barrel

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Front-month WTI crude oil futures are 1.1% higher at $113.64 per barrel; front-month Brent crude oil futures are 0.4% higher at $110.25 a barrel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

U.S. crude futures settled Monday 0.8% higher to end at $112.41 a barrel, the highest closing price since June 2022 and up 68% since the war began at the end of February.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

Meanwhile, oil is comfortably north of $100 a barrel, with an Iranian toll booth on the Strait of Hormuz.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

You cannot compress a barrel of oil with an algorithm.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

“They’re the last in the barrel, so don’t ask for more, and don’t wake me in the night.”

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell