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 View History:    Monthly     Annual   
Texas WTI Wellhead Acquisition Price by First Purchasers (Dollars per Barrel)
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  1993 16.31 15.22 12.99
  1994 13.40 13.17 13.04 14.76 16.49 17.74 18.27 16.85 15.99 16.27 16.62 15.71
  1995 16.59 17.28 17.09 18.40 18.23 17.04 15.83 16.57 16.82 16.03 16.64 17.85
  1996 17.68 17.62 19.99 22.21 20.18 19.41 20.23 20.94 22.85 23.97 22.65 24.07
  1997 24.09 21.15 19.72 18.66 19.70 17.84 18.19 18.42 18.30 19.82 18.78 16.79
  1998 15.28 14.68 13.49 13.81 13.32 11.83 12.30 11.81 13.25 12.95 11.39 9.69
  1999 10.91 10.49 12.97 15.68 16.31 16.53 18.42 19.77 22.23 21.37 23.64 24.72
  2000 25.73 28.09 28.95 25.12 27.77 29.68 28.77 30.00 32.20 31.61 32.73 27.17
  2001 27.81 28.62 25.51 25.50 26.47 25.41 24.74 25.56 25.05 20.55 19.24 17.71
  2002 17.80 18.76 22.51 24.33 25.17 24.19 25.17 26.33 27.61 26.94 24.98 27.62
  2003 30.23 33.49 31.98 27.44 27.25 28.80 29.56 30.17 26.90 28.87 29.37 30.85
  2004 32.55 32.95 35.02 35.16 38.82 36.80 39.06 42.95 44.00 50.75 47.08 41.93
  2005 44.70 46.14 52.29 50.69 47.37 53.81 56.75 62.27 62.90 60.01 56.40 56.74
  2006 62.63 59.21 59.53 66.66 67.49 67.86 71.63 70.15 61.40 56.40 55.69 58.44
  2007 51.72 56.50 58.13 60.75 60.03 63.80 71.31 70.05 76.97 84.00 93.23 90.68
  2008 91.42 93.39 102.74 110.92


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