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Monthly
Annual
Colorado 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
9.76
9.69
9.77
10.10
10.32
10.30
1978
10.48
10.45
10.56
10.61
10.73
10.80
10.78
10.97
11.08
11.07
11.20
11.23
1979
11.26
11.45
11.82
11.27
12.09
12.79
13.75
14.32
14.65
15.10
16.03
16.55
1980
17.30
19.26
19.55
21.15
21.25
23.11
23.59
24.11
24.39
25.27
26.16
29.73
1981
33.64
37.60
37.93
37.56
36.59
35.68
34.88
34.74
35.32
34.72
34.72
34.47
1982
34.27
33.66
31.23
30.59
30.75
30.84
30.88
30.97
31.00
31.94
32.04
31.13
1983
30.95
29.57
28.91
28.80
28.67
28.52
28.68
28.73
28.60
28.58
28.43
28.44
1984
28.44
28.38
28.60
28.42
28.40
28.46
28.26
28.10
28.11
28.08
27.16
26.74
1985
25.62
25.02
25.30
25.61
25.82
25.61
25.50
25.52
25.59
25.83
26.05
26.13
1986
24.80
18.46
12.98
11.34
11.91
12.36
10.92
11.76
13.06
12.88
12.86
13.56
1987
16.14
16.48
16.38
16.72
17.66
18.22
19.43
19.63
18.71
18.51
17.93
16.74
1988
15.89
15.74
15.14
16.23
16.47
15.85
14.46
14.29
13.72
12.82
12.57
14.73
1989
16.74
16.88
18.28
19.76
19.46
19.42
19.58
18.13
18.85
19.68
19.36
20.24
1990
21.60
21.08
19.54
17.52
17.17
15.75
17.16
25.40
31.61
34.48
30.77
25.67
1991
23.15
19.28
18.58
19.46
19.77
18.78
20.01
20.17
20.27
21.63
20.81
18.01
1992
17.33
17.46
17.46
18.80
19.49
20.87
20.19
19.71
20.31
20.11
18.82
17.83
1993
17.46
18.36
18.51
18.48
17.94
17.30
15.82
15.98
15.51
15.62
14.15
12.01
1994
13.12
12.87
12.78
14.44
16.23
17.48
18.02
16.66
15.77
16.10
16.47
15.49
1995
16.40
17.02
16.84
17.81
17.95
16.68
15.27
16.17
16.50
15.70
16.28
17.30
1996
17.26
17.28
19.58
21.72
19.60
18.84
19.87
20.49
22.35
23.40
22.28
23.70
1997
23.72
20.80
19.55
18.39
19.42
17.64
18.01
18.15
18.09
19.74
18.38
16.72
1998
15.10
14.35
13.35
13.52
12.99
11.59
12.05
11.20
12.91
12.42
10.74
9.65
1999
10.54
10.13
12.74
15.24
15.91
16.32
18.13
19.00
22.06
20.70
23.37
24.40
2000
25.49
27.78
28.70
24.34
27.99
30.19
29.19
30.07
31.14
31.57
33.03
27.33
2001
28.49
28.47
26.02
26.31
27.40
26.44
25.44
25.73
25.54
21.17
19.34
18.41
2002
18.52
19.72
23.38
25.21
26.29
25.57
26.16
27.13
28.67
28.27
26.09
28.67
2003
31.90
34.63
33.74
28.82
27.58
29.65
30.52
31.40
28.64
30.15
30.07
31.71
2004
32.99
33.73
35.20
35.66
38.53
36.67
39.53
43.86
44.94
51.19
48.44
42.95
2005
45.75
46.71
52.79
51.28
48.97
53.96
57.20
62.31
64.16
61.80
57.99
58.13
2006
62.79
60.69
60.89
66.96
68.56
68.44
71.60
70.68
62.17
56.50
56.20
58.96
2007
50.90
54.18
55.77
58.78
58.50
62.02
68.47
67.48
73.10
78.81
87.63
85.06
2008
84.83
86.25
96.48
105.25
Updated on 6/30/2008
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration
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