At 6:05 a.m. Eastern Time on July 22, 2026, the price of oil sits at $95.47 per barrel, using Brent as the benchmark (we’ll explain what that means shortly). That’s an increase of $1.06 since yesterday morning and roughly $26.50 more than at this time last year.
| oil price per barrel | % Change | |
| Price of oil yesterday | $89.93 | +1.18% |
| Price of oil 1 month ago | $82.44 | +15.80% |
| Price of oil 1 year ago | $69 | +38.36% |
