Oil & Gas Markets
Everything on prices and trading in one place: the live dashboard and each commodity, the benchmark grades and spreads, energy stocks, and plain-English guides to how the futures market works. 20 pages in 4 sections.
Live prices and dashboards
- DashboardThe live dashboard: WTI, Brent, natural gas, RBOB and heating-oil futures, spreads, news and EIA indicators
- Prices & CurvePrice chart, WTI and Brent forward curves (contango and backwardation), refining margins and price seasonality
- WTI CrudeWTI price today with history chart, 52-week range, moving averages and FAQ
- Brent CrudeBrent price today with history chart, 52-week range, moving averages and FAQ
- Natural GasHenry Hub front-month price with history chart and FAQ
- RBOB GasolineWholesale gasoline futures price with chart and FAQ
- Heating Oil (ULSD)NYMEX heating oil / diesel benchmark price with chart and FAQ
- Jet FuelLive US Gulf Coast jet fuel spot price (EIA weekly), 2-year chart
- Price ChartsWTI, Brent, gas, RBOB and ULSD charts from one week to the full futures history, with 52-week ranges
- Market PulseWeekly bullish, bearish or neutral reads from prices, EIA stocks, gas storage and basin rigs, with the rules stated
- Oil in Other CurrenciesWTI and Brent in 15 currencies at ECB reference rates, per barrel and per litre
Benchmarks, grades and spreads
- Global Benchmarks100+ regional crude grades — OPEC basket, Urals, WCS, Dubai, Bonny Light and more
- Brent vs WTIToday's spread and how the two benchmarks differ
- Crack SpreadLive 3:2:1 refining margin computed from futures closes
- Types of CrudeLight/heavy, sweet/sour, benchmark grades with live prices showing quality spreads
- Oil vs Natural GasLive price-per-MMBtu comparison and the oil-to-gas ratio
Energy stocks
- Energy StocksDelayed quotes for about 40 oil and gas stocks and ETFs by sector, with the day's best and worst performers
How futures markets work
- Oil Futures 101How WTI/Brent contracts work, specs, the roll and the curve
- Cushing, OklahomaCurrent Cushing stocks and why the WTI delivery point moves markets
- Backwardation vs ContangoWhat each forward-curve shape signals and why it happens, with the live curve and real examples such as April 2020
More Categories
- Forecasts, EIA & World Oil DataThe data side of the oil market: the EIA's official forecasts and weekly reports, who produces and consumes the world's oil and gas, how large the reserves are, and the trade, refining and weather factors that move supply.
- US Production, Basins & CompaniesWhere US oil and gas comes from: output by state, each shale and offshore basin with its rigs and operators, and the companies and royalty owners behind it.
- Fuel Prices, Home Energy & CalculatorsWhat energy costs at the pump and at home: weekly gasoline and diesel prices, state pages, heating fuels and electricity, plus calculators to turn the prices into trip, bill and fleet costs.
- History & ReferenceThe background to the numbers: price history back to 1990, the crises that moved the market, how the industry works, the geopolitics around oil, and plain-English explainers.
- Oil CountriesCountry-by-country oil profiles with production, reserves, trade and the national oil company. For rankings across countries see world production, reserves and the country comparison tool.
- Energy ToolsUnit converter, crack-spread, futures, yield, break-even, gas-tax, decline-curve and tank calculators.
- Site mapEvery page on the site in one list.