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U.S. less Alaskan North Slope 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 8.52 8.56 8.59 8.92 8.99 9.12
  1978 9.06 9.18 9.30 9.39 9.40 9.58 9.54 9.68 9.80 9.81 9.87 10.16
  1979 10.10 10.30 10.37 10.82 11.09 12.13 13.40 13.97 14.85 15.44 15.96 17.68
  1980 18.59 19.73 20.19 21.20 21.94 22.60 23.43 23.94 23.71 24.45 25.20 27.03
  1981 30.24 36.32 36.63 35.78 34.71 33.61 32.85 32.93 33.11 32.91 32.98 32.74
  1982 33.01 32.18 30.78 29.74 29.76 29.86 29.92 29.87 29.84 30.70 30.73 30.17
  1983 29.73 28.39 28.06 27.69 27.75 27.72 27.68 27.73 27.81 27.91 27.87 27.65
  1984 27.67 27.84 27.70 27.72 27.77 27.78 27.85 27.76 27.74 27.65 27.11 26.52
  1985 25.87 25.32 25.56 25.79 25.89 25.72 25.66 25.61 25.61 25.74 25.93 26.14
  1986 24.95 19.40 14.10 12.08 12.27 12.40 10.94 11.46 12.62 12.60 12.64 13.12
  1987 15.32 15.95 15.97 16.23 16.69 17.33 18.25 18.46 17.59 17.37 17.00 15.86
  1988 15.05 14.84 14.31 15.24 15.59 15.01 13.66 13.56 13.08 12.07 11.73 13.30
  1989 15.23 15.47 16.77 18.24 18.00 17.73 17.63 16.22 16.92 17.60 17.54 18.24
  1990 19.98 19.73 18.17 16.06 15.53 14.25 15.39 23.53 29.83 32.67 29.00 24.04
  1991 21.44 17.62 16.72 17.65 18.00 17.06 18.01 18.16 18.35 19.54 18.96 16.34
  1992 15.55 15.61 15.55 16.83 17.79 19.44 18.98 18.31 18.64 18.52 17.22 16.26
  1993 15.98 16.79 17.13 17.17 16.98 16.04 14.68 14.74 14.21 14.91 13.50 11.51
  1994 11.78 11.79 11.91 13.40 15.12 16.13 16.50 15.47 14.66 14.92 15.24 14.43
  1995 15.19 15.82 15.70 16.95 16.98 15.97 14.84 15.30 15.54 14.84 15.20 16.29
  1996 16.44 16.43 18.68 20.62 18.56 17.77 18.50 19.17 21.03 22.20 21.11 22.41
  1997 22.68 19.89 18.34 17.19 18.03 16.49 16.68 17.06 17.05 18.55 17.47 15.69
  1998 13.92 13.01 11.86 12.09 11.83 10.57 11.02 10.66 11.95 11.72 10.33 8.77
  1999 9.54 9.27 11.55 13.94 14.75 15.00 16.85 18.29 20.71 20.27 22.16 23.33
  2000 24.32 26.36 27.12 23.54 26.19 28.13 27.59 28.55 30.51 30.29 31.09 25.79
  2001 25.95 26.40 23.93 24.11 24.84 24.26 23.53 24.12 23.37 19.55 17.45 16.47
  2002 16.69 17.67 21.10 23.31 24.41 23.37 24.35 25.67 26.80 26.15 24.23 26.13
  2003 29.25 32.74 30.92 26.32 25.82 27.84 28.48 29.08 26.01 27.49 28.21 29.39
  2004 31.34 32.06 33.64 33.90 36.44 35.28 37.12 40.86 41.57 47.33 43.92 39.14
  2005 41.35 42.99 48.48 48.01 44.55 50.56 54.03 59.55 60.32 57.59 53.89 53.88
  2006 58.89 56.03 56.07 63.01 64.86 64.97 68.21 67.71 59.60 53.75 52.98 55.72
  2007 49.82 53.80 55.68 58.77 59.24 62.59 69.77 68.17 73.57 79.68 88.06 85.71
  2008 87.80 89.88 99.03 106.97

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