# BrentChart.com

> BrentChart.com is a free reference site for the Brent crude oil price and the wider oil market. It provides live Brent and WTI price charts in U.S. dollars per barrel, daily oil market news, and a large library of plain-English guides covering crude benchmarks and grades, futures contracts, price history, OPEC+ production, trade chokepoints, pipelines, refined products and the major producing countries.

## Live Prices & Charts

- [Brent Crude Price Today](https://brentchart.com/): Live Brent chart, spot price, WTI, Brent/WTI spread and energy ETFs.
- [Live Brent Crude Price](https://brentchart.com/brent-crude-price-live): Full-screen real-time Brent chart and how to read the live quote.
- [Oil Price per Barrel](https://brentchart.com/oil-price-per-barrel): Live Brent and WTI per-barrel prices, what a barrel is, and how benchmarks compare.
- [Oil Market News](https://brentchart.com/news): Daily Brent crude news and market updates.
- [Blog & Analysis](https://brentchart.com/blog): Longer-form outlooks and analysis.

## Brent Benchmark

- [What Is Brent Crude Oil?](https://brentchart.com/what-is-brent-crude): The global benchmark explained — origin, BFOET basket, contract specs.
- [Brent Oil Price History](https://brentchart.com/brent-price-history): Every major move from 1988 to 2026.
- [ICE Brent Crude Futures](https://brentchart.com/ice-brent-futures): Contract specifications, cash settlement, expiry and the roll.
- [What Is Dated Brent?](https://brentchart.com/what-is-dated-brent): The physical North Sea spot assessment.
- [What Is BFOET?](https://brentchart.com/what-is-bfoet): The Brent–Forties–Oseberg–Ekofisk–Troll basket.
- [Platts MOC Window](https://brentchart.com/platts-moc-window): How benchmark prices are assessed.

## Other Benchmarks & Grades

- [What Is WTI Crude Oil?](https://brentchart.com/what-is-wti-crude): The U.S. benchmark and Cushing delivery.
- [Brent/WTI Spread](https://brentchart.com/what-is-brent-wti-spread): Why the two benchmarks diverge.
- [Dubai Crude](https://brentchart.com/what-is-dubai-crude): The Middle East / Asia benchmark.
- [OPEC Reference Basket](https://brentchart.com/what-is-opec-basket): OPEC's own price measure.
- [Sweet vs Sour Crude](https://brentchart.com/sweet-vs-sour-crude): The sulphur divide and its price effect.
- [API Gravity](https://brentchart.com/what-is-api-gravity): The density scale for crude.
- [Contango & Backwardation](https://brentchart.com/what-is-contango-backwardation): Reading the futures curve.

## Market Data & Mechanics

- [EIA Weekly Petroleum Status Report](https://brentchart.com/eia-petroleum-status-report): The most market-moving weekly data release.
- [OPEC+ Production Tracker](https://brentchart.com/opec-production-tracker): Quotas, compliance and output tracking.
- [COT Positioning Data](https://brentchart.com/cot-positioning-data): Speculative positioning in Brent and WTI.
- [Strait of Hormuz](https://brentchart.com/strait-of-hormuz): The world's most important oil chokepoint.
- [How to Read Oil Charts](https://brentchart.com/how-to-read-oil-charts): Interpreting price charts and the roll.
- [Refining Margins](https://brentchart.com/refining-margins): Crack spreads and refinery economics.

## Reference

- [Learn Hub](https://brentchart.com/learn): Index of all guides, including producer countries and pipelines.
- [Glossary](https://brentchart.com/glossary): Oil market terms.
- [FAQ](https://brentchart.com/faq): Common Brent questions.
- [Sources & Methodology](https://brentchart.com/sources): Data sources used across the site.
- [About](https://brentchart.com/about)