West Texas Intermediate (WTI) futures opened at $57.50 per barrel (bbl) on October 21, 2025. Brent crude opened at $61.00 per ...

Discover how West Texas Intermediate (WTI) serves as a key benchmark for U.S. oil, its role in NYMEX futures, and how it compares with Brent crude.

Why is China stockpiling so much crude, particularly when markets are expected to be well-supplied in the coming months? Here ...

Long-term crude oil prices are held down by growing wage and wealth disparities, which reduce the purchasing power of the middle class and thus limit demand for oil-intensive goods and services.

Oil prices on Wednesday scored their biggest one-day gain in a month, as traders weighed how the recent drop in prices could ...

U.S. crude oil export ban, a development that helped launch North America into the top echelon of global oil suppliers while ...

New U.S. sanctions targeting Russia's largest oil companies, Lukoil and Rosneft, have caused a temporary price spike. While ...