Crude Oil — West Texas Intermediate (Cushing, OK)

The Crude Oil — West Texas Intermediate (Cushing, OK) was $81.96 per barrel on 2026-08-03, per U.S. Energy Information Administration via FRED.

Latest $81.96
Change vs previous -4.20
As of Source cadence: daily, ~1 business-day lag (EIA spot) — no weekend or holiday prints · schedule ↗
Unit US$ per barrel

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Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration via FRED · Source data · As of · 6,415 observations

Recent observations

The most recent 60 observations, newest first. Change is against the previous published observation, not the previous calendar day — the series is only published on days the source publishes it.

Date Value Change
$81.96 -4.20
$86.16 +1.01
$85.15 -0.93
$86.08 +5.17
$80.91 -3.34
$84.25 -7.49
$91.74 -1.34
$93.08 +5.42
$87.66 +1.62
$86.04 +1.66
$84.38 +0.95
$83.43 +3.40
$80.03 -0.70
$80.73 +0.29
$80.44 +1.24
$79.20 +6.75
$72.45 -0.70
$73.15 -1.41
$74.56 +3.03
$71.53 +1.93
$69.60 -0.13
$69.73 -0.01
$69.74 -0.82
$70.56 -1.31
$71.87 +1.57
$70.30 -2.37
$72.67 +1.25
$71.42 -3.20
$74.62 -4.32
$78.94 -1.41
$80.35 -0.30
$80.65 +0.85
$79.80 -4.85
$84.65 -3.97
$88.62 -2.96
$91.58 -2.10
$93.68 +1.78
$91.90 -3.10
$95.00 +0.68
$94.32 -2.51
$96.83 -2.93
$99.76 +2.29
$97.47 +1.51
$95.96 +4.80
$91.16 -1.49
$92.65 +0.30
$92.35 -5.28
$97.63 -2.72
$100.35 +0.15
$100.20 -1.49
$101.69 -10.40
$112.09 -0.16
$112.25 +3.26
$108.99 +4.33
$104.66 +0.14
$104.52 -1.26
$105.78 +4.22
$101.56 +2.69
$98.87 +0.49
$98.38 —

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration via FRED · As of · Showing 60 of 6,415 observations; the chart above plots the full history.

Methodology

The spot price of West Texas Intermediate crude at the Cushing, Oklahoma delivery point — the settlement basis for the NYMEX light-sweet contract and the benchmark for U.S. crude.

Attribution & licence
Attribution
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration via FRED
Originator
U.S. Energy Information Administration
Licence
Public domain
Why
The underlying data is a U.S. federal government work (public domain). FRED is the redistributor, not the author, so the attribution names the originating agency 'via FRED'. FRED's terms permit redistribution but FORBID use with AI/LLM services — hence llmForbidden.