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The average price of WTI crude oil was $57 per barrel in 2019 compared to $64 in 2018. [91] On 20 April 2020, WTI Crude futures contracts dropped below $0 for the first time in history, [110] and the following day Brent Crude fell below $20 per barrel.
The 1980s oil glut was a significant surplus of crude oil caused by falling demand following the 1970s energy crisis.The world price of oil had peaked in 1980 at over US$35 per barrel (equivalent to $129 per barrel in 2023 dollars, when adjusted for inflation); it fell in 1986 from $27 to below $10 ($75 to $28 in 2023 dollars).
By the end of the week, crude oil fell 11% to $128, also affected by easing of tensions between the US and Iran. [40] By August 13, prices had fallen to $113 a barrel. [41] By the middle of September, oil price fell below $100 for the first time in over six months, [42] falling below $92 in the aftermath of the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy. [43]
The perceived increase in oil price differs internationally according to currency market fluctuations and the purchasing power of currencies. For example, excluding changes in relative purchasing power of various currencies, from 1 January 2002 to 1 January 2008: [64] In US$, oil price rose from $20.37 to nearly $100, about 4.91 times as expensive;
The volatility of crude oil prices after the US oil price decontrol led to the development of the NYMEX WTI Light Sweet Crude Oil futures contract in 1983. [2] The NYMEX Crude Oil contract trades under the symbol CL on the New York Mercantile Exchange, now part of Chicago Mercantile Exchange. [2]
January 20: Six exporting countries – Abu Dhabi, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar and Saudi Arabia – conclude ten days of meetings with Western oil companies. An agreement is reached to raise the posted price of crude by 8.49 percent to offset the loss in value of oil concessions attributable to the decline in value of the U.S. dollar.
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The world price of oil was above US$125 per barrel ($790/m 3) in 2012, and remained relatively strong above $100 until September 2014, after which it entered a sharp downward spiral, falling below $30 by January 2016.