Statistics Norway

Oil activities

1   Principal figures for extraction of crude oil and natural gas1. 1998-2002
  1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Employees 15 865 15 998 14 283 14 467 15 913
Offshore 5 192 5 485 4 822 5 179 5 186
Onshore 10 673 10 513 9 461 9 288 10 727
    NOK million
Compensation of employees 10 489 11 919 11 949 13 395 13 969
Offshore 3 303 4 010 4 562 5 754 6 043
Onshore 7 186 7 909 7 387 7 641 7 926
           
Gross value of production  138 781  187 296  365 420  336 772  285 550
Of this          
Value of goods produced on own account  129 065  174 270  348 809  319 213  267 106
           
Intermediate consumption 26 532 29 298 328 843 33 986 32 726
Of this          
Fields on stream 17 625 17 868 20 331 24 065 24 015
Non - operator costs 3 106 3 027 1 300 2 220 1 696
           
Value added  112 249  157 998  325 078  302 785  2252 824
           
Royalties total 7 374 7 148 4 670 4 505 3 833
Of this          
Production royalties 4 200 4 073 2227r 1 712  946
CO2 - royalties 3 174 3 075 2 443 2 793 2 887
           
Value added at factor price  104 875  150 850  320 408  298 280  248 992
           
Accrued investments 70 830 64 403 52 898 54 967 52 924
1 The definition of the industrial group has been changed from the year 1993. This thus only contributes to a small part of the change in the numbers for employees and wages onshore, gross value of production, intermediate consumption and accrued investments compared to earlier years.
2  The figure was corrected 28 September 2004 at 13.45.
3  The figures were corrected 9 November 2004.
More information: Division for Energy and Industrial Production Statistics.

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