WTI Crude Oil (WTI) Up or Down on July 20?

Oil futures (such as WTI and Brent) trade electronically nearly 24 hours a day, 5 days a week. The market officially opens for the week on Sunday at 6:00 p.m. ET... Get ready for Trump to make some sort of post around that time about Iran wanting to make a deal.

Iran War Strategy Working “Crude oil prices continued rising on Hyperliquid as investors reacted to the ongoing escalation between the US and Iran. Brent jumped to $88.7, West Texas Intermediate (WTI), the US benchmark, rose to $83.62, with the volume rising to $111.2 million.” tinyurl.com/bd262psm

WTI crude oil since Trump took office now up 30.85%, making the question: 'are you better off under the Trump administration?' a hard no for the majority of Americans.

#Geopolitical risk premium in full effect WTI extends rally as Middle East tensions spike supply fears. Key breakout level: 83.80. Targets 85.70 & 87.80 if cleared. Support to watch: 82.30. Trade carefully! #WTI #CrudeOil Join now for more updates: chat.whatsapp.com/BesSZ5MwbwbF...

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$WTI closes the week at $81.79. Brent crude at $88 President Roomba seems to be back on "bomb them into surrendering" Which means plan for a Sunday midday plead for a deal after a weekend of bombing and potential war crimes

⚡ Energy markets surge on fresh momentum Brent crude climbs to $87.52, up 3.91% as buyers return to the market WTI follows suit at $81.16, gaining 3.68% through the session Natural Gas rises to $2.91, posting a modest 1.75% advance Watch for continued price action and detailed analysis at oilmarke

“.. Diesel crack spreads are now higher than the price of crude itself. - WTI: $80 -Diesel crack spread (refining margin): $86 “.. Since the start of the war, diesel crack spreads have surged > 4x ..” - Ekwuwme

#Brent +4.74% #WTI #Crude #Oil +4.76%

⚡ Energy markets surge as crude rallies sharply higher Brent crude: $87.5, up 3.88% WTI: $81.4, up 3.99% Natural Gas: $2.9, up 1.4% Strong momentum across the board as oil posts significant gains. Track full market movements at oilmarketcap.com. #OilMarkets #CrudeOil #WTI #Brent #EnergyNews #OilM

🛢️ Jul 17, 2026 1:00 PM 🛢️ Gasoline leads gains as Brent and WTI crude climb over 1% 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐂𝐫𝐮𝐝𝐞: $87.40 📈 +1.79% 𝐖𝐓𝐈 𝐂𝐫𝐮𝐝𝐞: $81.22 📈 +1.42% 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐆𝐚𝐬: $2.903 📈 +0.94% 𝐑𝐁𝐎𝐁 𝐆𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞: $3.208 📈 +2.01% 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐎𝐢𝐥: $3.965 📈 +0.14% ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Src: Yahoo Finan… #OOTT #OilMarkets #Commodities #RBOB

the refined products rally continues- RBOB up another 6-15c/gal, ULSD up 3-5c/gal...crack spreads surge past $71/bbl for WTI 321- record levels- if you're a refinery, you're running as hard as my AC has been the last few days

Brent crude futures rose by $1.77, or 2.1%, ​to $86 a barrel. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) futures were up $1.91, or 2.4%, at $80.86. Both ​benchmarks have climbed about 13% this week, with Brent on track for a third ⁠consecutive weekly gain and WTI set for its second.

⚡ Energy markets surge on positive momentum Brent crude climbs to $86.29, up 2.45% as buyers return to the market. WTI follows suit at $80.42, gaining 2.73% and extending its rally. Natural gas edges higher to $2.87, posting a modest 0.7% increase. Track all live movements and market analysis at

National average inching closer to $4, currently $3.98/gal, while diesel now at $5.04/gal according to live GasBuddy data. WTI crude oil $81/bbl, Brent at $86- refiner crack spreads remain historic due to lower global output (Ukraine attacks on Russia refineries more problematic)

🛢️ Jul 17, 2026 8:00 AM 🛢️ WTI and Brent crude futures climb over 1% while natural gas softens 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐂𝐫𝐮𝐝𝐞: $85.86 📈 +1.14% 𝐖𝐓𝐈 𝐂𝐫𝐮𝐝𝐞: $80.08 📈 +1.37% 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐆𝐚𝐬: $2.876 📉 -0.66% 𝐑𝐁𝐎𝐁 𝐆𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞: $3.144 📈 +0.91% 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐎𝐢𝐥: $3.959 📈 +0.08% ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Src: Ya… #OOTT #OilMarkets #Commodities #WTI

Crude Oil (WTI) is +11% in the last 7 days.

The Brent and WTI crude oil benchmarks are on the rise today as markets continue to respond to the new fighting in the Middle East. The response looks a bit softer this time around, even though we are seeing a very similar scale of attacks to the beginning of the war.

Iran claims its first direct attack on U.S. facility in Syris, targeting al-Tanf. U.S. confirmation and damage evidence are still absent. Meanwhile Brent and WTI are nearly 12% higher this week as Hormuz disruption overlaps with a reported Red Seaclosure contingency www.reuters.com/world/middle...

Informative short article by EIA about “tank bottoms” (minimums needed for systems to function) and how the EIA thinks that Cushing OK, the US storage site that WTI is priced at, was nearly at it in June when levels dropped under 19M barrels. www.eia.gov/todayinenerg...