barrel

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Front-month WTI crude oil futures are 2.8% higher at $97.03 per barrel; front-month Brent crude oil futures are 2.5% higher at $97.14 a barrel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

Brent crude could end the year near around $80 a barrel, Capital Economics analyst Neil Shearing said Wednesday as he updated his forecasts.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

Consulting firm Eurasia Group expects prices to stay above $80 a barrel this year, even if hostilities end.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Without a resolution, the current crisis threatened to send oil prices rocketing as high as $167 a barrel by October and to add nearly 1.5 percentage points to the inflation rate, the Dallas Fed added.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

I cringe, remembering the pinpricks like ant bites, and can’t help the side glance at the barrel of stasis gel right next to the pod.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera