Monthly Price of West Texas Crude per Barrel, 1986 to Present


Year

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Avg

%Chg

1986

$25.31

$16.45

$12.72

$12.87

$15.52

$13.36

$11.58

$14.69

$14.62

$14.90

$15.17

$15.21

$15.20

N/A

1987

$18.70

$18.29

$18.01

$18.49

$19.30

$19.90

$21.57

$21.16

$19.48

$19.73

$18.94

$18.48

$19.34

27.2%

1988

$17.16

$17.14

$15.69

$17.61

$17.44

$17.18

$15.02

$15.58

$14.63

$13.47

$13.89

$15.92

$15.89

-17.8%

1989

$17.83

$17.49

$18.79

$20.42

$20.00

$20.03

$20.35

$18.24

$19.53

$20.22

$19.88

$20.64

$19.45

22.4%

1990

$22.72

$22.31

$20.58

$19.20

$18.83

$17.00

$17.29

$25.74

$31.55

$38.23

$33.18

$26.96

$24.47

25.8%

1991

$25.02

$21.80

$19.79

$20.24

$21.30

$20.24

$21.15

$21.43

$21.62

$22.85

$23.09

$20.11

$21.55

-11.9%

1992

$18.68

$19.16

$18.65

$20.23

$20.81

$22.39

$21.60

$21.26

$21.75

$22.05

$20.20

$19.11

$20.49

-4.9%

1993

$18.85

$20.14

$20.65

$20.41

$19.38

$19.59

$17.97

$17.81

$17.23

$18.55

$17.03

$14.80

$18.53

-9.5%

1994

$14.84

$15.07

$14.42

$15.88

$17.56

$18.36

$19.76

$18.16

$17.35

$17.78

$18.29

$17.32

$17.07

-7.9%

1995

$17.55

$18.45

$18.31

$19.42

$20.00

$19.00

$17.29

$17.72

$18.52

$17.30

$17.71

$18.74

$18.33

7.4%

1996

$19.53

$18.00

$19.85

$23.50

$21.06

$20.10

$21.70

$21.61

$23.92

$24.81

$23.27

$24.71

$21.84

19.1%

1997

$25.92

$22.87

$20.68

$19.52

$20.34

$19.33

$19.60

$20.19

$19.47

$21.88

$20.63

$18.56

$20.75

-5.0%

1998

$16.74

$16.45

$14.73

$15.50

$15.37

$14.21

$14.14

$13.39

$14.31

$14.87

$13.84

$11.15

$14.56

-29.8%

1999

$12.62

$11.97

$13.53

$16.53

$18.35

$17.52

$19.85

$20.99

$22.98

$22.75

$23.47

$25.86

$18.87

29.6%

2000

$25.98

$28.95

$31.98

$25.28

$27.77

$31.39

$30.69

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Source: The Wall Street Journal