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Final norm prices for offshore-loaded Norwegian crude oil in 2003

Historical archive

Published under: Bondevik's 2nd Government

Publisher: Ministry of Petroleum and Energy

For the offshore-loaded crudes the monthly norm prices set every quarter are provisional until the actual transportation costs for the whole year are known.(28.04.04)

Press release

No.: 32/04E
Date: 28-04.2004

Contact: Lars Nermoen, +47 22 24 61 07

Final norm prices for offshore-loaded Norwegian crude oil in 2003

The Petroleum Price Board has set final norm prices for offshore-loaded Norwegian crude oil lifted in 2003. For the offshore-loaded crudes the monthly norm prices set every quarter are provisional until the actual transportation costs for the whole year are known. The norm prices are used as tax reference prices in the taxation of the crude oil producers on the Norwegian continental shelf.

The Petroleum Price Board has after adjusting for the actual transportation costs set the following normprices in NOK per barrel with 30 days of credit for 2003:

Draugen

Glitne

Gullfaks A+B

Gullfaks C

Njord

Norne

Snorre

January

215.95

208.36

222.99

223.34

228.79

219.40

221.34

February

231.30

222.55

232.84

233.89

236.97

229.90

232.91

March

227.13

209.70

228.36

228.36

227.56

225.67

227.71

April

182.61

171.41

183.48

185.28

192.07

183.33

184.99

May

171.30

163.48

171.78

175.18

176.13

176.74

173.88

June

191.70

183.65

194.64

196.04

195.97

194.85

195.06

July

206.53

198.15

209.23

208.86

207.70

207.62

207.11

August

218.95

210.05

221.69

221.69

220.51

221.17

220.66

September

198.24

188.01

198.02

198.75

200.14

199.33

198.09

October

208.87

199.02

208.66

210.42

212.11

207.81

209.43

November

204.11

193.60

204.25

205.65

207.33

202.71

204.32

December

201.46

189.38

200.58

202.26

203.20

199.78

202.33

Statfjord og Statfjord Nord

Statfjord Øst

Sygna

Tordis

Vigdis

Visund

Åsgard

January

221.96

221.75

221.96

223.55

223.13

223.06

221.06

February

233.54

233.33

233.54

234.10

232.98

232.91

233.68

March

228.36

228.14

228.36

228.58

228.51

228.43

230.69

April

185.64

185.43

185.64

185.50

183.62

183.55

184.70

May

174.50

174.29

174.50

175.38

171.91

171.84

175.31

June

195.69

195.48

195.69

196.25

194.78

194.71

195.83

July

207.77

207.55

207.77

209.08

209.37

209.30

210.10

August

221.32

221.10

221.32

221.92

221.84

221.77

221.47

September

198.75

198.53

198.75

198.97

198.17

198.09

198.17

October

210.07

209.86

210.07

210.63

208.80

208.73

206.34

November

204.95

204.74

204.95

205.86

204.39

204.32

206.49

December

202.93

202.73

202.93

202.46

200.72

200.65

204.41

Based on the average exchange rates for each month, the prices in USD/barrel are:

Draugen

Glitne

Gullfaks A+B

Gullfaks C

Njord

Norne

Snorre

January

31.28

30.18

32.30

32.35

33.14

31.78

32.06

February

33.03

31.78

33.25

33.40

33.84

32.83

33.26

March

31.28

28.88

31.45

31.45

31.34

31.08

31.36

April

25.28

23.73

25.40

25.65

26.59

25.38

25.61

May

25.18

24.03

25.25

25.75

25.89

25.98

25.56

June

27.38

26.23

27.80

28.00

27.99

27.83

27.86

July

28.33

27.18

28.70

28.65

28.49

28.48

28.41

August

29.53

28.33

29.90

29.90

29.74

29.83

29.76

September

27.13

25.73

27.10

27.20

27.39

27.28

27.11

October

29.68

28.28

29.65

29.90

30.14

29.53

29.76

November

29.13

27.63

29.15

29.35

29.59

28.93

29.16

December

30.03

28.23

29.90

30.15

30.29

29.78

30.16

Statfjord og Statfjord Nord

Statfjord Øst

Sygna

Tordis

Vigdis

Visund

Åsgard

January

32.15

32.12

32.15

32.38

32.32

32.31

32.02

February

33.35

33.32

33.35

33.43

33.27

33.26

33.37

March

31.45

31.42

31.45

31.48

31.47

31.46

31.77

April

25.70

25.67

25.70

25.68

25.42

25.41

25.57

May

25.65

25.62

25.65

25.78

25.27

25.26

25.77

June

27.95

27.92

27.95

28.03

27.82

27.81

27.97

July

28.50

28.47

28.50

28.68

28.72

28.71

28.82

August

29.85

29.82

29.85

29.93

29.92

29.91

29.87

September

27.20

27.17

27.20

27.23

27.12

27.11

27.12

October

29.85

29.82

29.85

29.93

29.67

29.66

29.32

November

29.25

29.22

29.25

29.38

29.17

29.16

29.47

December

30.25

30.22

30.25

30.18

29.92

29.91

30.47