At 6:30 a.m. Eastern Time on August 19, 2026, the price of oil sits at $93.60 per barrel, using Brent as the benchmark (we’ll explain what that means shortly). That’s an increase of $1.18 since yesterday morning and $27.41 more than at this time last year.
| oil price per barrel | % Change | |
| Price of oil yesterday | $92.42 | +1.27% |
| Price of oil 1 month ago | $88.54 | +5.71% |
| Price of oil 1 year ago | $66.19 | +41.41% |
