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Monthly
Annual
California 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
7.55
8.24
7.85
8.12
7.95
7.89
1978
8.12
8.06
8.10
8.19
8.23
8.92
8.69
8.66
8.91
8.88
8.89
9.18
1979
9.02
9.42
9.54
10.04
10.44
10.77
12.28
13.74
14.51
14.45
17.03
21.06
1980
22.02
23.34
23.24
23.36
23.64
23.99
24.07
23.93
24.10
24.32
23.90
26.10
1981
25.85
27.09
26.84
26.91
26.81
26.94
26.86
26.93
27.46
26.76
26.78
26.53
1982
26.40
26.29
25.70
24.11
24.04
23.95
24.07
24.04
23.87
24.11
24.23
24.36
1983
23.96
22.86
24.31
21.94
22.46
22.22
22.12
22.36
22.72
22.46
21.98
21.98
1984
21.95
21.93
21.94
21.78
21.82
21.71
22.37
22.19
22.36
22.41
22.40
22.19
1985
22.43
22.52
22.61
22.53
22.51
22.30
22.17
22.07
21.73
21.62
21.63
21.68
1986
21.67
18.84
12.89
10.14
9.94
9.90
9.03
8.60
9.83
10.03
10.27
10.12
1987
11.51
13.25
13.23
13.78
13.87
14.53
15.36
15.89
15.08
14.33
13.75
12.40
1988
11.40
11.11
10.94
11.68
12.30
11.98
11.11
11.19
11.08
9.70
9.16
9.93
1989
11.26
12.21
12.94
14.96
15.67
14.98
14.66
13.75
13.86
14.35
14.70
15.18
1990
17.09
17.39
16.09
13.35
11.65
10.98
11.00
18.63
25.24
27.36
24.31
19.78
1991
17.48
13.62
12.34
13.30
13.72
13.32
13.34
13.52
13.52
13.85
14.14
12.48
1992
11.18
11.03
10.97
11.91
13.70
16.19
16.52
15.19
14.70
14.93
13.89
12.52
1993
12.16
12.49
13.15
13.69
14.37
13.56
11.80
11.58
11.40
11.69
10.46
8.79
1994
8.67
9.58
9.99
10.88
12.47
13.30
13.49
13.61
13.14
13.27
13.37
12.95
1995
13.07
13.55
13.91
14.77
15.32
14.93
14.08
14.08
14.15
13.49
13.10
13.61
1996
14.55
14.87
17.11
18.71
15.96
15.23
15.53
15.71
17.31
18.50
17.93
19.36
1997
20.04
17.52
16.39
15.47
15.61
14.54
14.17
14.92
15.28
16.59
15.30
13.66
1998
11.53
10.27
9.25
9.56
9.39
8.64
9.42
9.39
10.41
10.36
8.87
7.46
1999
7.64
7.38
9.37
11.72
12.59
12.38
14.25
15.88
18.25
18.49
19.72
20.76
2000
21.55
23.52
24.35
21.18
23.70
25.86
25.21
26.31
28.12
27.79
28.61
21.25
2001
21.45
22.73
21.77
22.41
23.07
22.40
21.07
21.12
20.29
16.47
15.11
13.85
2002
14.49
15.67
19.87
22.11
23.24
21.35
23.42
24.63
25.45
24.82
21.98
24.31
2003
27.40
30.81
28.99
23.03
23.30
26.44
26.44
27.55
24.31
25.68
25.97
27.35
2004
29.71
30.25
31.90
31.75
34.78
32.97
34.84
37.90
36.98
41.68
37.71
33.03
2005
35.66
37.19
42.82
42.84
40.11
47.10
50.41
56.72
57.41
54.54
50.08
50.80
2006
56.51
52.73
53.58
60.76
61.77
62.22
65.71
64.27
55.63
50.54
50.46
53.62
2007
46.44
51.41
53.05
56.86
57.12
61.28
68.15
66.21
71.97
78.05
86.44
83.06
2008
84.25
86.17
96.39
103.78
Updated on 6/30/2008
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration
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