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Monthly
Annual
North Dakota 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
8.41
8.79
9.34
8.83
9.64
9.26
1978
9.16
9.09
9.38
9.59
9.44
9.54
9.67
10.00
9.98
10.20
10.25
10.32
1979
10.56
10.70
10.78
10.93
11.30
12.41
13.18
14.51
15.33
15.95
16.76
18.01
1980
20.78
21.94
23.94
23.66
26.48
28.37
26.97
30.35
27.10
28.11
28.60
30.92
1981
33.39
37.79
41.77
37.36
36.35
35.17
32.62
34.25
34.58
34.62
35.12
34.50
1982
34.59
33.62
32.01
31.02
31.61
31.13
30.77
31.17
31.38
32.29
32.38
31.42
1983
31.56
29.53
29.36
28.87
28.59
28.81
28.93
29.04
29.03
29.08
29.56
28.82
1984
28.94
28.97
28.75
28.73
28.72
28.78
28.70
28.58
28.35
28.52
26.98
26.56
1985
25.34
24.54
25.11
25.24
25.62
25.07
25.09
25.10
25.21
25.37
25.89
26.18
1986
24.51
17.80
11.84
10.81
11.56
12.22
10.46
11.72
12.79
12.54
12.55
13.09
1987
15.41
15.89
15.80
16.02
16.66
17.24
18.17
18.29
17.42
17.37
16.96
15.91
1988
15.19
14.96
14.08
15.32
15.50
14.83
13.43
13.32
12.79
11.84
11.55
13.31
1989
15.31
15.44
16.87
18.20
17.76
17.58
17.57
16.04
16.95
17.74
17.51
18.46
1990
19.87
19.65
18.16
16.16
15.92
14.65
16.05
24.36
30.41
33.38
30.07
24.34
1991
22.08
18.12
17.36
18.14
18.50
17.56
18.72
18.96
19.06
20.38
19.74
16.84
1992
16.26
16.43
16.32
17.72
18.39
19.86
19.21
18.85
19.40
19.21
17.92
16.93
1993
16.56
17.39
17.68
17.55
16.99
15.85
14.59
14.63
14.06
14.23
12.59
10.39
1994
11.73
11.50
11.36
12.98
15.05
16.16
16.69
15.23
14.32
14.65
14.97
14.03
1995
15.04
15.74
15.58
17.01
16.77
15.56
14.43
15.10
15.41
14.66
15.16
16.43
1996
16.23
16.13
18.50
20.46
18.50
17.82
18.68
19.37
21.28
22.38
20.99
22.32
1997
22.29
19.49
18.15
17.18
18.13
16.30
16.60
16.79
16.71
18.30
17.16
15.34
1998
13.69
13.05
11.92
12.33
11.68
10.29
10.91
10.37
11.87
11.48
10.18
8.62
1999
9.52
9.17
11.72
14.24
15.20
15.33
17.38
18.68
20.86
20.67
22.89
24.02
2000
24.97
27.41
28.04
23.75
26.95
29.27
28.04
29.10
31.57
30.86
32.27
26.26
2001
27.25
27.56
25.02
25.03
26.08
25.00
24.04
24.96
24.05
19.65
17.52
16.80
2002
17.16
17.90
21.90
23.58
24.63
24.39
25.02
26.04
27.44
27.21
25.95
26.58
2003
29.98
32.98
32.33
28.33
26.88
28.22
29.28
29.83
27.45
28.36
28.20
29.52
2004
30.90
32.31
33.90
34.80
36.61
34.84
37.68
42.48
43.90
47.78
48.57
42.61
2005
42.34
45.01
49.03
47.64
47.45
50.20
54.84
59.34
61.22
59.72
55.91
53.85
2006
56.41
51.70
48.36
57.43
61.52
62.37
66.44
65.91
57.79
50.68
49.40
51.70
2007
46.63
50.18
52.76
56.10
57.92
62.32
68.84
67.90
71.00
76.49
85.10
80.69
2008
84.86
85.97
97.99
107.01
Updated on 6/30/2008
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration
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