In the extraction of oil and natural gas, only four per cent was spent on basic research and 72 per cent on applied research. It is, however, less relevant for service industries to make the same distinction as manufacturing industries between product and process. In 1999, external private funding provided NOK 1.1 billion, a decline from 1997, when NOK 1.6 billion came from external private funding. External private funding includes funding from both Norwegian and foreign enterprises, with entities within the same group of companies accounting for just over 40 per cent. Public funding increased from NOK 595 million in 1997 to NOK 716 million in 1999.
Most industries have a high level of internal funding.