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WTI Crude Oil — Daily Spot Price

The daily spot price of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil at Cushing, Oklahoma, the US oil benchmark, from the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Data status: Current
Official statisticSource figures as of October 16, 2026Sources & methods
Sources
U.S. Energy Information Administration
Period covered
Jan 4, 2000 – Oct 14, 2026
Source figures as of
October 16, 2026
Geography
Cushing, Oklahoma, United States
Sector
Energy, Utilities & Critical Minerals
Seasonal adjustment
Not seasonally adjusted
Transformations
Views other than the level (changes, averages, volatility) are calculated by CK Economics from these figures
Revisions
Replaced with the source’s latest figures whenever it revises them.
Data status
Current
Limitations
Seasonal swings are left in: compare a period with the same period a year earlier.

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Key figures

CK estimateUS$ per barrel · calculated by CK Economics from U.S. Energy Information Administration data

Latest · Oct 14, 2026
101.9
+42 US$ per barrel vs a year earlier1
5-year change
+20 US$ per barrel
since Oct 14, 20212
10-year change
+52 US$ per barrel
since Oct 14, 20162
Record high
145.3
Jul 3, 20083
Record low
−37
Apr 20, 20203
Where the latest ranks
92nd pct.
Higher than 92% of the other 6,337 observations since Jan 4, 20004
  1. 1Latest observation against the observation one year earlier (for weekly data, the nearest within three days).
  2. 2Latest observation against the observation five and ten years earlier.
  3. 3Highest and lowest published observations across the full history shown.
  4. 4Share of the other published observations that are lower than the latest one, rounded down.

Methodology

West Texas Intermediate spot price at Cushing, Oklahoma, free on board (FOB), in dollars per barrel (EIA series RWTC). On 20 April 2020 the price fell below zero (−$36.98), as storage at Cushing ran out; the value is kept as published. EIA compiles its spot prices from market price reporters. Prices are for trading days only; weekends and market holidays have no value and are left blank, never filled. EIA publishes the series with a lag of a few days and may revise recent days. The figures are nominal US dollars, not adjusted for inflation. CK Economics keeps the series from January 2000; EIA's table goes further back for some prices.

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Source

U.S. Energy Information Administration, Cushing, OK WTI Spot Price FOB (RWTC), daily: https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/RWTCD.htm — figures as published on 16 October 2026.

All data

6,338 observations, newest first · US$ per barrel

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PeriodValueChange y/y
Oct 14, 2026101.9+42.4 US$ per barrel
Oct 13, 2026100.9+41.3 US$ per barrel
Oct 12, 202698.7+39 US$ per barrel
Oct 9, 202698.7+36.4 US$ per barrel
Oct 8, 202698.3+34.9 US$ per barrel
Oct 7, 202695+32.5 US$ per barrel
Oct 6, 202696.2+33.7 US$ per barrel
Oct 5, 202696.1+33.6 US$ per barrel
Oct 2, 202697.9+36.6 US$ per barrel
Oct 1, 202699.8+37.2 US$ per barrel
Sep 30, 202697.2+34 US$ per barrel
Sep 29, 202696.2+31.9 US$ per barrel
Sep 28, 202699.4+35.1 US$ per barrel
Sep 25, 202685.2+19.7 US$ per barrel
Sep 24, 202695.9+30.5 US$ per barrel
Sep 23, 202693.4+29.6 US$ per barrel
Sep 22, 202696.4+33.4 US$ per barrel
Sep 21, 202697+34 US$ per barrel
Sep 18, 2026101.4+37.5 US$ per barrel
Sep 17, 2026103.2+38.8 US$ per barrel
Sep 16, 2026103.6+38.7 US$ per barrel
Sep 15, 2026107+43.4 US$ per barrel
Sep 14, 2026102.4+38.8 US$ per barrel
Sep 11, 2026101.3+38.6 US$ per barrel

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