At 6:30 a.m. Eastern Time on August 14, 2026, oil was priced at $89.53 per barrel with Brent serving as the benchmark (we’ll explain different benchmarks later in this article). That’s a loss of 75 cents compared with yesterday morning and around $22.30 higher than the price one year ago.
| Oil price per barrel | % Change | |
|---|---|---|
| Price of oil yesterday | $90.28 | -0.83% |
| Price of oil 1 month ago | $83.79 | +6.85% |
| Price of oil 1 year ago | $67.23 | +33.16% |
