At 9 a.m. Eastern Time on April 15, 2026, the price of oil sits at $96.83 per barrel, using Brent as the benchmark (we’ll explain what that means shortly). That’s a decrease of $3.36 since yesterday morning and roughly $31.79 more than at this time last year.
| oil price per barrel | % Change | |
| Price of oil yesterday | $100.19 | -3.35% |
| Price of oil 1 month ago | $104.19 | -7.06% |
| Price of oil 1 year ago | $65.04 | +48.87% |
