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We’re only a week into the New Year, but oil prices have been moving for most of 2025.  Oil prices were trading around $74 per barrel Monday, reporting some of the highest prices seen in several months.  So, why the sudden jump in crude prices?   “Now there's som...

We’re starting to sound like a broken record, but oil prices really haven’t moved that much over the past week or so.  Patrick DeHaan with Gasbuddy.com said a barrel of West Texas Crude has traded in the high-$60 to low-$70 range since Thanksgiving.  And he doesn’t expe...

After weeks of steady decline, oil prices ticked higher to start the week.  Patrick DeHaan with Gasbuddy.com said West Texas Crude increased about 2% in Monday’s action, trading around $69-$70 per barrel.  He said oil prices have perked up a bit after fighting between Ukraine and Russia intensified over the weekend.   “Russia, sending...

Oil prices have been pulled in several directions over the past couple of weeks, but making very little movement one way or the other.  West Texas Crude was trading around $71 in Monday’s action.  Patrick DeHaan with GasBuddy.com says one of the bigge...

Nobody may be happier to see the month of September come to an end than oil investors.  Oil prices experienced a volatile month, with prices all over the map, wrapping up the month below the $70 per barrel mark.  And those prices may continue to move lower, as OPEC looks at resorting oil production levels.   So, why wo...

Oil prices continue to shed the gains they saw in late July.  A barrel of West Texas Crude dropped roughly $2 in the past week, and is now sitting below $75 per barrel.  Patrick DeHaan with GasBuddy.com said the past couple of weeks have been a bumpy ride for oil.   “There's b...

Oil prices have held fairly steady over the past couple of weeks.  West Texas Crude was down slightly to $85 per barrel in Monday’s trade.  But, despite the last of movement, fuel prices had been steadily dropping since early October.   So, why the disc...

It’s safe to say when it comes to oil prices, 2022, has been anything by a typical year.  After a summer filled with volatility and fuel prices that rocketed up to levels we've never seen before, Patrick DeHaan with GasBuddy said thing have calmed down relatively speaking.  West Texas Cr...

Fuel prices continue to move higher after OPEC nations announced last week that production would be cut by two million barrels per day starting next month.  Economic experts say this will send fuel prices soaring, and could put the global economy in a tailspin.  OPEC of...

After moving lower in much of September, oil prices have turned things around, and are now trending higher.  In early trade Tuesday, the price for West Texas Crude was trading around $84 per barrel.  And with that increase in oil prices, fuel prices have increased substantially over the past couple of weeks.  Dan Pickering, CE...