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  1. Interactive charts of West Texas Intermediate (WTI or NYMEX) crude oil prices per barrel back to 1946. The price of oil shown is adjusted for inflation using the headline CPI and is shown by default on a logarithmic scale. The current month is updated on an hourly basis with today's latest value.

    • Factors Leading to The 2020 Oil Price Drop
    • The 1st Half of 2020
    • The 2nd Half of 2020
    • The Bottom Line

    The COVID-19 pandemic triggered an unprecedented demand shockin the oil industry, leading to a collapse in oil prices. Demand for oil cratered as governments around the world shuttered businesses, issued stay-at-home mandates, and restricted travel. While oil prices started strong in January, by April, the impact of reduced economic activity create...

    During the first six months of 2020, market uncertainties persisted for all energy sources, including liquid fuels, electricity, coal, natural gas, and renewables. High levels of inventory forced Brent crude oilspot prices down from a monthly average of $64 per barrel in January to only $18 a barrel in April. As summer approached, however, the oil ...

    In the second half of the year, oil prices continued their rebound from April lows. As the year progressed, market expectations grew that OPEC would continue to limit or delay production increases slated for the following year. As expected, on Dec. 3, OPEC and its partner countriesannounced that they would voluntarily adjust production by 0.5 milli...

    Oil prices plunged in the spring of 2020 in response to fears about the rapid spread of COVID-19. This triggered a shock to global economic demand amid the backdrop of an escalating oil price war between Russia and Saudi Arabia, two major oil producers. The May 2020 futures contract for a barrel of WTI sank into negative territory for the first tim...

  2. Apr 13, 2022 · In April 2020, prices for a barrel of oil fell to an unprecedented negative oil price: around -$37/b in the United States for West Texas Intermediate (WTI) at Cushing and $9/b internationally for Brent oil. On April 12, 2020, OPEC and Russia agreed to lower output to support prices.

    • Kimberly Amadeo
  3. Apr 19, 2021 · On April 20, 2020, the front-month May 2020 WTI crude contract dropped 306%, or $55.90, for the session, to settle at negative $37.63 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

    • mpicache@marketwatch.com
  4. Mar 25, 2020 · In particular, on Monday 9 March 2020, the WTI price fell to US$31/bbl 1; down 25% from the previous Friday. Prices have been falling for other benchmark crude oils around the world as well. Two major market events are responsible.

  5. Oil prices fell to the ridiculously low COVID-induced glut price of $11.18 in April 2020 (inflation-adjusted $13.39). The average inflation-adjusted price for crude oil since 1946 is $54.90, which is still about one-third of the 2008 price.

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  7. Dec 31, 2018 · Crude Oil Price is at a current level of 82.64, down from 101.32 one year ago. This is a change of -18.43% from one year ago.

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