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 View History:    Monthly     Annual   
U.S. Crude Gravity 35.1 to 40.0 percent Wellhead Acquisition Price by First Purchasers (Dollars per Barrel)
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  1993 15.49 14.33 12.01
  1994 12.25 12.15 12.23 13.75 15.70 16.83 17.26 16.05 15.19 15.52 15.69 14.89
  1995 15.61 16.36 16.27 17.47 17.46 16.44 15.29 15.75 16.05 15.31 15.86 16.96
  1996 16.97 16.94 19.24 21.23 19.47 18.72 19.54 20.12 22.04 23.11 21.86 23.13
  1997 23.40 20.62 19.23 18.10 18.81 17.13 17.39 17.68 17.58 19.11 17.98 16.29
  1998 14.64 13.91 12.72 13.06 12.53 11.09 11.61 11.19 12.59 12.22 10.95 9.26
  1999 10.11 9.90 12.44 15.00 15.81 15.97 18.06 19.02 21.31 20.74 23.10 24.18
  2000 25.04 27.34 27.74 24.16 27.30 29.40 28.45 29.53 31.40 31.03 32.50 26.40
  2001 27.35 27.62 25.19 25.49 26.32 25.44 24.19 25.09 24.34 20.10 18.04 17.29
  2002 17.61 18.45 21.63 23.96 24.90 23.81 24.84 26.09 27.47 27.03 25.14 27.14
  2003 30.34 33.57 31.81 27.31 26.60 28.47 29.10 29.77 26.92 28.30 28.40 29.74
  2004 32.20 32.85 34.87 35.00 38.18 36.29 38.57 42.51 43.55 49.95 47.01 41.83
  2005 43.73 45.23 51.28 50.16 46.65 52.59 55.70 61.15 62.04 59.36 55.65 55.82
  2006 61.26 57.35 56.93 64.34 66.24 66.85 70.50 69.32 61.02 55.28 54.48 57.00
  2007 50.76 55.41 57.57 60.25 60.49 64.44 71.60 70.02 75.91 82.25 91.19 88.33
  2008 89.96 92.24 102.12 110.08


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