At 8:15 a.m. Eastern Time on April 1, 2026, the price of oil sits at $104.86 per barrel, using Brent as the benchmark (we’ll explain what that means shortly). That’s a decrease of $5.83 since yesterday morning and roughly $30 more than at this time last year.
| oil price per barrel | % Change | |
| Price of oil yesterday | $110.69 | -5.26% |
| Price of oil 1 month ago | $73.61 | +42.45% |
| Price of oil 1 year ago | $74.97 | +39.86% |
