Crude Oil Charts

November 11, 2008 9:15 AM

Where can I find crude oil charts online?

Google finance is great for seeing the charts of stock prices. When I read a newspaper that describes current crude oil prices I'm never able to find the equivalent charts. For example, right now it says crude oil is trading at around 60 dollars a barrel. Is there a chart, like the google finance charts for stocks, that show the price of crude oil over the last while (or even longer)? Thanks!

posted by fantasticninety to Grab Bag (7 answers total)

A few months ago I needed to search for this, turns out the situation is quite complex and the best data is behind paywalls (or my petroleum-fu is weak). Here is what I came up with:

U.S. Energy Information Association

Bloomberg
posted by ghost of a past number at 9:26 AM on November 11, 2008

How much is Oil?
via Projects.

Doesn't go back farther than 5 days, though.
posted by cimbrog at 9:29 AM on November 11, 2008

The Google iGoogle/Dashboard widget for "oil" links here and provides multiple time-series charts.
posted by sagwalla at 9:48 AM on November 11, 2008

Association? some wiring must be loose in my brain, it's the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
posted by ghost of a past number at 9:49 AM on November 11, 2008

Somewhat related (though not charty): if you've got an iPhone, this app was released today, for tracking the price of light sweet crude.
posted by mumkin at 1:05 PM on November 11, 2008

Is this what you want?
posted by chazlarson at 8:06 AM on November 12, 2008 [1 favorite]

Response by poster: Thanks for all the links!
posted by fantasticninety at 5:15 PM on November 12, 2008