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Monthly
Annual
PADD 1 Crude Oil Wellhead Acquisition Price by First Purchasers (Dollars per Barrel)
Year
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
1977
11.62
10.97
9.11
11.38
11.58
11.89
1978
11.88
11.91
12.02
12.09
12.16
12.29
12.26
12.33
12.42
12.52
12.60
12.62
1979
13.01
12.76
13.03
13.00
13.39
13.78
14.17
15.12
14.95
15.85
16.07
16.32
1980
17.29
18.04
19.69
20.95
21.76
22.93
23.92
24.43
24.87
25.57
26.59
28.15
1981
32.02
37.01
37.63
37.73
36.01
35.60
34.27
34.53
34.56
34.32
34.55
34.60
1982
34.51
33.58
31.86
31.04
31.02
31.11
31.05
31.02
31.13
32.15
32.03
31.38
1983
30.77
29.42
28.57
28.58
28.54
28.51
28.44
28.42
28.49
28.83
28.26
28.21
1984
28.16
28.19
28.00
28.04
28.05
27.99
27.87
27.91
27.97
27.60
26.77
26.48
1985
26.10
25.77
25.93
25.98
25.87
25.79
25.76
25.71
25.65
25.70
26.17
26.18
1986
24.79
20.10
15.16
12.91
12.47
12.66
11.84
11.65
13.64
13.27
13.24
13.75
1987
15.18
15.47
15.80
15.82
16.24
16.94
17.78
17.99
17.23
16.98
16.81
15.91
1988
14.80
14.91
14.62
15.16
15.39
15.21
14.27
14.22
13.50
12.31
12.08
13.15
1989
15.27
15.21
16.57
18.09
17.90
17.79
17.76
16.67
17.21
17.77
17.56
18.26
1990
20.36
20.34
19.09
17.10
16.76
15.63
16.21
23.70
29.95
33.43
29.97
25.21
1991
22.40
18.76
16.92
18.00
18.58
17.51
18.41
19.02
19.29
20.62
20.10
17.54
1992
16.51
16.73
16.54
17.95
18.85
20.53
19.49
19.33
19.93
19.85
18.74
17.68
1993
17.16
17.87
18.70
19.19
18.68
18.11
16.99
16.98
16.55
17.32
15.89
13.99
1994
14.13
14.04
13.93
15.07
16.58
17.95
18.76
17.59
16.45
16.45
16.88
16.23
1995
16.69
17.23
17.27
18.27
18.36
17.58
16.27
16.48
16.75
16.48
16.92
17.67
1996
17.83
17.70
19.77
21.80
20.17
19.50
19.97
20.44
22.48
23.20
23.12
23.16
1997
23.97
22.68
20.14
18.95
18.82
17.96
17.88
18.09
17.80
19.11
18.68
16.99
1998
15.41
14.65
13.85
13.97
13.68
12.65
12.78
12.20
13.36
13.14
12.12
10.49
1999
11.09
10.84
12.51
14.94
15.91
16.09
18.08
19.27
21.57
20.87
22.84
23.96
2000
24.95
26.23
28.09
23.92
26.76
28.95
28.00
28.58
31.53
30.77
32.14
27.06
2001
27.16
27.46
24.98
25.32
26.72
25.74
24.26
24.99
24.44
20.27
17.95
17.84
2002
17.83
18.81
21.47
23.88
25.09
23.95
24.76
25.86
26.81
27.03
25.06
26.30
2003
29.33
32.58
31.76
28.18
27.82
28.29
28.99
29.27
27.43
28.30
29.20
29.98
2004
31.66
32.49
34.30
34.57
37.15
36.24
37.82
42.05
43.04
49.55
47.75
42.04
2005
43.61
45.10
51.17
49.93
47.93
52.84
55.89
61.26
63.05
61.14
56.87
56.75
2006
61.91
60.13
60.16
66.72
68.65
68.63
70.66
71.02
63.34
57.72
56.84
59.46
2007
53.20
56.52
57.90
60.77
60.61
65.79
71.20
69.82
75.61
81.51
91.25
87.85
2008
89.56
90.85
101.42
108.11
Updated on 6/30/2008
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration
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