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West Texas Intermediate Crude Oil / CL
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WTIOIL references the USD price of 1 barrel of WTI Light Sweet Crude Oil. WTI serves as a primary global benchmark for oil prices due to its high quality (low density, low sulfur).
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CL Hits a Five-Week High as the Red Sea Threat Closes Saudi's Hormuz Bypass
WTI's Hyperliquid perp is at $86.01, up 4.98% over 24 hours and posting a third straight session of gains to a five-week high. The move isn't a new catalyst so much as an old one doubling its surface area: US strikes on Iran continue, a Kuwaiti tanker was struck in the Strait of Hormuz, and Houthi threats against Saudi shipping in the Red Sea just forced two Saudi crude tankers to turn back. That Red Sea route was the workaround for a choked Hormuz, so both of the kingdom's export exits now carry a war premium at once. OPEC+ keeps nominally adding barrels and ceasefire chatter keeps capping the top, which is why this stays a two-way trade.
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WTI Reclaims $114 as U.S. Strikes Hit Kharg Island Hours Before Hormuz Deadline
U.S. forces struck military targets on Iran's Kharg Island, the export hub handling roughly 90% of Iranian crude shipments, as Trump's 8 PM ET deadline for Strait of Hormuz reopening arrives with no deal in place. WTI has recovered from …
WTI Holds $113 as Trump's Tuesday Hormuz Deadline Closes In With No Deal
West Texas Intermediate is trading at $113.70 after climbing nearly 4% in 24 hours, with Trump's 8pm ET Tuesday deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz now less than a day away. Iran rejected Pakistan's 45-day ceasefire proposal…
WTI Gives Back the Spike as Pakistan's Ceasefire Framework Hits the Table
WTI crude reversed sharply from a session high near $115.50 to $111, erasing most of the geopolitical premium built on Israel's strike against Iran's largest petrochemical facility. The catalyst for the unwind was Pakistan's two-phase ce…
WTI Presses $114 After Israel Strikes Iran's Largest Petrochemical Plant
Oil extended its recovery from Sunday's post-spike $109.50 low to $114.40 after Israel struck Iran's largest petrochemical facility, which accounts for roughly half the country's petrochemical output. Combined US-Israeli strikes hit thei…
WTI Rebuilds to $112 as Iran Rejects Ceasefire and the Deadline Hardens
After spiking to $115 and giving it all back earlier Sunday, WTI crude has rebuilt to $112.80 on a concrete escalation: Iran formally rejected the U.S. ceasefire proposal and countered with a 10-point plan demanding a permanent end to th…
WTI Spikes to $115 on Trump's Hormuz Ultimatum, Then Gives It All Back
WTI crude gapped up over 3% to $115.37 on Sunday evening when Trump declared Tuesday would be "Power Plant Day" in Iran if the Strait of Hormuz stays closed. Four hours later, the entire move had reversed. The market is starting to treat…
WTI Flips Brent for the First Time in a Decade as Hormuz Rewires Crude Flows
WTI crude is trading at a roughly $3.70 premium to Brent, inverting a spread that has favored the international benchmark for over a decade. The flip reflects a market repricing physical accessibility over seaborne volume — U.S. barrels …
WTI Holds Above $110 as UN Delays Hormuz Force Vote
WTI crude consolidated above $110 after the UN Security Council delayed its vote on a Bahrain-backed resolution to authorize defensive force in the Strait of Hormuz, removing the nearest diplomatic off-ramp from the calendar. OPEC+ meets…
Trump's National Address Kills WTI Ceasefire Timeline, Crude Spikes 11%
WTI crude ripped to $111.54 after President Trump used a national address on April 2 to promise two to three more weeks of 'extremely hard' strikes on Iran, with no plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The speech destroyed any remaining …
Physical Crude Hits $141 While Futures Mask the Real Hormuz Crisis
Dated Brent physical cargoes traded at $141.36 on April 2, the highest price for actual oil since the 2008 financial crisis, while June Brent futures closed at $109. That $32 gap is the widest spot-futures divergence in crude market hist…
WTI Flips Above Brent as Hormuz Shutdown Reprices Crude Around Deliverability
WTI crude traded above Brent for the first time during the Iran conflict as stalled Strait of Hormuz tanker traffic forced the market to reprice crude based on physical deliverability rather than origin. WTI Midland hit $119.40 while Jun…
WTI Posts Largest Daily Gain Since 2020 as Hormuz Diplomatic Vacuum Widens
West Texas Intermediate crude jumped more than $10 to touch $113.97 during Wednesday's session, its biggest absolute daily move since 2020. Trump's national address promised two to three more weeks of strikes on Iran and offered no cease…
Trump Extends Operation Epic Fury With No Ceasefire Timeline, WTI Rips Past $108
WTI crude briefly dipped below $100 before Trump's primetime address on April 2, then ripped over 10% in 14 hours after the president confirmed Operation Epic Fury will continue for another two to three weeks. The speech offered no cease…
Three Catalysts in One Session Push WTI Through $111
WTI crude broke $111 on April 2 after Trump's primetime vow to hit Iran 'extremely hard,' an Iranian cruise missile strike on a QatarEnergy tanker in Qatari waters, and the IEA's warning that April Hormuz supply losses will double March'…
Crude Breaks $109 After Iranian Cruise Missile Hits QatarEnergy Tanker Near Ras Laffan
WTI crude pushed past $109 on April 2 as fresh supply-side developments compounded Trump's escalation timeline. An Iranian cruise missile struck a QatarEnergy-leased tanker in Qatari territorial waters near the world's largest LNG comple…
WTI Whipsaws From $99 to $106 After Trump Punts Hormuz Reopening
WTI reversed from below $99 to $106 in a single session after President Trump's prime-time address on the Iran conflict delivered hawkish escalation instead of the de-escalation markets had priced. Trump committed to weeks more of strike…
WTI Reverses 8% to $106 After Trump Promises 'Extremely Hard' Iran Strikes
Oil completed a violent intraday reversal after President Trump's primetime address promised 'extremely hard' strikes on Iran over the next two to three weeks, crushing de-escalation bets that had pushed WTI below $100 earlier in the ses…
WTI Holds Above $106 as South Korea Reveals 30M Barrel Crude Shortfall
South Korea secured just 50 million barrels of replacement crude for April against a typical 80 million, making it the first major importer to quantify the Hormuz supply gap. WTI extended gains into the Asian session as Korean petrochemi…
Crude Holds Above $105 as IEA Warns April Supply Losses Will Double March
WTI completed a 9% round-trip in 23 hours, falling below $98 on a bearish EIA inventory build before reversing hard after Trump's primetime address killed ceasefire hopes. The bid extended into April 2 as the IEA warned that April supply…
WTI Gaps Up After Trump Promises Weeks More of 'Extremely Hard' Iran Strikes
Trump's first prime-time address on the Iran war offered no de-escalation path and instead vowed to hit Iran 'extremely hard' over the next two to three weeks. WTI whipsawed from a session low near $98 to above $105 overnight as the mark…
Crude Climbs as Iran Hits QatarEnergy Tanker Off Qatar and Strikes Kuwait Airport
Iran launched cruise missiles at the QatarEnergy-chartered tanker Aqua 1 off Qatar's northern coast and struck Kuwait International Airport fuel tanks with drones on April 1, driving WTI back above $100 on fresh supply disruption fears. …
Crude Reverses Hard After Iran's First Public Signal to End War
Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian told European Council President António Costa that Tehran has the necessary will to end the war with the United States, marking the regime's first public openness to negotiations since fighting began on…
WTI Drops 5% as White House Signals Willingness to Exit Iran War
West Texas Intermediate crude fell nearly 5% after the Wall Street Journal reported that President Trump told aides he is willing to end the Iran military campaign even if the Strait of Hormuz remains closed. The White House confirmed th…
Houthis Fire First Missiles at Israel as WTI Consolidates Above $100
Yemen's Houthi rebels launched ballistic missiles at Israel on March 28, opening a new front in the Iran war and removing one of the market's last hopes for containment. WTI crude is holding above $100 for the first time since July 2022,…
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