Statistics Norway

Oil activities - investment statistics

2 Accrued investment costs for oil and gas exploration, by cost category. Q2 2009-Q2 2011. NOK million
  2009 2010 2011
  Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q1
Exploration costs, total 7 124 6 728 6 309 5 464 6 855 5 387 7 228 5 990 6 190
                   
Exploration drilling 5 415 5 257 5 026 4 170 4 927 3 580 5 519 4 504 4 952
General Exploration  983  726  517  351  772  921  594  356  526
Field evaluation/field development  304  222  261  269  352  452  578  411  304
Administration and other costs  422  523  505  673  804  434  537  720  408

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