At 9 a.m. Eastern Time on April 22, 2026, the price of oil sits at $101.14 per barrel, using Brent as the benchmark (we’ll explain what that means shortly). That’s an increase of $4.82 since yesterday morning and roughly $33 more than at this time last year.
| oil price per barrel | % Change | |
| Price of oil yesterday | $96.32 | +5.00% |
| Price of oil 1 month ago | $112.77 | -10.31% |
| Price of oil 1 year ago | $67.90 | +48.95% |
