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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 ...
January: Nine OPEC members adjust prices to cut gap between light and heavy crudes from $4 to $2.40 per barrel. Saudi light price cut one dollar to $28 per barrel. March 11–19: Iranian offensive; heavy casualties. May–June: "Battle of the cities" - heavy bombing from both Iran and Iraq.
The 1861–1944 data is domestic crude oil first purchase price. The EIA defines "first purchase" this way: An equity (not custody) transaction involving an arms-length transfer of ownership of crude oil associated with the physical removal of the crude oil from a property (lease) for the first time.
A barrel that today costs $100 is the equivalent, in real dollars, to a $71 barrel in 2010 and a $56 barrel in 2000. ... The good news, according to Malek, is that although oil prices might rise ...
US crude settled at $79.97 per barrel. Brent ( BZ=F ) futures also rose more than 2% to settle at $83.94 per barrel. Friday's jump follows two consecutive months of price gains .
The average price of gasoline hit $3.86 per gallon on Thursday, according to AAA. Prices were $0.06 higher than a week ago, and $0.16 more than exactly one year ago.
Indications of a world oil glut lead to a rapid decline in world oil prices early in 1982. OPEC appears to lose control over world oil prices. March: Damascus closes Iraq's 400,000 bbl/d (64,000 m 3 /d) trans-Syrian oil export pipeline to show support for Iran. March 11: U.S. boycotts Libyan crude. May 24:Iran recaptures Khorramshahr.
Escalating tensions abroad could push oil prices to roughly $90 per barrel, according to one analyst. Prices weren't too far from those levels on Monday, as Brent hovered above $86 per barrel ...