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Oil and gas activities, international market conditions (discontinued), Q4 2013

Content

About the statistics

Definitions

Name and topic

Name: Oil and gas activities, international market conditions (discontinued)
Topic: Energy and manufacturing

Responsible division

Division for Energy and Environmental Statistics

Definitions of the main concepts and variables

Brent Blend: A major trading classification of light crude oil that is extracted in the North Sea. It serves as a major benchmark price for purchases for oil worldwide. Brent Blend is traded on the InterContinentalExchange (ICE) in London.

Standard classifications

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Administrative information

Regional level

Globally

Frequency and timeliness

Quarterly

International reporting

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Microdata

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Background

Background and purpose

The statisisics gives a descriptive analysis of the development in the international oil market, represented by the development in Brent Blend oil prices.

The analysis was earlier a part of the Official Statistics of Norway publication Oil and Gas activity.

Users and applications

Anyone who is interested in a desciptive analysis of the development in the international oil market.

Coherence with other statistics

Not relevant

Legal authority

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EEA reference

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Production

Population

Not relevant

Data sources and sampling

IEAs Monthly Oil Market report is the source for the demand and supply data presentated in the statistics.

The source for the  Brent Blend prices is ECOWIN.

Collection of data, editing and estimations

Not relevant

Confidentiality

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Comparability over time and space

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Accuracy and reliability

Sources of error and uncertainty

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