Price of oil
Brent crude futures, $ a barrel
Jul 2008
Financial crisis.
Oil prices peak
Apr 2011
Arab spring
Feb 2026
Iran war
Feb 2022
Russia invades
Ukraine
$150
Sep 2001
World Trade
Center
attack
Jan 2020
Covid-19
pandemic
100
50
0
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
2025
Jul 2008
Financial crisis.
Oil prices peak
Apr 2011
Arab spring
Feb 2026
Iran war
Feb 2022
Russia invades
Ukraine
$150
Jan 2020
Covid-19
pandemic
Sep 2001
World Trade
Center
attack
100
50
0
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
2025
Jul 2008
Financial crisis.
Oil prices peak
Apr 2011
Arab spring
Feb 2022
Russia invades
Ukraine
Feb 2026
Iran war
$150
Jan 2020
Covid-19
pandemic
Sep 2001
World Trade
Center attack
100
50
0
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
2025
Jul 2008
Financial crisis.
Oil prices peak
Apr 2011
Arab spring
Feb 2022
Russia invades
Ukraine
Feb 2026
Iran war
$150
Jan 2020
Covid-19
pandemic
Sep 2001
World Trade
Center attack
100
50
0
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
2025
Jul 2008
Financial crisis.
Oil prices peak
Apr 2011
Arab spring
Feb 2022
Russia invades
Ukraine
Feb 2026
Iran war
$150
Jan 2020
Covid-19
pandemic
Sep 2001
World Trade
Center attack
100
50
0
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
2025
Jul 2008
Financial crisis.
Oil prices peak
Apr 2011
Arab spring
Feb 2026
Iran war
Feb 2022
Russia invades
Ukraine
$150
Sep 2001
World Trade
Center
attack
Jan 2020
Covid-19
pandemic
100
50
0
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
2025
Jul 2008
Financial crisis.
Oil prices peak
Apr 2011
Arab spring
Feb 2026
Iran war
Feb 2022
Russia invades
Ukraine
$150
Jan 2020
Covid-19
pandemic
Sep 2001
World Trade
Center
attack
100
50
0
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
2025
Jul 2008
Financial crisis.
Oil prices peak
Apr 2011
Arab spring
Feb 2022
Russia invades
Ukraine
Feb 2026
Iran war
$150
Jan 2020
Covid-19
pandemic
Sep 2001
World Trade
Center attack
100
50
0
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
2025
Jul 2008
Financial crisis.
Oil prices peak
Apr 2011
Arab spring
Feb 2022
Russia invades
Ukraine
Feb 2026
Iran war
$150
Jan 2020
Covid-19
pandemic
Sep 2001
World Trade
Center attack
100
50
0
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
2025
Jul 2008
Financial crisis.
Oil prices peak
Apr 2011
Arab spring
Feb 2022
Russia invades
Ukraine
Feb 2026
Iran war
$150
Jan 2020
Covid-19
pandemic
Sep 2001
World Trade
Center attack
100
50
0
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
2025