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The 1980s oil glut was a significant surplus of crude oil caused by falling demand following the 1970s energy crisis.The world price of oil had peaked in 1980 at over US$35 per barrel (equivalent to $134 per barrel in 2024 dollars, when adjusted for inflation); it fell in 1986 from $27 to below $10 ($77 to $29 in 2024 dollars).
Oil traders, Houston, 2009 Nominal price of oil from 1861 to 2020 from Our World in Data. The price of oil, or the oil price, generally refers to the spot price of a barrel (159 litres) of benchmark crude oil—a reference price for buyers and sellers of crude oil such as West Texas Intermediate (WTI), Brent Crude, Dubai Crude, OPEC Reference Basket, Tapis crude, Bonny Light, Urals oil ...
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While Harvey has had little effect on crude prices, [44] the price of gas reached $2.59 on September 2, up 17.5 cents since August 23 and 16.7% higher than 2016, [45] with more dramatic increases in states dependent on the Colonial Pipeline, which closed until inspection was complete. [46]
By December 12, both Brent and WTI reached their lowest prices since 2009; Brent dropped to $62.75 a barrel and WTI slid to $58.80 . [97] Later in the month the price of oil was down 50% since April. Economic problems in Europe and Asia, high gas mileage, a strong dollar, higher U.S. production and no action by OPEC have been credited. [98]
U.S. crude futures surpassed $90 per barrel on Thursday for the first time since November 2022. West Texas Intermediate jumped 1.8% to settle at $90.16.Brent crude futures also closed higher, at ...
JCC prices are available from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). [14] The JCC has had continuous price fluctuations over its history, whilst still steadily increasing. From the raw data and graph, the two major spikes in prices can be seen in 2008 and 2011–12. A comparatively dramatic price low can be observed ...