Where can I find historical crude oil prices?

January 3, 2006 1:38 PM

Where (online) can I find historical crude oil prices?
posted by richard m to Work & Money (6 answers total)

Here.
posted by beagle at 1:50 PM on January 3, 2006

EIA's historical spot prices and historical NYMEX futures.
posted by milkrate at 1:51 PM on January 3, 2006

Here's an inflation adjusted list that goes back to the Pennsylvannia oil boom.
posted by geoff. at 2:22 PM on January 3, 2006

If you're not satisifed with the other answers (for some reason), Economagic has over 1,300 series with "oil" in the name.
posted by Kwantsar at 2:38 PM on January 3, 2006

This search came up with Inflation data and some graphs.
posted by oldmanyoung at 3:05 PM on January 3, 2006

Ditto the EIA site. It's the one I use as authoritative. Backed by paper publications with a well-defined methodology, thus easy to reference, and acceptable for acedemic and other publication. The others listed, while they may well be accurate, are of uncertain providence (most don't list references), and I wouldn't consider using them for most purposes.
posted by bonehead at 4:39 PM on January 3, 2006