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Note: These data are available in spreadsheet format by clicking the ''Download Series History'' link on the previous page (with drop-down menu bar at top).
 View History:    Monthly     Annual   
Federal Offshore U.S. Gulf Coast Crude Oil Wellhead Acquisition Price by First Purchasers (Dollars per Barrel)
Decade Year-0 Year-1 Year-2 Year-3 Year-4 Year-5 Year-6 Year-7 Year-8 Year-9
  1970's 9.86 11.23
  1980's 18.87 35.07 32.61 29.77 29.36 27.33 15.27 17.54 14.71 17.83
  1990's 22.40 19.41 18.35 16.15 14.75 16.17 20.03 18.63 12.03 16.66
  2000's 27.59 23.29 23.49 28.72 37.07 49.78 60.80 67.40


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