Current price of oil as of Aug. 6, 2026 | Fortune0

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• August 6, 2026

By 7 a.m. Eastern Time today, oil had reached $83.64 per barrel, measured using the Brent benchmark. That’s 8 cents less than it cost yesterday morning and about $16.10 above its price a year earlier. Oil price per barrel % Change Price of oil yesterday $83.72 -0.09% Price of oil 1 month ago $72.25 +15.76%