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The line graph shows the historical oil prices per barrel from 1973 to January 2009. v.1

The line graph shows the historical oil prices per barrel from 1973 to January 2009. v. 1
The line graph illustrates changes in oil price between the year 1973 and the first month of 2009. Data is collected by inflationdata. com and the Department of Revenue of Alaska. Overall, oil price per barrel ranged from as low as 5 dollars in the early years to as high as 145 dollars in recent years. Additionally, it did not go beyond 40 dollars before 2006. Per barrel of oil was sold at 5 dollars in 1973, which was the lowest price compared with the years afterwards. It took 8 years for the price to increase to approximately 40 dollars, before becoming nearly 20 USD in 1986. From there, oil price fluctuated around 20 dollars a barrel until it dropped to 10 dollars in 1998. However, the price increased 3-fold by the end of the 20th century and furtherly surged to nearly 40 dollars per barrel in 2005. The most noticeable changes took place in the remaining years, as the price reached the zenith of over 140 dollars in 2007. But as of January 2009, after continuous decreases, the figure stood at about 42 dollars a barrel.
The line graph illustrates
changes
in
oil
price
between the
year
1973 and the
first
month of 2009. Data
is collected
by
inflationdata
.
com
and the Department of Revenue of Alaska.

Overall
,
oil
price
per
barrel
ranged from as low as 5
dollars
in the early years to as high as 145
dollars
in recent years.
Additionally
, it did not go beyond 40
dollars
before
2006.

Per
barrel
of
oil
was sold
at 5
dollars
in 1973, which was the lowest
price
compared with the years afterwards. It took 8 years for the
price
to increase to approximately 40
dollars
,
before
becoming
nearly
20 USD in 1986. From there,
oil
price
fluctuated around 20
dollars
a
barrel
until it dropped to 10
dollars
in 1998.
However
, the
price
increased 3-fold by the
end
of the 20th century and
furtherly
surged to
nearly
40
dollars
per
barrel
in 2005. The most noticeable
changes
took place in the remaining years, as the
price
reached the zenith of over 140
dollars
in 2007.
But
as of January 2009, after continuous decreases, the figure stood at about 42
dollars
a
barrel
.
4Linking words, meeting the goal of 7 or more
27Repeated words, meeting the goal of 3 or fewer
3Mistakes

IELTS academic The line graph shows the historical oil prices per barrel from 1973 to January 2009. v. 1

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187 words
6.0
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