Statistics Norway

Oil activities - investment statistics

2 Accrued investment costs for oil and gas exploration, by cost category. Q3 2008-Q3 2010. NOK million
  2008 2009 2010
  Q 3 Q4 Q1 Q 2 Q 3 Q4 Q1 Q 2 Q 3
Exploration costs, total 6 576 7 045 7 108 7 124 6 728 6 309 5 464 6 855 5 387
                   
Exploration drilling 3 455 4 931 5 522 5 415 5 257 5 026 4 170 4 927 3 580
General Exploration 2 079  772  440  983  726  517  351  772  921
Field evaluation/field development  353  233  222  304  222  261  269  352  452
Administration and other costs  688 1 109  924  422  523  505  673  804  434

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