Crude Oil Wellhead Prices in Nebraska


The average wellhead price of crude oil leaped $8.55 to $102.39 in April from the previous month.  The price of $102.39 was $47.84 (nearly 90 percent) higher than last year's price.  This is a new record high for a monthly average price.  The previous record high was set in March 2008 at $93.84 and, before that, in November 2007 at $85.11.

The annual average price of $62.78 for 2007 was an increase of $5.01 from $57.77 in 2006.  The annual average for 2007 hit a record high by rising above the previous records of $57.77 in 2006, $52.38 in 2005 and, prior to that, $38.42 in 2004.  Before 2004, the record high had been $35.32 in 1981.



Crude Oil Wellhead Prices in Nebraska, 1978-2008
(Price per Barrel)

Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual Average
1978 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA $11.40
1979 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA $18.13
1980 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA $30.60
1981 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA $35.32
1982 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA $30.98
1983 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA $28.58
1984 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA $27.83
1985 $24.82 $24.41 $24.70 $25.10 $25.47 $25.44 $25.38 $25.38 $25.61 $25.93 $26.30 $26.54 $25.42
1986 $24.26 $17.06 $12.85 $11.44 $12.20 $12.28 $10.35 $11.99 $13.15 $12.73 $12.65 $13.30 $13.70
1987 $15.80 $16.22 $16.14 $16.34 $17.01 $17.62 $18.63 $18.58 $17.61 $17.63 $17.25 $16.11 $17.08
1988 $15.27 $14.89 $14.53 $15.72 $15.87 $15.03 $13.76 $13.64 $13.17 $12.11 $11.93 $13.74 $14.08
1989 $15.71 $15.86 $17.45 $18.68 $18.09 $18.05 $17.87 $16.25 $17.11 $17.78 $17.41 $18.32 $17.36
1990 $20.00 $19.72 $18.19 $16.18 $15.95 $14.37 $16.03 $24.48 $30.88 $33.21 $29.46 $24.47 $21.94
1991 $21.77 $17.96 $17.29 $18.30 $18.48 $17.52 $18.83 $18.99 $19.25 $20.63 $19.72 $16.82 $18.78
1992 $16.18 $16.19 $16.08 $17.19 $17.92 $19.22 $18.56 $18.18 $18.79 $18.63 $17.26 $16.31 $17.51
1993 $15.93 $16.88 $16.95 $16.91 $16.28 $15.40 $14.10 $14.18 $13.58 $14.26 $12.87 $10.77 $14.90
1994 $11.19 $10.92 $10.88 $12.67 $14.52 $15.76 $16.32 $14.81 $13.91 $14.22 $14.55 $13.65 $13.60
1995 $14.60 $15.33 $15.15 $16.63 $16.44 $15.27 $14.08 $14.71 $14.95 $14.15 $14.77 $16.06 $15.18
1996 $15.91 $15.79 $18.04 $20.25 $18.94 $18.27 $19.06 $19.72 $21.99 $22.78 $21.38 $22.79 $19.57
1997 $22.93 $19.88 $18.50 $17.40 $18.37 $16.55 $16.94 $17.11 $17.74 $18.52 $17.29 $15.47 $18.10
1998 $13.84 $13.15 $12.09 $12.47 $11.86 $10.36 $10.77 $10.22 $11.79 $11.24 $9.70 $8.63 $11.50
1999 $9.81 $9.35 $12.33 $14.96 $15.61 $15.77 $17.94 $19.03 $21.50 $20.40 $22.77 $23.81 $17.21
2000 $24.70 $27.25 $28.07 $23.61 $26.56 $28.86 $27.78 $28.88 $30.80 $30.42 $32.14 $26.36 $27.97
2001 $27.39 $27.60 $24.36 $24.82 $25.89 $24.46 $23.98 $24.77 $24.63 $19.66 $19.26 $16.95 $23.67
2002 $16.98 $17.97 $21.66 $23.67 $24.44 $23.25 $24.48 $25.47 $27.36 $26.43 $24.36 $27.08 $23.62
2003 $30.36 $33.28 $30.88 $25.98 $25.88 $28.12 $28.50 $29.32 $26.00 $28.02 $28.31 $29.53 $28.63
2004 $31.35 $31.80 $34.10 $33.82 $37.29 $35.09 $37.37 $41.76 $43.06 $50.24 $46.06 $38.87 $38.42
2005 $41.53 $43.11 $50.08 $48.06 $45.05 $50.87 $53.66 $60.00 $60.67 $58.51 $54.61 $55.46 $52.38
2006 $61.44 $57.22 $56.48 $61.19 $61.44 $61.62 $65.40 $64.08 $54.27 $48.58 $48.41 $51.56 $57.77
2007 $44.22 $49.64 $50.84 $54.55 $53.95 $57.70 $64.66 $62.96 $69.58 $76.15 $85.11 $81.64 $62.78
2008 $81.98 $84.47 $93.84 $102.39 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

Sources:  Petroleum Marketing Monthly.  Energy Information Administration, Washington, DC.  Nebraska Energy Office, Lincoln, NE.

Notes:  NA = Not Available.  Numbers in red have been revised.

This table was updated on July 1, 2008.  Typically, there is one month between updates.
This graph was updated on March 3, 2008.  Typically, there is one year between updates.

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