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Monthly
Annual
Alaska North Slope Wellhead Acquisition Price by First Purchasers (Dollars per Barrel)
Year
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
1977
6.90
6.93
6.98
6.55
5.59
5.52
1978
5.17
5.59
5.00
5.15
4.87
5.63
5.26
5.09
5.12
5.21
5.11
5.40
1979
5.79
5.87
6.66
7.45
8.47
8.97
13.35
14.14
13.09
13.12
13.48
13.60
1980
14.47
14.87
15.41
16.13
17.04
16.63
16.91
16.85
17.56
17.63
18.61
20.35
1981
22.38
25.53
25.53
25.65
23.75
23.13
22.79
22.61
21.74
22.04
21.85
21.66
1982
21.78
19.41
17.79
18.65
18.85
20.51
20.30
19.88
20.32
20.64
20.14
19.02
1983
18.84
17.06
17.35
17.29
17.79
17.74
17.38
18.00
17.89
17.44
17.72
17.72
1984
17.72
17.75
17.54
17.72
17.87
17.93
18.06
17.93
18.07
18.19
18.00
18.09
1985
16.84
16.64
16.88
16.93
16.98
17.08
16.89
16.98
16.99
16.96
17.16
17.36
1986
15.78
10.82
6.86
5.18
4.91
4.45
3.11
3.67
5.33
5.47
5.56
6.62
1987
8.90
9.42
9.89
10.83
10.93
11.51
12.41
12.57
11.74
11.49
10.89
9.46
1988
9.35
9.17
8.98
9.88
9.65
9.18
8.47
8.25
7.48
6.40
6.18
8.13
1989
9.54
10.57
11.71
13.36
13.12
12.39
11.99
11.32
11.54
12.26
12.64
13.50
1990
13.98
13.40
11.70
9.85
8.61
7.90
9.61
16.57
23.98
25.38
22.77
18.42
1991
14.11
12.28
10.44
11.48
11.53
10.99
11.29
11.64
11.71
12.32
11.46
9.45
1992
9.29
9.40
9.84
10.82
12.03
13.40
14.06
13.23
12.90
13.03
12.29
10.93
1993
10.83
11.58
12.28
12.91
12.96
11.79
10.81
10.46
10.55
10.05
9.06
7.00
1994
6.67
7.38
8.01
8.83
10.70
11.19
11.72
11.40
10.32
10.63
10.67
10.47
1995
10.43
11.31
11.48
12.36
12.32
11.95
11.19
10.23
10.87
10.03
10.25
10.97
1996
12.13
12.76
14.23
16.08
15.82
14.24
14.62
15.29
16.30
17.45
17.27
17.82
1997
18.84
17.72
16.09
14.70
14.45
13.70
12.97
12.94
14.11
14.52
14.54
12.81
1998
11.67
9.15
8.48
8.14
8.38
7.74
8.25
8.39
8.69
9.89
7.16
5.46
1999
5.34
6.18
8.01
8.62
10.97
12.06
13.22
14.77
17.10
17.55
18.07
19.65
2000
20.54
22.12
22.54
21.89
22.81
25.30
23.03
25.37
26.34
27.04
27.49
19.61
2001
19.84
21.05
19.48
20.55
20.95
20.22
19.88
18.79
18.27
14.93
12.29
11.96
2002
12.72
14.04
17.35
19.62
20.19
19.84
20.46
21.32
23.01
21.95
19.80
22.18
2003
24.92
28.21
26.73
21.83
21.50
22.83
23.40
23.09
21.99
22.63
23.16
24.95
2004
26.29
27.55
29.60
30.25
32.69
31.27
33.68
35.86
36.16
41.27
38.55
34.47
2005
35.26
38.73
43.59
43.92
41.74
46.35
50.01
55.84
56.88
54.67
50.39
50.36
2006
53.07
54.17
53.37
60.11
62.12
62.94
64.73
63.91
57.98
50.62
49.03
51.58
2007
46.79
48.48
51.04
55.05
57.08
61.02
66.26
65.48
70.67
77.29
82.55
83.08
2008
83.08
86.82
95.24
104.64
Updated on 6/30/2008
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration
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