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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.

  2. This chart shows the historical Crude Oil prices in US dollars per barrel - 1861 onwards. Note: 1861-1944 US Average. 1945-1983 Arabian Light posted at Ras Tanura. 1984-2009 Brent dated; Updated: last year (2009)

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    The absolute peak occurred in June 2008 with the highest inflation adjusted monthly average crude oil price of $145.93 / barrel. From there we see one of the sharpest drops in history. Note that the fall from the 1979 peak took until 1986 (7 years) to fall as much (percentage wise) as it lost in only six months from 2008-2009.

    In nominal terms, we see a fall from $126.33 in June 2008 to $31.04 in February 09 but by June 09 oil is back to $61.46 and by April of 2011 it was back to $102.15. Fortunately, from there it decreased down to $76.90 in September but then started increasing again. The average for the year 2011 was $87.04. 2012 was very close with the nominal averag...

    During the previous peak price back in 1979 the nominal monthly average oil price peaked at $38 per barrel (although the intraday prices spiked much higher). The common price quoted is the all time high for Crude Oil prices i.e. the price that the highest barrel ever sold for. That price doesnt really have any effect on the price consumers paid. Wh...

    As we can see from the chart, inflation adjusted prices were higher in 2008 than they were in either 2011 or 1980, but in 1980 the prices stair-stepped down rather than falling sharply as they did in 2008. Part of the reason for this was that 2008 prices were driven by a speculative bubble while 1979-80 prices were driven up by OPEC. Another factor...

  3. Annual average domestic first purchase prices for crude oil in the United States from 1859 to 2022 (in nominal U.S. dollars per barrel) table column chart

  4. May 4, 2022 · Historical oil prices rose rapidly from 2004-2008. During that time, economic growth was fueling oil demand but there was little spare production capacity. By the second quarter of 2008, inflation-adjusted oil prices hit a high of $125 per barrel.

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  5. This graph, taken from BP’s 2015 “Statistical Review of World Energy” report, shows crude oil prices, measured in US dollars per barrel, from 1861 to 2014. What trends do you see in the ways that crude oil prices have fluctuated in response to world events?

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  7. Apr 9, 2024 · Oil prices have climbed in recent weeks, spurred by concerns over supplies and geopolitical risks, including wars in Ukraine and the Middle East. Analysts say the momentum could carry prices...

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