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Brent crude oil (spot)

North Sea Brent crude spot price; the benchmark for global oil prices.

107.03

USD/bbl · daily · 3 Nov

1D
−0.3%
30D
−21.0%
1Y
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Last 12 months · markers link to event pages

61.5682.47103.37124.27145.1802/0321/0410/0629/0716/0903/119 September 2026 — US and Iran strike tankers in the largest wave of attacks on shipping since the war began111 September 2026 — Drones launched from Iraq strike Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline, which has been shut down214 September 2026 — Ship-tracking data at Hormuz contradict the US Energy Secretary's claim of 10 million barrels a day in flows316 September 2026 — Libya's petroleum facilities guard halted 3 facilities and issued a one-week closure ultimatum for 7 fields including Sharara416 September 2026 — Russia extended its diesel export ban to 31 October: 3 of 6 major refineries disrupted, exports below 1 million tonnes517 September 2026 — Putin: the 2027 budget deficit will be about 2% of GDP on an assumption of 50 dollars a barrel, with 2026 growth at most 1%617 September 2026 — The AVT-3 unit processing 17,140 tonnes a day at the YANOS refinery in Yaroslavl was hit and crude processing stopped721 September 2026 — The 72,825 dwt tanker LR Stephanie is struck in Hormuz and two seafarers wounded; weekend transits fall to 17 ships821 September 2026 — Houthis announce 2 operations against Riyadh and Yanbu, and Trump halts the Yemen strike despite bombs already loaded922 September 2026 — Brent falls from 104.82 dollars on 17 September to 100.05 dollars on 22 September as Hormuz transit data conflict1022 September 2026 — Valve number 7 on Libya's Sharara pipeline is shut and the NOC reports a loss of 130,000 barrels a day1122 September 2026 — Trump meets 12 regional countries including Türkiye at the UN, US and Iranian delegations talk for 3 hours; Tehran sets 3 conditions on Hormuz1225 September 2026 — Mecca pact reaches the military table: Turkish, Pakistani and Saudi chiefs of staff meet in Riyadh on 25 September; Houthis fire 6 ballistic missiles1326 October 2026 — Nigeria's oil windfall runs into a production shortfall14
  1. 109/09 · US and Iran strike tankers in the largest wave of attacks on shipping since the war began
  2. 211/09 · Drones launched from Iraq strike Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline, which has been shut down
  3. 314/09 · Ship-tracking data at Hormuz contradict the US Energy Secretary's claim of 10 million barrels a day in flows
  4. 416/09 · Libya's petroleum facilities guard halted 3 facilities and issued a one-week closure ultimatum for 7 fields including Sharara
  5. 516/09 · Russia extended its diesel export ban to 31 October: 3 of 6 major refineries disrupted, exports below 1 million tonnes
  6. 617/09 · Putin: the 2027 budget deficit will be about 2% of GDP on an assumption of 50 dollars a barrel, with 2026 growth at most 1%
  7. 717/09 · The AVT-3 unit processing 17,140 tonnes a day at the YANOS refinery in Yaroslavl was hit and crude processing stopped
  8. 821/09 · The 72,825 dwt tanker LR Stephanie is struck in Hormuz and two seafarers wounded; weekend transits fall to 17 ships
  9. 921/09 · Houthis announce 2 operations against Riyadh and Yanbu, and Trump halts the Yemen strike despite bombs already loaded
  10. 1022/09 · Brent falls from 104.82 dollars on 17 September to 100.05 dollars on 22 September as Hormuz transit data conflict
  11. 1122/09 · Valve number 7 on Libya's Sharara pipeline is shut and the NOC reports a loss of 130,000 barrels a day
  12. 1222/09 · Trump meets 12 regional countries including Türkiye at the UN, US and Iranian delegations talk for 3 hours; Tehran sets 3 conditions on Hormuz
  13. 1325/09 · Mecca pact reaches the military table: Turkish, Pakistani and Saudi chiefs of staff meet in Riyadh on 25 September; Houthis fire 6 ballistic missiles
  14. 1426/10 · Nigeria's oil windfall runs into a production shortfall

Why it matters

The asset where geopolitical risk is priced fastest; insurance and freight premia show up here first.

Threshold · > 120.00

USD 120 is the zone where current-account pressure hardens for importing economies and the strategic reserve debate begins.

Near threshold · warning zone > 105.00

Last 30 observations
DateValuevs previous observation
3 November 2026107.03−0.36
2 November 2026107.39−12.76
30 October 2026120.15+4.87
29 October 2026115.28−3.92
28 October 2026119.20−3.90
27 October 2026123.10−5.02
26 October 2026128.12−0.18
23 October 2026128.30+2.91
22 October 2026125.39+8.02
21 October 2026117.37+2.15
20 October 2026115.22−3.60
19 October 2026118.82−0.51
16 October 2026119.33−7.02
15 October 2026126.35−0.20
14 October 2026126.55+0.77
13 October 2026125.78−4.17
12 October 2026129.95−0.08
9 October 2026130.03−0.15
8 October 2026130.18+4.18
7 October 2026126.00+0.56
6 October 2026125.44−0.07
5 October 2026125.51−10.00
2 October 2026135.51+20.69
1 October 2026114.82−1.09
30 September 2026115.91+1.95
29 September 2026113.96−6.01
28 September 2026119.97+3.96
25 September 2026116.01−4.91
24 September 2026120.92+3.47
23 September 2026117.45—