The internal transfer price is the price paid by the Natural Gas business unit to Exploration & Production Norway for natural gas. It consists of three price components:

• Long term contracts, which are priced back-to-back
• LNG sales with the exception of LNG volumes delivered under long term contracts.
LNG volumes are priced at Henry Hub (HH) quotations
• Short term contracts are priced at National Balancing Point (NBP) quotations


Period Internal gas price (NOK/Sm3)
2013
1Q 1,91
2012
4Q 1,86
3Q 1,77
2Q 1,91
1Q 1,83
2011
4Q 1,72
3Q 1,55
2Q 1,76
1Q 1,56
2010
4Q 1,48
3Q 1,32
2Q 1,17
1Q 1,13
2009
4Q 1,07
3Q 1,16
2Q 1,32
1Q 1,90
2008
4Q 2,32
3Q 1,86
2Q 1,73
1Q 1,55
2007
4Q 1,53
3Q 1,35
2Q 1,25
1Q 1,38
2006
4Q 1,48
3Q 1,40
2Q 1,27
1Q 1,26
 
* New formula as of 1 January 2008:

Up until fourth quarter of 2007 the internal transfer price for natural gas was calculated based on the average monthly oil price for the preceding six months of the relevant quarter. Effective from 1 January 2008 the transfer price formula for natural gas has been updated to better reflect fundamental changes in the markets for competing energies, i.e. crude oil, developments in natural gas markets and changes in the natural gas sales contracts portfolio.