Crude Oil (petroleum); Dated Brent, US$ per barrel
(JAN-1980 - OCT-2007 )
Year JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC
1980 40.00 38.50 38.25 38.15 38.50 38.00 37.40 33.60 33.40 37.90 40.85 40.15
1981 40.30 38.70 38.35 37.19 35.19 33.25 35.06 35.80 35.91 36.54 37.12 36.70
1982 35.85 31.62 29.30 33.12 35.18 34.60 33.70 32.85 34.25 35.00 33.80 31.75
1983 30.85 29.10 28.20 29.75 29.60 30.17 30.79 31.15 30.36 29.62 28.95 28.85
1984 29.51 29.73 30.03 30.01 29.70 29.03 27.81 28.18 28.26 27.97 27.62 27.07
1985 26.94 28.17 28.22 27.98 26.67 26.44 26.81 27.34 27.72 28.54 29.82 26.68
1986 22.18 17.32 13.85 12.48 14.05 11.90 9.56 13.47 14.22 13.88 14.53 15.76
1987 18.48 17.35 17.89 18.45 18.75 18.85 19.83 19.07 18.39 18.85 17.90 17.42
1988 16.93 15.76 14.79 16.62 16.42 15.59 14.94 15.00 13.35 12.28 12.92 15.10
1989 16.96 16.74 18.68 19.87 18.46 17.57 17.69 17.12 17.80 19.03 19.21 19.85
1990 21.25 19.93 18.37 16.49 16.34 15.05 17.14 27.32 35.03 36.09 33.20 28.32
1991 23.54 19.58 19.13 19.13 19.16 18.08 19.42 19.73 20.48 22.25 21.00 18.28
1992 18.55 18.48 17.59 19.06 20.03 21.28 20.34 19.77 20.31 20.26 19.15 18.15
1993 17.35 18.48 18.75 18.63 18.51 17.59 16.76 16.71 15.99 16.56 15.08 13.56
1994 14.22 13.75 13.88 15.15 16.26 16.74 17.63 16.82 15.85 16.43 17.30 15.88
1995 16.55 17.14 17.02 18.74 18.32 17.35 15.86 16.07 16.66 16.12 16.88 17.96
1996 17.94 17.97 19.99 21.01 19.15 18.27 19.61 19.96 22.06 23.68 22.28 23.52
1997 23.47 20.83 19.21 17.47 19.14 17.55 18.43 18.69 18.45 20.05 19.00 17.10
1998 15.09 14.06 13.08 13.39 14.39 12.06 12.04 11.88 13.36 12.56 10.92 9.80
1999 10.95 10.20 12.12 15.16 15.22 15.60 18.71 20.17 22.11 22.12 24.55 25.48
2000 25.22 27.63 27.47 22.54 27.40 29.68 28.51 29.89 32.62 30.93 32.52 25.28
2001 25.64 27.41 24.40 25.55 28.45 27.72 24.54 25.67 25.54 20.48 18.94 18.60
2002 19.49 20.29 23.69 25.65 25.43 24.13 25.77 26.63 28.34 27.55 24.50 28.52
2003 31.29 32.65 30.34 25.02 25.81 27.55 28.40 29.83 27.10 29.59 28.77 29.88
2004 31.18 30.87 33.80 33.36 37.92 35.19 38.37 43.03 43.38 49.77 43.05 39.65
2005 44.28 45.56 53.08 51.86 48.67 54.31 57.58 64.09 62.98 58.52 55.54 56.75
2006 63.57 59.92 62.25 70.44 70.19 68.86 73.90 73.61 62.77 58.38 58.48 62.31
2007 54.30 57.76 62.14 67.40 67.48 71.32 77.20 70.80 77.13 83.04