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At Christmas, gas was $3.04, four cents less than a year earlier, and one of the lowest prices since the COVID-19 pandemic. [86] Brent ended 2024 down 3 percent, the second down year. Brent finished at $74.64 and WTI at $71.72, about where it started 2024. [87]
Oil platform in the North Sea. Brent Crude may refer to any or all of the components of the Brent Complex, a physically and financially traded oil market based around the North Sea of Northwest Europe; colloquially, Brent Crude usually refers to the price of the ICE (Intercontinental Exchange) Brent Crude Oil futures contract or the contract itself.
The Energy Information Administration expects prices at the pump to average $3.20 per gallon next year, about $0.10 lower than in 2024. Ines Ferre is a senior business reporter for Yahoo Finance ...
This makes the measure important for market analysts. The OPEC Basket, including a mix of light and heavy crude oil products, is heavier than both Brent crude oil, and West Texas Intermediate crude oil. Since January 1, 2017, the OPEC reference basket consists of a weighted average of the following crudes: [1] Saharan Blend (from Algeria)
One result of those slack prices is that U.S. average pump prices for gasoline fell to $3.03 a gallon this week, the lowest since May, 2021 and well down from their record peak of $5.02 from June ...
Sector View: Brent crude is expected to average ~$70/bbl in 2025, down from ~$80/bbl+ in 2024 YTD, driven by global supply growth outpacing demand, adds the analyst.
On April 24, gasoline was $3.85 compared to $3.86 a year earlier; it had been two years since gas prices were lower than the previous year. Crude oil prices were down; West Texas Intermediate was $103.55 a barrel, [ 72 ] down from over $107 late in March, [ 73 ] and Brent Crude $118.16 [ 72 ] after peaking above $128 in March.
The breakeven price for North American shale oil was US$68 a barrel in 2015, making it one of the most expensive to produce. By 2019, the "average Brent breakeven price for tight oil was about US$46 per barrel. The breakeven price of oil from Saudi Arabia and other Middle Eastern countries was US$42, in comparison. [141]