crude oil
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Brent crude oil was down 1% to $88.32 a barrel in early European trade, while WTI futures slipped 0.7% to $81.91 a barrel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
But while everyone has been watching crude oil, a different oil measure — the one that arguably matters more for the price at the gas pump — has never stopped climbing.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
You should be, because energy companies are making more money refining crude oil into gasoline than they have in years.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
The spread between the cost of barrels of gasoline and crude oil — known as the “crack spread” — has widened sharply.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
The U.S. customs office was kept busy inspecting oil tankers from the Middle East which supplied crude oil to the refinery at Hess Oil.
From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos
