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).