At 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time on May 20, 2026, the price of oil sits at $110.34 per barrel, using Brent as the benchmark (we’ll explain what that means shortly). That’s a decrease of $2.59 since yesterday morning and roughly $44.50 more than at this time last year.
| oil price per barrel | % Change | |
| Price of oil yesterday | $112.93 | -2.29% |
| Price of oil 1 month ago | $97.50 | +13.77% |
| Price of oil 1 year ago | $65.83 | +67.61% |
