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 View History:    Monthly     Annual   
California California Kern River Wellhead Acquisition Price by First Purchasers (Dollars per Barrel)
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  1993 11.29 10.12 8.26
  1994 8.27 9.00 9.43 10.31 11.72 12.72 13.09 13.25 12.91 12.61 12.94 12.47
  1995 12.65 13.15 13.45 14.41 14.86 14.47 13.82 13.82 13.91 13.00 12.55 13.12
  1996 14.11 14.48 16.75 18.12 15.19 14.41 14.69 14.73 16.23 17.50 17.03 18.49
  1997 19.05 16.29 15.40 14.61 14.99 13.72 13.56 14.59 14.71 16.09 14.36 12.96
  1998 10.64 9.11 8.06 8.42 8.37 7.62 8.51 8.46 9.41 9.69 8.14 6.74
  1999 7.22 7.18 8.83 11.19 11.86 11.48 13.54 15.28 17.73 17.59 19.13 20.06
  2000 20.85 23.12 23.99 19.73 22.86 25.45 24.66 25.64 26.16 26.81 27.44 19.58
  2001 19.76 21.47 20.68 21.53 22.13 21.45 20.14 19.92 19.20 15.36 15.80 12.57
  2002 13.27 14.77 18.16 20.32 21.49 20.10 21.38 22.62 24.16 24.84 22.93 21.36
  2003 W W W W W 25.86 25.92 26.73 23.51 24.85 25.07 26.58
  2004 28.67 29.21 31.08 30.73 34.24 32.11 34.11 37.42 35.87 41.32 36.11 29.92
  2005 32.94 33.91 40.97 39.19 37.50 44.92 48.29 54.83 55.41 52.48 47.89 48.43
  2006 54.08 50.34 51.17 58.60 59.71 60.12 63.58 62.14 53.26 47.99 47.80 51.20
  2007 43.83 49.18 50.30 54.64 54.70 58.85 65.83 63.27 68.82 75.04 83.48 79.92
  2008 81.05 82.70 93.19 100.84

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