At 9 a.m. Eastern Time on April 29, 2026, the price of oil sits at $113.99 per barrel, using Brent as the benchmark (we’ll explain what that means shortly). That’s an increase of $4.03 since yesterday morning and roughly $50 more than at this time last year.
| oil price per barrel | % Change | |
| Price of oil yesterday | $109.96 | +3.66% |
| Price of oil 1 month ago | $110.73 | +2.94% |
| Price of oil 1 year ago | $63.86 | +78.49% |
