At 5:50 a.m. Eastern Time on July 17, 2026, oil was priced at $86.09 per barrel with Brent serving as the benchmark (we’ll explain different benchmarks later in this article). That’s an increase of $1.45 compared with yesterday morning and around $16 higher than the price one year ago.
| Oil price per barrel | % Change | |
|---|---|---|
| Price of oil yesterday | $84.64 | +1.71% |
| Price of oil 1 month ago | $80.56 | +6.86% |
| Price of oil 1 year ago | $70.10 | +22.81% |
