Table 10.Lifting Costs for FRS Companies by Region,
2006-2007 (2007 Dollars per Barrel of Oil Equivalent)
Region
Direct Lifting Costs
Production Taxes
Total
2006
2007
Percent Change
2006
2007
Percent Change
2006
2007
Percent Change
United States Onshore
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
10.00
11.91
19.1
Offshore
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
7.52
8.92
18.7
Total United States
7.05
8.35
18.5
2.32
2.90
24.8
9.37
11.25
20.1
Foreign Canada
8.55
10.02
17.2
0.35
0.39
10.2
8.90
10.41
16.9
Europe
6.52
8.48
30.1
2.05
1.87
-9.1
8.57
10.35
20.7
Former Soviet Union
4.20
3.98
-5.3
0.78
0.49
-37.0
4.98
4.47
-10.3
Africa
4.23
5.66
33.7
2.83
3.68
30.3
7.06
9.35
32.4
Middle East
4.72
4.08
-13.4
10.21
4.52
-55.7
14.92
8.61
-42.3
Other Eastern Hemisphere
4.44
5.39
21.5
2.21
2.83
28.3
6.64
8.22
23.8
Other Western Hemisphere
3.30
3.87
17.5
2.44
2.05
-16.0
5.73
5.92
3.3
Total Foreign
5.40
6.47
19.8
2.50
2.41
-3.6
7.90
8.88
12.4
Worldwide Total
6.14
7.34
19.5
2.42
2.63
8.9
8.56
9.98
16.5
NA = 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).