barrel

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Front-month WTI crude oil futures are up 0.6% at $98.42 per barrel; front-month Brent crude oil futures are 0.9% higher at $96.77 a barrel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

That is a fraction of the rise of about $35-$40 a barrel since the beginning of the war.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

If the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz is delayed by a month, prices could average $100 per barrel in the fourth quarter of 2026, Struyven estimates.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

Oil prices remained high on Thursday, with U.S.-traded West Texas Intermediate crude for May climbing back above $100 a barrel.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

Just then one little monkey, no bigger than a small cat, climbed up onto the rim of a mash barrel.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls