Europe Brent and WTI (Western Texas Intermediate) Spot Prices (Annual/ Monthly/ Weekly/ Daily) from EIA U.S. (Energy Information Administration).
This series is available through the EIA open data API
- Europe Brent Spot Price FOB (Dollars per Barrel) - From 20 May 1987 till today
- Cushing, OK WTI Spot Price FOB (Dollars per Barrel) - From 01 February 1986 till today
A blended crude stream produced in the North Sea region which serves as a reference or "marker" for pricing a number of other crude streams. source
A crude stream produced in Texas and southern Oklahoma which serves as a reference or "marker" for pricing a number of other crude streams and which is traded in the domestic spot market at Cushing, Oklahoma. source
You will need Python 3.6 or greater and dataflows library to run the script
To update the data run the process script locally:
# Install dataflows
pip install dataflows
# Run the script
python oil_prices_flow.py
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