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Monthly
Annual
PADD 4 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
8.14
8.12
8.42
8.69
8.72
8.79
1978
8.83
8.93
9.05
9.32
9.28
9.28
9.33
9.47
9.55
9.63
9.69
11.70
1979
9.95
10.17
10.23
10.34
10.56
11.37
12.19
12.76
13.22
13.76
14.27
15.18
1980
17.29
17.68
18.85
19.40
19.89
21.87
22.16
22.86
22.17
22.91
24.25
26.46
1981
29.50
35.77
36.52
35.88
34.49
33.60
32.08
32.74
32.80
32.19
32.52
32.76
1982
32.63
31.80
29.71
29.16
29.05
29.53
29.48
29.43
29.54
30.52
30.65
30.13
1983
29.84
28.32
27.69
27.54
27.21
27.78
27.62
27.81
27.60
27.69
27.32
27.35
1984
27.62
27.41
27.49
27.49
27.14
27.49
27.34
27.31
27.30
27.28
26.40
25.95
1985
24.91
24.10
24.43
24.83
25.01
24.77
24.61
24.64
24.73
25.00
25.08
25.21
1986
24.05
18.33
12.39
10.77
11.11
11.64
10.15
10.80
12.03
12.03
12.12
12.76
1987
15.16
15.62
15.59
15.93
16.60
17.35
18.34
18.57
17.69
17.50
17.02
15.83
1988
15.04
14.86
14.32
15.27
15.60
14.81
13.36
13.22
12.68
11.78
11.43
13.36
1989
15.43
15.59
17.01
18.35
18.02
17.93
17.92
16.47
17.21
18.00
17.80
18.62
1990
20.16
19.79
18.05
16.11
15.78
14.38
15.77
24.15
30.24
32.93
29.44
24.13
1991
21.35
17.73
16.92
17.64
18.02
17.08
18.16
18.31
18.60
19.83
18.96
16.04
1992
15.47
15.67
15.58
16.95
17.69
19.14
18.53
18.10
18.61
18.39
17.06
16.18
1993
15.95
16.83
17.20
17.15
16.78
15.87
14.57
14.74
14.22
14.93
13.58
11.39
1994
11.82
11.62
11.61
13.21
15.11
16.32
16.89
15.47
14.66
15.01
15.27
14.31
1995
15.33
16.01
15.81
17.16
17.09
15.92
14.76
15.39
15.71
15.07
15.70
16.80
1996
16.73
16.66
19.01
20.86
19.12
18.38
19.23
19.82
21.69
22.82
21.39
22.66
1997
22.79
19.73
18.32
17.16
18.11
16.35
16.69
16.99
16.81
18.34
17.05
15.42
1998
13.73
13.09
11.92
12.31
11.93
10.36
10.92
10.25
11.82
11.49
10.06
8.56
1999
9.72
9.37
12.05
14.61
15.36
15.56
17.61
18.61
21.24
20.30
22.55
23.67
2000
24.51
26.92
27.75
23.35
26.65
28.88
27.79
28.80
30.68
29.81
31.01
25.04
2001
26.07
26.24
23.77
23.96
24.97
24.23
23.52
24.43
23.25
18.84
17.06
16.17
2002
16.72
17.63
20.93
23.46
24.05
23.04
24.25
25.29
26.69
25.64
23.70
26.20
2003
29.46
32.35
30.58
25.90
25.55
27.71
27.96
28.76
25.70
27.31
27.39
28.76
2004
30.46
31.02
32.92
32.98
36.07
34.31
36.93
41.06
41.57
48.08
43.55
37.45
2005
41.21
42.31
48.59
47.02
43.67
49.96
53.92
59.10
59.12
56.61
52.21
51.97
2006
56.15
50.73
51.03
60.12
63.81
63.20
67.37
66.12
56.69
50.11
49.72
52.41
2007
46.19
50.96
52.92
55.02
56.21
59.38
65.99
64.04
67.85
72.71
81.73
76.23
2008
81.00
83.50
95.06
103.05
Updated on 6/30/2008
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration
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