	232	178	227
Helicopters and airplanes	9	1	11	18	34	26	41	43	34	34
Vessels	32	4	28	48	118	77	174	189	144	193
Commodities	61	38	66	99	126	134	134	219	189	136
Liner, wellheads, drill bits etc.	36	18	29	30	28	67	40	95	93	56
Cement	6	6	6	2	10	10	18	7	11	6
Drilling mud	5	12	8	24	24	20	32	43	27	41
Fuel	12	0	19	21	31	23	36	61	50	26
Use of machinery and equipment	2	2	3	21	34	15	7	12	6	6
Smaller equipment	0	0	0	0	0	-	0	1	3	1
Technical services	302	137	416	428	686	228	632	706	763	509
Clearing	20	14	4	10	14	19	39	34	30	26
Cement services	6	-1	5	6	9	11	9	15	35	26
Drilling mud services	14	-6	19	23	25	22	4	28	54	42
Logging	20	14	10	27	42	19	77	43	53	64
Testing	0	0	2	6	10	7	9	25	34	13
Diving	5	2	6	7	12	17	7	13	17	19
Costs of onshore bases	22	10	26	15	20	12	44	45	38	29
Other technical services	213	104	343	334	554	122	443	501	501	289

General Exploration	187	309	278	125	389	499	569	184	294	790
Geology/geophysics	96	78	107	90	105	90	358	113	109	103
Seismic	64	216	116	14	270	390	147	58	158	517
Special studies	27	16	55	21	15	19	63	13	27	169

Field evaluation/field development	188	173	127	74	133	201	241	201	691	382

Administration and other costs	94	80	139	402	130	308	100	364	318	141
Licence administration	23	29	54	43	36	38	31	52	32	50
Other administration	59	49	74	176	78	260	54	96	257	78
Area fee	11	3	11	183	16	9	15	216	29	13

Source: Investment statistics, oil and gas. Statistics Norway. http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/10/06/20