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Monthly
Annual
U.S. FOB Costs of Crude Oil (Dollars per Barrel)
Year
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
1973
4.24
5.28
6.34
1974
9.27
10.74
10.83
11.16
11.25
11.45
10.96
11.00
10.83
10.85
10.96
10.87
1975
10.96
10.98
11.10
11.09
11.05
10.89
10.84
10.93
10.95
11.40
11.79
11.93
1976
11.97
12.06
12.04
12.07
12.03
12.20
12.15
12.15
12.20
12.22
12.26
12.37
1977
12.91
13.07
13.17
13.14
13.28
13.19
13.28
13.39
13.37
13.37
13.41
13.41
1978
13.34
13.34
13.34
13.27
13.24
13.26
13.23
13.24
13.28
13.26
13.30
13.42
1979
14.20
14.40
14.94
16.70
17.69
19.75
21.66
22.30
23.34
23.41
26.25
27.13
1980
29.27
31.08
31.26
31.79
32.41
32.89
33.24
33.43
33.34
33.14
34.15
34.11
1981
36.65
36.93
36.74
35.96
35.72
34.85
33.89
33.67
33.78
33.85
34.46
34.56
1982
34.13
33.60
32.08
31.46
31.54
32.22
32.09
31.40
31.51
31.88
31.73
31.09
1983
29.56
27.98
26.92
27.28
27.47
27.80
27.90
27.96
28.05
27.87
27.80
27.56
1984
27.70
27.92
27.83
27.92
27.98
27.90
27.38
27.48
27.36
27.23
27.10
26.73
1985
26.34
26.23
26.50
26.75
26.38
25.71
25.43
25.51
25.56
25.74
25.81
24.23
1986
21.46
15.11
12.62
11.60
11.05
10.85
9.74
10.59
11.78
11.98
12.63
13.84
1987
15.30
15.95
16.31
16.79
17.20
17.53
17.90
17.72
17.09
16.56
16.41
14.73
1988
13.66
13.79
13.43
14.28
14.49
13.97
13.25
12.84
12.24
11.69
11.94
13.21
1989
14.67
15.49
16.73
18.23
17.51
16.80
16.47
16.12
16.49
17.10
17.34
18.80
1990
18.81
18.01
16.91
14.94
14.50
13.84
16.52
23.84
29.07
30.75
27.55
23.24
1991
19.95
16.31
15.89
16.58
16.45
15.81
16.73
16.99
17.48
18.12
17.51
15.11
1992
14.32
14.68
14.96
16.57
17.56
18.38
18.01
17.65
18.04
17.68
16.49
15.62
1993
15.24
16.09
16.60
16.30
16.19
15.10
14.23
14.19
14.09
14.12
12.90
11.63
1994
12.07
12.05
12.38
13.55
14.67
15.44
16.10
14.94
14.32
14.74
14.88
14.46
1995
15.08
15.65
15.88
17.28
17.30
15.91
14.82
15.05
15.24
14.68
15.30
16.06
1996
16.17
16.86
18.77
19.56
18.34
17.61
18.21
19.27
21.03
22.23
21.31
21.56
1997
21.19
18.99
17.11
16.20
16.81
15.99
16.37
16.68
16.76
17.26
16.12
14.21
1998
12.78
11.69
11.08
11.17
11.33
10.12
10.37
10.21
11.70
10.99
9.37
8.18
1999
9.17
9.34
11.83
14.14
14.43
15.13
17.30
19.10
21.04
20.89
22.46
22.91
2000
24.56
26.51
25.71
23.39
25.95
27.73
26.53
27.94
28.84
27.74
27.40
22.79
2001
22.46
23.01
20.88
21.71
22.71
22.74
21.43
22.02
21.01
17.15
15.03
15.22
2002
16.01
17.67
21.60
23.04
23.16
22.63
23.72
24.57
25.80
24.32
22.42
25.86
2003
29.15
29.78
26.32
22.74
23.48
25.34
26.10
26.87
24.07
26.06
26.03
26.77
2004
28.22
28.50
30.02
31.00
33.79
32.22
34.97
37.34
38.80
42.21
36.01
31.67
2005
35.76
39.06
44.29
43.90
42.88
48.53
51.87
57.10
57.87
52.69
48.82
50.06
2006
53.93
51.34
54.67
62.09
62.95
61.44
65.67
62.68
54.63
50.64
51.48
52.82
2007
48.00
51.96
55.46
59.47
60.73
64.38
69.23
66.60
72.34
78.40
83.78
82.85
2008
83.43
87.81
95.50
101.59
Updated on 6/30/2008
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration
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