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Cushing, OK WTI Spot Price FOB (Dollars per Barrel)
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  1986 22.93 15.45 12.61 12.84 15.38 13.43 11.58 15.10 14.87 14.90 15.22 16.11
  1987 18.65 17.75 18.30 18.68 19.44 20.07 21.34 20.31 19.53 19.86 18.85 17.27
  1988 17.13 16.80 16.20 17.86 17.42 16.53 15.50 15.52 14.54 13.77 14.14 16.38
  1989 18.02 17.94 19.48 21.07 20.12 20.05 19.78 18.58 19.59 20.10 19.86 21.10
  1990 22.86 22.11 20.39 18.43 18.20 16.70 18.45 27.31 33.51 36.04 32.33 27.28
  1991 25.23 20.48 19.90 20.83 21.23 20.19 21.40 21.69 21.89 23.23 22.46 19.50
  1992 18.79 19.01 18.92 20.23 20.98 22.38 21.78 21.34 21.88 21.69 20.34 19.41
  1993 19.03 20.09 20.32 20.25 19.95 19.09 17.89 18.01 17.50 18.15 16.61 14.51
  1994 15.03 14.78 14.68 16.42 17.89 19.06 19.65 18.38 17.45 17.72 18.07 17.16
  1995 18.04 18.57 18.54 19.90 19.74 18.45 17.33 18.02 18.23 17.43 17.99 19.03
  1996 18.85 19.09 21.33 23.50 21.17 20.42 21.30 21.90 23.97 24.88 23.71 25.23
  1997 25.13 22.18 20.97 19.70 20.82 19.26 19.66 19.95 19.80 21.33 20.19 18.33
  1998 16.72 16.06 15.12 15.35 14.91 13.72 14.17 13.47 15.03 14.46 13.00 11.35
  1999 12.51 12.01 14.68 17.31 17.72 17.92 20.10 21.28 23.80 22.69 25.00 26.10
  2000 27.26 29.37 29.84 25.72 28.79 31.82 29.70 31.26 33.88 33.11 34.42 28.44
  2001 29.59 29.61 27.24 27.49 28.63 27.60 26.42 27.37 26.20 22.17 19.64 19.39
  2002 19.71 20.72 24.53 26.18 27.04 25.52 26.97 28.39 29.66 28.84 26.35 29.46
  2003 32.95 35.83 33.51 28.17 28.11 30.66 30.75 31.57 28.31 30.34 31.11 32.13
  2004 34.31 34.68 36.74 36.75 40.28 38.03 40.78 44.90 45.94 53.28 48.47 43.15
  2005 46.84 48.15 54.19 52.98 49.83 56.35 59.00 64.99 65.59 62.26 58.32 59.41
  2006 65.49 61.63 62.69 69.44 70.84 70.95 74.41 73.04 63.80 58.89 59.08 61.96
  2007 54.51 59.28 60.44 63.98 63.45 67.49 74.12 72.36 79.91 85.80 94.77 91.69
  2008 92.97 95.39 105.45 112.58

Updated on 5/14/2008
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration
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