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 View History:    Monthly     Annual   
U.S. Crude Gravity 20.1 to 25.0 percent Wellhead Acquisition Price by First Purchasers (Dollars per Barrel)
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  1993 13.52 11.99 9.84
  1994 10.22 10.13 10.16 11.73 13.53 14.70 15.23 14.01 13.25 13.59 13.86 12.91
  1995 14.04 14.62 14.46 15.76 15.75 14.67 13.66 14.28 14.62 13.87 14.38 15.47
  1996 15.60 15.49 17.85 19.70 17.88 17.22 17.92 18.54 20.40 21.45 20.14 21.36
  1997 21.50 18.34 16.90 15.70 16.33 14.71 15.15 15.50 15.36 16.79 15.21 13.60
  1998 11.76 10.79 9.77 10.34 9.86 8.40 9.23 8.72 10.35 10.02 8.77 7.37
  1999 8.54 8.22 10.85 13.36 14.23 14.39 16.37 17.67 20.30 19.12 21.02 22.22
  2000 23.22 25.79 26.22 21.88 25.04 27.21 26.06 27.10 29.28 27.05 27.99 21.41
  2001 22.44 22.60 20.30 20.81 21.89 21.18 20.94 22.23 19.98 15.70 13.74 13.37
  2002 14.34 15.48 19.30 21.23 21.75 20.22 22.27 23.20 24.48 22.92 21.17 23.99
  2003 27.48 29.96 27.40 22.53 22.70 25.46 25.04 26.57 23.26 24.88 24.99 26.60
  2004 29.06 29.31 31.31 30.72 34.35 32.61 35.33 38.99 39.46 45.55 38.61 32.39
  2005 36.94 37.50 44.26 41.31 37.97 46.25 51.03 56.53 54.85 51.71 46.88 46.58
  2006 57.12 53.34 54.69 61.56 62.45 63.17 66.38 65.01 55.94 50.90 50.50 54.02
  2007 46.90 51.53 53.05 57.15 57.04 61.17 68.14 66.71 72.45 78.89 87.31 83.65
  2008 84.93 86.69 96.97 104.46


Updated on 6/30/2008
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration
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