Oil prices and global benchmark charts.

Current rolling-futures comparisons and delayed EIA spot history for WTI and Brent, plus monthly Dubai and WCS prices, OPEC basket history and clear guides to seven major oil benchmarks. Compare like-for-like observations, understand crude quality and find listed companies across the value chain.

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Why oil moved todayWTI and Brent movement with qualifying evidence and explicit causal limits.

Brent–WTI futures spreadAligned rolling references and a 52-week spread range.

Forecast track recordSee matured errors, direction accuracy and range coverage.

Oil event calendarRecurring releases and contract events with official links.

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252 aligned rolling-futures observations through 2026-11-11 21:58 UTC. Indicative, not executable quotes.

Delay: 57 minutes ago

Yahoo Finance public chart (BZF27.NYM); indicative futures reference / Yahoo Finance public chart (CLZ26.NYM); indicative futures reference. USD per barrel. Rolling front-month futures references; contract rolls can affect the series. Indicative, not executable quotes.

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Latest spread · USD/barrel +6.21

Lowest spread · USD/barrel -3.68

Highest spread · USD/barrel +16.97

Mean spread · USD/barrel +5.77

Spread = first benchmark minus second. A positive Brent–WTI spread means Brent is higher. Highs and lows describe stored observations, not intraday extremes. Indexed charts require positive prices at the starting date.

Seven benchmarks, different jobs.

WTI and Brent have daily charts; Dubai and WCS have monthly history. The Oman, Murban and OPEC basket pages explain their own published series, structure and regional role.

WTI United States · Cushing $86.42 USD / barrel Indicative futures reference · 11 Nov 2026, 21:59 UTC Latest market update · Wed 11 Nov Spot reference · Light sweet crude Open price chart →

Brent North Sea / international trade $92.63 USD / barrel Indicative futures reference · 11 Nov 2026, 21:58 UTC Latest market update · Wed 11 Nov Spot reference · Light sweet crude reference Open price chart →

Dubai Middle East / Asian trade $102.70 USD / barrel Monthly average · Oct 2026 Latest monthly release Monthly spot-price average · Medium sour crude reference Open price chart →

Oman Oman / Asian trade Official annual price history Annual official price / futures marker · Light sour crude under cited S&P bands Read benchmark guide →

Murban United Arab Emirates Official export availability forecast Futures benchmark / physical export grade · Light crude · 40.5° gravity · 0.79% sulfur Read benchmark guide →

Western Canadian Select Western Canada · Hardisty Monthly price history Physical crude benchmark · Heavy sour crude blend Read benchmark guide →

OPEC Reference Basket Twelve OPEC member crude streams Annual price history + component table Basket reference · Basket of light, medium and heavy crude oils Read benchmark guide →

Research prices, scenarios, crude quality and companies.

Use the oil outlook lab to compare transparent historical scenarios and enter your own assumptions. Then read the contract and rollover guide, explore crude quality, cargo values, listed companies, the dated Russian refinery status map and Why the United States imports oil.

Oil price outlook and scenario lab Compare simple backtested baselines, inspect a historical range and build your own WTI or Brent scenario. Open the outlook lab

What is an oil cargo worth? Enter loaded barrels, benchmark price, quality adjustment, loss and costs to build an explained estimate. Build the cargo story

Sweet, sour, light and heavy crude Plot 19 grades by density and sulfur, then compare North America, the North Sea, the Middle East and Africa. Open the quality map

US oil balance and refinery dashboard Put production, imports, exports, refinery inputs and utilization in one sourced view. Open the data dashboard

Listed oil companies Separate producers, refiners and pipeline operators from the benchmark prices they are connected to. Browse stock codes and charts

Russian refinery status Review dated evidence for major plants reported operating, constrained or offline. Open the status map

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Most recent 24 rows in the selected range. The comparison download includes every aligned row in that range; original source histories are available on each price page.

Aligned oil benchmark observations and spread
Observation date / source time	Brent · USD/barrel	WTI · USD/barrel	Brent − WTI
2026-11-11Brent crude oil 21:58 · WTI crude oil 21:59 UTC	92.63	86.42	+6.21
2026-11-10	91.49	86.04	+5.45
2026-11-09	92.57	86.85	+5.72
2026-11-06	98.32	90.83	+7.49
2026-11-05	98.29	90.52	+7.77
2026-11-04	94.62	88.12	+6.50
2026-11-03	103.60	96.09	+7.51
2026-11-02	104.77	96.46	+8.31
2026-10-30	117.64	104.12	+13.52
2026-10-29	114.88	102.00	+12.88
2026-10-28	115.32	102.78	+12.54
2026-10-27	113.88	99.90	+13.98
2026-10-26	115.81	101.76	+14.05
2026-10-23	116.72	103.27	+13.45
2026-10-22	113.17	99.47	+13.70
2026-10-21	108.82	97.15	+11.67
2026-10-20	108.79	101.79	+7.00
2026-10-19	109.55	103.66	+5.89
2026-10-16	109.86	101.41	+8.45
2026-10-15	105.92	97.97	+7.95
2026-10-14	106.06	95.09	+10.97
2026-10-13	105.69	94.14	+11.55
2026-10-12	106.65	93.74	+12.91
2026-10-09	104.72	91.85	+12.87

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Spot, futures or basket?

A spot reference describes a defined physical market. A futures settlement belongs to a contract and delivery month. A basket combines multiple grades. The OPEC basket, Oman marker and WTI spot price are not interchangeable series.

Match the clock

Daily WTI and Brent are EIA observations distributed by FRED, with publication delays. Monthly WTI, Brent and Dubai come from the World Bank. Yearly values average monthly observations. A daily scheduled check does not imply intraday updates.

Match the unit

These comparisons use currency per barrel. Currency conversions apply the latest reference FX across the whole series, not historical FX returns. Natural gas uses an energy unit and belongs in a separate comparison.

Continue with the Brent versus WTI guide, verify the oil data methodology, or compare the different unit and market scope of US natural gas.