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West Texas Intermediate
US crude benchmark on NYMEX; managed money net short -23,666 as Iran-conflict premium unwinds.
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#182 21 Oct
Closed at $103.66, its highest since 15 September
Iran Conflict 2026: IEA: Gulf-Asia freight tops $37 a barrel#179 18 Sept
Mentioned in: Aramco cuts Europe off for October
Iran Conflict 2026#178 11 Sept
Settled at $100.05, down 2.37 per cent
Iran Conflict 2026: Brent spikes on the strike, then gives it back#171 12 Aug
Reached $82.40 on 14 August
Iran Conflict 2026: Mentioned in: Iran's wells flat as Iraq adds 665 tb/d#22 3 Aug
Fell almost 6% intraday to $79.57
European Oil Markets: Brent sheds 4.88% on called-off strike#164 31 Jul
Brent gives back its escalation gain
Iran Conflict 2026#21 28 Jul
Spiked to $91.74 at Cushing before easing back toward $83.51
European Oil Markets: US crude drew 7.2mb as WTI round-tripped#22 27 Jul
Money went into WTI, not into Brent
European Oil Markets#20 26 Jul
Brent gives back its $100 handle
European Oil Markets#19 23 Jul
Traded around $92 to $93 a barrel
European Oil Markets: Brent clears $100 first time since May#160 22 Jul
Mentioned in: Brent tops $100 as the reroute closes
Iran Conflict 2026#18 19 Jul
Reached $84.38 on 20 July
European Oil Markets: Brent takes $90 on the ninth night#18 16 Jul
WTI net length eases to 61,974 lots
European Oil Markets#17 15 Jul
Settled $79.60, lagging Brent's Hormuz-linked premium
European Oil Markets: Brent-WTI gaps to $5.13 on Hormuz#16 13 Jul
Traded near $74.38 alongside the Brent rally
European Oil Markets: Freight has not confirmed the spike#16 10 Jul
CFTC data show funds cut WTI length 23%
European Oil Markets#16 9 Jul
Served as the base against which the diesel crack widened to $80
European Oil Markets: Diesel crack and Hormuz premium stack#149 8 Jul
Brent jumps 6% as oil ends its shrug
Iran Conflict 2026#15 8 Jul
Mentioned in: Hormuz risk lifts the Brent-Dubai EFS
European Oil Markets#148 6 Jul
Oil jumps as Hormuz calm breaks
Iran Conflict 2026#14 6 Jul
Settled at $68.16, falling less than Brent as the spread widened
European Oil Markets: Brent-WTI blows out as price sits still#13 2 Jul
Traded near $68 a barrel
European Oil Markets: Brent grinds to $70 into OPEC+ weekend#142 30 Jun
Mentioned in: Trump talks $2.50 petrol, signs nothing
Iran Conflict 2026#141 28 Jun
Settled near $69.70 on 29 June, below pre-war range
Iran Conflict 2026: Oil barely moves on the stand-down#12 27 Jun
Recorded managed-money net long of +82,872 contracts in the week to 23 June
European Oil Markets: WTI longs hold, Brent book stays thin#11 22 Jun
Brent Last Day book stays thin as WTI length holds
European Oil Markets#10 18 Jun
Held Brent-WTI spread near $3, lower end of the $3-4 band
European Oil Markets: Brent whipsaws as spreads ignore deal#9 17 Jun
Traded near $74.82 while Brent fell to three-month lows
European Oil Markets: Brent hit a three-month low at $79#128 15 Jun
Fell approximately 4.7% to $80.89 on 15 June
Iran Conflict 2026: Iran and US name Hormuz two ways#124 11 Jun
Eased to $91.84 on 11 June
Iran Conflict 2026: Brent slips to $94.71 the day Hormuz is declared shut#7 11 Jun
Compressed Brent-WTI spread toward $1.70 as Brent reversed
European Oil Markets: Brent round-trips the squeeze as backwardation holds#6 8 Jun
Brent jumps 5.08% on Monday short-squeeze
European Oil Markets#6 8 Jun
ICE WTI book short as NYMEX WTI stays long
European Oil Markets#5 4 Jun
Mentioned in: OPEC+ to vote barrels it can't pump
European Oil Markets#5 3 Jun
Mentioned in: Sixth straight draw, flat price mute
European Oil Markets#4 29 May
settled at $90.51 as the +98,219 managed-money net long began bleeding out faster than Brent sold off
European Oil Markets: Brent-WTI spread widens out to $3.55#113 29 May
Mentioned in: Brent's worst month since the Covid crash
Iran Conflict 2026#3 28 May
Brent sub-$95 prices a different market
European Oil Markets#3 28 May
Mentioned in: US refiners chase the distillate crack
European Oil Markets#5 26 May
Money trims WTI and Brent length
European Oil Markets#107 25 May
Fell toward $92 alongside Brent
Iran Conflict 2026: Brent breaks $100 as insurers hold#2 23 May
Shed over 6% to $90.30 on 24 May; caught up to Brent, compressing the spread
European Oil Markets: Brent loses $14 in four sessions#4 22 May
Mentioned in: US gasoline draws 8.2mb at 94.5% runs
European Oil Markets#2 19 May
WTI non-commercial net long at +172,580
European Oil Markets#101 18 May
Mentioned in: Brent breaks $110, ADNOC bypasses Hormuz
Iran Conflict 2026#2 15 May
Mentioned in: US draws 7.9mb, Fujairah rebuilds 96kbd
European Oil Markets#1 12 May
WTI and Brent managed money both net long
European Oil Markets#92 8 May