{
  "schema_version": 2,
  "slug": "wti-crude-price",
  "name": "WTI crude price",
  "question": "What is the WTI crude oil price today?",
  "question_zh": "今天 WTI 原油价格是多少？",
  "measure": "NYMEX WTI front-month futures, US dollars per barrel",
  "page_title": "What is the WTI crude oil price today?",
  "description": "NYMEX WTI front-month futures, US dollars per barrel. Latest value, history and source, published by Yahoo Finance.",
  "explainer": [
    "This is the front-month NYMEX West Texas Intermediate futures quote from Yahoo Finance, in US dollars per barrel.",
    "WTI is the US landlocked benchmark. Its spread to Brent is a logistics and export-capacity signal rather than a China signal.",
    "It is a futures price for the front contract, not a dated physical cargo price."
  ],
  "how_measured": [
    "This is the front-month NYMEX West Texas Intermediate futures quote from Yahoo Finance, in US dollars per barrel.",
    "WTI is the US landlocked benchmark. Its spread to Brent is a logistics and export-capacity signal rather than a China signal.",
    "It is a futures price for the front contract, not a dated physical cargo price."
  ],
  "unit": "USD/bbl",
  "unit_label": "USD/bbl",
  "publisher": "Yahoo Finance",
  "publisher_zh": "雅虎财经",
  "source_url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/CL=F",
  "verify_url": "https://www.cmegroup.com/markets/energy/crude-oil/light-sweet-crude.html",
  "creator": "China Snapshot Limited",
  "derived": false,
  "as_of": "2026-10-30T20:37:07+08:00",
  "history_start": "2026-10-02",
  "history_end": "2026-10-30",
  "temporal_coverage": "2026-10-02/2026-10-30",
  "latest": {
    "series": "Crude (WTI)",
    "period": "2026-10-30",
    "value": 102.86,
    "unit": "USD/bbl",
    "decimals": 1,
    "change_on_prior": -0.6,
    "source": "Yahoo Finance",
    "source_url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/CL=F",
    "provenance": "",
    "as_of": "2026-10-30T06:01:13+08:00"
  },
  "next_release": {
    "known": false,
    "date": null,
    "label": null,
    "publisher": "Yahoo Finance",
    "note": "This series has no advance public calendar. A new point appears with the next print."
  },
  "series": [
    {
      "name": "Crude (WTI)",
      "unit": "USD/bbl",
      "decimals": 1,
      "points": [
        {
          "period": "2026-10-02",
          "value": 89.6
        },
        {
          "period": "2026-10-03",
          "value": 91.26
        },
        {
          "period": "2026-10-04",
          "value": 91.11
        },
        {
          "period": "2026-10-05",
          "value": 91.11
        },
        {
          "period": "2026-10-06",
          "value": 89.3
        },
        {
          "period": "2026-10-07",
          "value": 89.91
        },
        {
          "period": "2026-10-08",
          "value": 88.94
        },
        {
          "period": "2026-10-09",
          "value": 91.18
        },
        {
          "period": "2026-10-10",
          "value": 91.66
        },
        {
          "period": "2026-10-11",
          "value": 91.85
        },
        {
          "period": "2026-10-12",
          "value": 91.85
        },
        {
          "period": "2026-10-13",
          "value": 93.16
        },
        {
          "period": "2026-10-14",
          "value": 94.79
        },
        {
          "period": "2026-10-15",
          "value": 95.17
        },
        {
          "period": "2026-10-16",
          "value": 96.12
        },
        {
          "period": "2026-10-17",
          "value": 99.04
        },
        {
          "period": "2026-10-18",
          "value": 99.02
        },
        {
          "period": "2026-10-19",
          "value": 99.02
        },
        {
          "period": "2026-10-20",
          "value": 98.24
        },
        {
          "period": "2026-10-28",
          "value": 100.4
        },
        {
          "period": "2026-10-29",
          "value": 103.5
        },
        {
          "period": "2026-10-30",
          "value": 102.86
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "chart_series": [
    "Crude (WTI)"
  ],
  "recent": [
    {
      "period": "2026-10-02",
      "value": 89.6
    },
    {
      "period": "2026-10-03",
      "value": 91.26
    },
    {
      "period": "2026-10-04",
      "value": 91.11
    },
    {
      "period": "2026-10-05",
      "value": 91.11
    },
    {
      "period": "2026-10-06",
      "value": 89.3
    },
    {
      "period": "2026-10-07",
      "value": 89.91
    },
    {
      "period": "2026-10-08",
      "value": 88.94
    },
    {
      "period": "2026-10-09",
      "value": 91.18
    },
    {
      "period": "2026-10-10",
      "value": 91.66
    },
    {
      "period": "2026-10-11",
      "value": 91.85
    },
    {
      "period": "2026-10-12",
      "value": 91.85
    },
    {
      "period": "2026-10-13",
      "value": 93.16
    },
    {
      "period": "2026-10-14",
      "value": 94.79
    },
    {
      "period": "2026-10-15",
      "value": 95.17
    },
    {
      "period": "2026-10-16",
      "value": 96.12
    },
    {
      "period": "2026-10-17",
      "value": 99.04
    },
    {
      "period": "2026-10-18",
      "value": 99.02
    },
    {
      "period": "2026-10-19",
      "value": 99.02
    },
    {
      "period": "2026-10-20",
      "value": 98.24
    },
    {
      "period": "2026-10-28",
      "value": 100.4
    },
    {
      "period": "2026-10-29",
      "value": 103.5
    },
    {
      "period": "2026-10-30",
      "value": 102.86
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "brent-crude-price",
    "copper-price",
    "china-ppi",
    "gold-price"
  ],
  "distribution": {
    "csv": "/data/indicators/wti-crude-price.csv",
    "json": "/api/indicators/wti-crude-price.json"
  },
  "data_range": {
    "min": 88.94,
    "max": 103.5,
    "count": 22
  },
  "faq": [
    {
      "question": "What is the WTI crude oil price today?",
      "answer": "102.9 for 2026-10-30, published by Yahoo Finance (雅虎财经). That is down 0.6 from the prior print. China Snapshot collected it on 2026-10-30."
    },
    {
      "question": "Where does the WTI crude price data come from?",
      "answer": "The series is published by Yahoo Finance (雅虎财经) at https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/CL=F. China Snapshot collects it, keeps the history, and gives it away as a free CSV."
    },
    {
      "question": "How far back does the WTI crude price history go?",
      "answer": "This page holds 2026-10-02 to 2026-10-30 as a chart and a table, and the CSV download carries the full series. last updated 2026-10-30."
    }
  ]
}