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Fig. 1.1	Classification of resources linked to discoveries and fields.
Fig. 1.2	Resource classification system for discoveries and fields.
Fig. 1.4	Relationship between the in place resources and recoverable resources.
Fig. 1.5	Total recoverable resources connected to fields.
Fig. 1.7	The total recoverable resources in discoveries.
Fig. 1.8	The total recoverable petroleum resources on the Norwegian continental shelf.
Fig. 1.9	The total recoverable petroleum resources showing the range of uncertainty.
Fig. 2.1	Changes in the quantities of in place oil and recoverable oil in mill. Sm3, together with the recovery factor for 23 fields, from 1991 to 1996.
Fig. 2.4	Effect of an increased recovery factor on the estimate of the total recoverable resources.
Fig. 2.6	Total potential for improved resource exploitation.
Fig. 3.1	Areas and blocks allocated in licensing rounds 1 to 15.
Fig. 3.2	Number of production licences per region in each licensing round.
Fig. 3.4	Exploration wells.
Fig. 3.6	Growth in resources for the whole continental shelf.
Fig. 3.7	Number of discoveries per year.
Fig. 3.13	Pre-licence and licence costs.
Fig. 3.14	Trend in exploration costs apportioned among the cost components.
Fig. 3.19	Trend in exploration costs per resource growth and trend in resource growth per wildcat well (5 year running average).
Fig. 3.26	The total pre-licence resource estimate of the companies shown as percentages of the total volume of the discoveries (8th-14th licensing rounds).
Fig. 4.1	Undiscovered petroleum resources on the Norwegian continental shelf.
Fig. 4.2	Resources discovered in 1995 and 1996.
Fig. 4.10	Number of prospects and probability of discovery per exploration region.
Fig. 5.1	Geographical distribution of discoveries which have not yet been developed.
Fig. 6.2	Total oil production from the Norwegian shelf.
Fig. 6.8	Basic scenario for total oil production from the Norwegian continental shelf.
Fig. 6.10	Basic scenario for total production of petroleum from the Norwegian continental shelf.
Fig. 6.12	Plateau production for selected fields.
Fig. 6.16	Range of uncertainty for the basic scenario for oil production on the Norwegian continental shelf.
Fig. 7.2	Accumulated growth in seismic data volumes on the Norwegian continental shelf.
Fig. 7.7	Emission of CO2 per net Sm3 o.e. produced.
Fig. 8.1	The world's total oil and gas resources.
Fig. 8.5	Norwegian share of world production.
Fig. 8.7	Oil and gas resources proved during the last 10 years, distributed according to nations.