Table 10.Lifting Costs for FRS Companies by Region, 2005 and 2006 (2006 Dollars Per
Barrel of Oil Equivalent)
Region
Direct Lifting Costs
Production Taxes
Total
2005
2006
Percent Change
2005
2006
Percent Change
2005
2006
Percent Change
United States Onshore
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
7.94
9.69
22.0
Offshore
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
6.56
7.32
11.7
Total United States
5.56
6.83
22.8
2.01
2.26
12.4
7.57
9.09
20.0
Foreign Canada
7.20
8.29
15.1
0.31
0.34
7.7
7.52
8.63
14.8
Europe
5.89
6.34
7.6
1.41
2.00
42.0
7.30
8.34
14.3
Former Soviet Union
5.38
4.09
-24.0
3.25
0.76
-76.5
8.63
4.85
-43.8
Africa
4.22
4.10
-2.7
2.27
2.75
21.2
6.49
6.86
5.7
Middle East
4.96
4.59
-7.5
0.15
9.94
6,730.3
5.11
14.53
184.4
Other Eastern Hemisphere
3.86
4.32
11.8
2.00
2.15
7.2
5.87
6.47
10.2
Other Western Hemisphere
3.27
3.21
-1.9
2.45
2.37
-3.1
5.72
5.58
-2.5
Total Foreign
5.06
5.25
3.6
1.62
2.43
50.5
6.68
7.68
15.0
Worldwide Total
5.29
5.96
12.6
1.80
2.36
31.0
7.09
8.32
17.3
n.a. = Data not
available.
Notes: Natural gas is converted to
equivalent barrels of oil at 0.178 barrels per thousand cubic feet.Sum of components may not add to total due
to independent rounding.
Source:Energy
Information Administration, Form EIA-28, (Financial Reporting System).