At 9:15 a.m. Eastern Time on October 2, 2026, oil was priced at $103.37 per barrel with Brent serving as the benchmark (we’ll explain different benchmarks later in this article). That’s a gain of $0.39 drop compared with yesterday morning and around $37.41 higher than the price one year ago.
| Oil price per barrel | % Change | |
|---|---|---|
| Price of oil yesterday | $103.86 | -0.47%% |
| Price of oil 1 month ago | $97.34 | +6.19% |
| Price of oil 1 year ago | $65.96 | 56.72% |
