At 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time on March 25, 2026, the price of oil sits at $99.75 per barrel, using Brent as the benchmark (we’ll explain what that means shortly). That’s a decrease of $2.72 since yesterday morning—but $26.64 more than at this time last year.
| oil price per barrel | % Change | |
| Price of oil yesterday | $102.47 | -2.65% |
| Price of oil 1 month ago | $71.49 | +39.53% |
| Price of oil 1 year ago | $73.11 | +36.43% |
