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West Texas Intermediate (WTI) is a grade or mix of crude oil; the term is also used to refer to the spot price, the futures price, or assessed price for that oil. In colloquial usage, WTI usually refers to the WTI Crude Oil futures contract traded on the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX).
The average price of WTI crude oil was $57 per barrel in 2019 compared to $64 in 2018. [91] On 20 April 2020, WTI Crude futures contracts dropped below $0 for the first time in history, [ 110 ] and the following day Brent Crude fell below $20 per barrel.
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]
Colas noted that when WTI crude prices ranged between $80 and $100 per barrel between 2008 and 2014, XLE typically outperformed. Old rusted oil rig in a field in Galveston, Texas. (Getty Images ...
WTI gained less than 1% to settle just below $71 per barrel, while Brent futures closed above $74 per barrel. The sanctions target some individuals, firms, and three tankers helping ship oil to China.
English: The chart in the figure shows the change in WTI oil prices between 2013 and 2023 (data availability by CNBC). The x-axis of the graph shows dots of different colours for each year, representing the start price, end price, and the highest and lowest prices for each year. y-axis represents the price of oil in US dollars per barrel.
Oil prices could very well reach $100 per barrel. But supply and demand are likely to bring prices back down, say analysts. ... [WTI] prices above $95 per barrel, which will drive the commodity ...
Brent finished July at $85.43 and WTI at $81.80, both the highest since April for the third day, and the biggest increase for a month since January 2022, with expectations of lower supply and higher demand. [28] After six weeks of gains, WTI was up 20 percent to $82.82 on August 4, and Brent finished at $86.24, up 17 percent.