Table 4.10  Major U.S. Energy Companies' Expenditures for Crude Oil and Natural Gas Exploration and Development                    by Region, 1974-2005  (Billion Nominal Dollars 1)
Year	United States			Foreign								Total
	Onshore	Offshore	Total	Canada	OECD Europe 2	Eastern Europe and Former U.S.S.R.	Africa	Middle East	Other Eastern Hemisphere 3	Other Western Hemisphere 4	Total
1974	NA	NA	8.7	NA	NA	– –	NA	NA	NA	NA	3.8	12.5
1975	NA	NA	7.8	NA	NA	– –	NA	NA	NA	NA	5.3	13.1
1976	NA	NA	9.5	NA	NA	– –	NA	NA	NA	NA	5.2	14.7
1977	6.7	4.0	10.7	1.5	2.5	– –	.7	.2	.3	.4	5.6	16.3
1978	7.5	4.3	11.8	1.6	2.6	– –	.8	.3	.4	.6	6.4	18.2
1979	13.0	8.3	21.3	2.3	3.0	– –	.8	.2	.5	.8	7.8	29.1
1980	16.8	9.4	26.2	3.1	4.3	– –	1.4	.2	.8	1.0	11.0	37.2
1981	19.9	13.0	33.0	1.8	5.0	– –	2.1	.3	1.9	1.3	12.4	45.4
1982	27.2	11.9	39.1	1.9	6.3	– –	2.1	.4	2.4	1.1	14.2	53.3
1983	16.0	11.1	27.1	1.6	4.3	– –	1.7	.5	2.0	.6	10.7	37.7
1984	32.1	16.0	48.1	5.4	5.5	– –	3.4	.5	2.0	.5	17.3	65.3
1985	20.0	8.5	28.5	1.9	3.7	– –	1.6	.9	1.3	.7	10.1	38.6
1986	12.5	4.9	17.4	1.1	3.2	– –	1.1	.3	1.2	.6	7.5	24.9
1987	9.7	4.5	14.3	1.9	3.0	– –	.8	.4	2.8	.5	9.2	23.5
1988	12.9	8.1	21.0	5.4	4.3	– –	.8	.4	1.4	.7	13.0	34.1
1989	9.0	6.0	15.0	6.3	3.5	– –	1.0	.4	2.3	.6	14.1	29.1
1990	10.2	4.9	15.1	1.8	6.6	– –	1.4	.6	2.4	.7	13.6	28.7
1991	9.6	4.6	14.2	1.7	6.8	– –	1.5	.5	2.4	.7	13.7	27.9
1992	7.3	3.0	10.3	1.1	6.8	– –	1.4	.6	2.4	.6	12.9	23.2
1993	7.2	3.7	10.9	1.6	5.5	.3	1.5	.7	2.5	.6	12.5	23.5
1994	7.8	4.8	12.6	1.8	4.4	.3	1.4	.4	2.8	.7	11.9	24.5
1995	7.7	4.7	12.4	1.9	5.2	.4	2.0	.4	2.4	.9	13.2	25.6
1996	7.9	6.7	14.6	1.6	5.6	.5	2.8	.5	4.1	1.6	16.6	31.3
1997	13.0	8.8	21.8	2.0	7.1	.6	3.0	.6	3.0	1.6	17.9	39.8
1998	13.5	11.0	24.4	4.8	8.6	1.3	3.1	.9	3.9	3.7	26.4	50.8
1999	6.6	6.9	13.5	2.1	4.1	.6	3.1	.4	3.4	3.8	17.5	31.0
2000	27.1	21.0	48.0	4.9	7.5	.9	2.7	.6	6.8	5.4	28.8	76.8
2001	24.2	9.6	33.9	15.3	5.4	.9	5.5	.7	5.0	3.1	35.9	69.8
2002	22.3	9.5	31.8	6.7	9.8	1.3	5.1	.8	6.2	1.6	31.4	63.2
2003	14.7	12.5	27.2	4.9	5.7	2.1	9.2	1.0	4.2	1.1	28.2	55.4
2004	21.9	10.5	32.4	5.3	4.4	2.0	6.9	1.3	3.8	1.6	25.3	57.7
2005	35.2	11.2	46.4	9.1	6.1	6.3	10.7	1.5	12.0	1.7	47.3	93.6
1See "Nominal Dollars" in Glossary. NA=Not available.  – – = Not applicable.   2The European members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) are Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, and the United Kingdom, and, for 1997 forward, Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland. Notes:  ·  "Major U.S. Energy Companies" are the top publicly-owned, U.S.-based crude oil and natural gas producers and petroleum refiners that form the Financial Reporting System (FRS).  See Table 3.14. ·  Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding. 3This region includes areas that are eastward of the Greenwich prime meridian to 180° longitude and that are not included in other domestic or foreign classifications. Web Page:  For related information, see http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/finance. 4This region includes areas that are westward of the Greenwich prime meridian to 180° longitude and that are not included in other domestic or foreign classifications. Sources:  ·  1974-1976—Energy Information Administration (EIA), Office of Energy Markets and End Use, FRS Database, November 1997.  ·  1977 forward—EIA, Performance Profiles of Major Energy Producers, annual reports.