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Monthly
Annual
U.S. Crude Oil Composite Acquisition Cost by Refiners (Dollars per Barrel)
Year
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
1974
7.46
8.57
8.68
9.13
9.44
9.45
9.30
9.17
9.13
9.22
9.41
9.28
1975
9.48
10.09
9.91
9.83
9.79
10.33
10.57
10.81
10.79
10.85
11.05
10.98
1976
10.76
10.54
10.44
10.63
10.66
10.88
10.97
10.78
11.08
11.20
11.26
11.32
1977
11.64
11.80
11.88
11.75
11.87
11.98
11.90
12.01
12.01
12.12
12.18
12.27
1978
12.13
12.19
12.23
12.20
12.35
12.48
12.45
12.46
12.57
12.62
12.76
12.93
1979
13.11
13.42
13.70
14.52
15.40
17.00
18.58
19.75
20.14
20.68
22.04
23.63
1980
24.81
26.11
26.88
27.09
27.85
28.80
28.73
28.70
28.96
29.56
29.79
31.39
1981
34.86
37.28
37.48
36.58
36.11
35.03
34.70
34.46
34.11
34.07
34.33
34.33
1982
33.95
33.40
31.81
30.83
31.02
31.74
31.74
31.45
31.40
31.98
32.07
31.29
1983
30.73
29.49
28.64
28.33
28.64
28.85
28.75
28.88
28.97
29.14
28.85
28.83
1984
28.67
28.81
28.81
28.77
28.83
28.77
28.79
28.69
28.60
28.56
28.30
27.97
1985
27.02
26.49
26.76
27.03
27.12
26.76
26.59
26.50
26.45
26.66
26.86
26.72
1986
25.63
19.76
14.80
13.05
13.05
12.83
11.26
11.93
13.13
13.05
13.30
13.84
1987
16.16
16.83
17.04
17.44
17.85
18.47
19.13
19.36
18.57
18.43
18.02
17.09
1988
15.68
15.53
14.84
15.77
16.18
15.65
14.71
14.34
13.91
12.96
12.63
13.98
1989
15.73
16.32
17.52
19.22
19.03
18.43
18.18
17.23
17.66
18.24
18.39
19.54
1990
20.64
20.31
19.14
17.05
16.27
15.11
16.19
23.55
30.03
33.14
30.52
26.09
1991
22.85
19.03
17.89
18.46
18.70
17.98
18.57
18.92
19.17
20.16
19.72
17.56
1992
16.50
16.30
16.56
17.66
18.83
19.99
20.10
19.56
19.59
19.49
18.66
17.43
1993
17.11
17.64
18.08
18.42
18.16
17.26
16.10
15.83
15.59
15.81
14.51
12.51
1994
12.83
13.07
13.16
14.64
15.80
17.21
17.62
16.92
16.18
16.31
16.54
16.03
1995
16.54
17.18
17.26
18.43
18.62
17.69
16.68
16.75
16.91
16.55
16.62
17.54
1996
17.74
17.95
19.76
21.63
20.61
19.31
19.76
20.54
21.96
23.08
22.87
23.30
1997
23.59
21.64
19.82
18.35
18.79
17.80
17.84
18.19
18.14
19.17
18.52
16.91
1998
15.04
13.98
12.84
13.06
12.95
11.94
11.90
11.77
13.01
12.61
11.56
9.81
1999
10.43
10.55
12.13
14.95
15.95
16.06
18.07
19.57
21.68
21.93
23.12
24.51
2000
25.49
27.55
28.41
24.97
26.46
29.13
28.74
29.01
31.13
30.63
31.00
26.31
2001
25.45
26.09
24.05
23.87
25.31
24.92
23.76
24.44
23.73
20.04
17.24
16.52
2002
17.38
18.43
22.00
24.10
25.03
24.05
25.16
26.19
27.66
26.70
24.60
26.93
2003
30.52
33.00
30.65
26.02
25.74
27.92
28.55
29.15
26.39
27.75
28.28
29.28
2004
30.93
31.72
33.10
33.47
36.32
34.59
36.68
40.30
41.35
46.13
41.77
36.60
2005
39.01
41.05
46.78
46.71
44.84
50.30
53.83
59.30
60.18
57.18
52.13
52.51
2006
57.33
54.82
56.38
62.98
65.34
65.13
68.86
67.77
58.92
54.04
53.61
55.98
2007
50.74
54.42
56.80
60.65
61.64
65.07
71.20
69.46
73.47
79.85
86.74
85.31
2008
86.48
89.07
98.01
106.23
118.14
Updated on 6/30/2008
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration
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