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Daily
Weekly
Monthly
Annual
Cushing, OK Crude Oil Future Contract 1 (Dollars per Barrel)
Year
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
1983
30.50
30.16
30.96
31.59
31.88
31.24
30.40
29.86
29.24
1984
29.65
30.05
30.72
30.65
30.55
29.98
28.74
29.33
29.38
28.80
28.11
26.91
1985
25.64
27.14
28.12
28.71
27.58
27.09
27.27
27.74
28.22
29.48
30.73
27.15
1986
22.98
15.46
12.62
12.75
15.26
13.38
11.58
15.11
14.94
14.89
15.23
16.09
1987
18.67
17.73
18.28
18.60
19.33
19.99
21.33
20.23
19.52
19.86
18.85
17.26
1988
17.15
16.76
16.21
17.88
17.45
16.56
15.51
15.53
14.46
13.80
13.98
16.28
1989
17.98
17.82
19.44
20.94
20.03
19.99
19.66
18.55
19.59
20.10
19.83
21.09
1990
22.64
22.11
20.41
18.58
18.46
16.86
18.64
27.18
33.69
35.92
32.30
27.16
1991
24.70
20.54
19.88
20.82
21.25
20.20
21.43
21.68
21.86
23.23
22.43
19.53
1992
18.82
19.01
18.95
20.26
21.00
22.36
21.74
21.29
21.92
21.71
20.36
19.41
1993
19.07
20.08
20.35
20.33
19.98
19.13
17.90
18.01
17.52
18.17
16.74
14.53
1994
15.02
14.78
14.65
16.33
17.83
19.07
19.66
18.38
17.47
17.71
18.10
17.16
1995
17.99
18.53
18.55
19.89
19.74
18.40
17.26
17.81
18.21
17.40
18.00
19.04
1996
18.70
18.78
21.18
23.30
21.09
20.43
21.25
21.91
23.93
24.90
23.55
25.12
1997
25.18
22.17
20.97
19.73
20.87
19.22
19.66
19.95
19.78
21.28
20.22
18.32
1998
16.73
16.08
15.04
15.46
14.93
13.67
14.09
13.38
14.97
14.42
13.04
11.31
1999
12.49
12.02
14.68
17.30
17.77
17.92
20.10
21.28
23.79
22.67
24.77
26.09
2000
27.01
29.30
29.89
25.54
28.81
31.53
29.72
31.14
33.87
32.93
34.26
28.40
2001
29.26
29.64
27.27
27.62
28.68
27.59
26.47
27.31
25.69
22.21
19.67
19.40
2002
19.73
20.76
24.44
26.26
26.95
25.55
26.94
28.20
29.67
28.86
26.19
29.39
2003
32.70
35.73
33.16
28.14
28.07
30.52
30.70
31.60
28.31
30.35
31.06
32.14
2004
34.22
34.50
36.72
36.62
40.28
38.05
40.81
44.88
45.94
53.09
48.48
43.26
2005
46.85
48.05
54.63
53.22
49.87
56.42
59.03
64.99
65.55
62.27
58.34
59.45
2006
65.54
61.93
62.97
70.16
70.96
70.97
74.46
73.08
63.90
59.14
59.40
62.09
2007
54.35
59.39
60.74
64.04
63.53
67.53
74.15
72.36
79.63
85.66
94.63
91.74
2008
92.93
95.35
105.42
112.46
125.46
134.02
Updated on 7/23/2008
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration
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