The prices of fossil fuels increased considerably in 2022 as a result of supply disruptions and rising energy demand. While the crude oil price in 2022 did not reach the levels of the 1979 or 2008 price shocks, natural gas prices rose to record highs.
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Graph and download economic data for Average Price: Gasoline, All Types (Cost per Gallon/3.785 Liters) in U.S. City Average (APU00007471A) from Jan 1978 to Aug 2025 about energy, gas, retail, price, and USA.
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New Zealand Average Fuel Price: Natural Gas: Residential data was reported at 0.196 NZD/kWh in Dec 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 0.155 NZD/kWh for Sep 2024. New Zealand Average Fuel Price: Natural Gas: Residential data is updated quarterly, averaging 0.060 NZD/kWh from Mar 1979 (Median) to Dec 2024, with 184 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.222 NZD/kWh in Mar 2018 and a record low of 0.016 NZD/kWh in Jun 1979. New Zealand Average Fuel Price: Natural Gas: Residential data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. The data is categorized under Global Database’s New Zealand – Table NZ.P003: Average Fuel Price.
Monthly average retail prices for gasoline and fuel oil for Canada, selected provincial cities, Whitehorse and Yellowknife. Prices are presented for the current month and previous four months. Includes fuel type and the price in cents per litre.
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United States Consumer Price: Average: SU: Utility (Piped) Gas data was reported at 1.229 USD/Therm in Jun 2018. This records a decrease from the previous number of 1.240 USD/Therm for May 2018. United States Consumer Price: Average: SU: Utility (Piped) Gas data is updated monthly, averaging 0.777 USD/Therm from Nov 1978 (Median) to Jun 2018, with 475 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.834 USD/Therm in Nov 2005 and a record low of 0.336 USD/Therm in Jan 1979. United States Consumer Price: Average: SU: Utility (Piped) Gas data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s USA – Table US.P001: Consumer Price.
As of May 2025, the average price for premium gasoline in Germany was around 176.9 euro cents per liter. This was a slight decrease compared to the year before.
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Graph and download economic data for Consumer Price Index: OECD Groups: Energy (Fuel, Electricity, and Gasoline): Total for Norway (CPGREN01NOA657N) from 1979 to 2023 about Norway, fuels, electricity, energy, gas, CPI, price index, indexes, and price.
The 2025 preliminary average annual price of West Texas Intermediate crude oil reached 68.25 U.S. dollars per barrel as of July. This would be eight U.S. dollars below the 2024 average and the lowest annual average since 2021. WTI and other benchmarks WTI is a grade of crude oil also known as “Texas light sweet.” It is measured to have an API gravity of around 39.6 and specific gravity of about 0.83, which is considered “light” relative to other crude oils. This oil also contains roughly 0.24 percent sulfur, and is therefore named “sweet.” Crude oils are some of the most closely observed commodity prices in the world. WTI is the underlying commodity of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange’s oil futures contracts. The price of other crude oils, such as UK Brent crude oil, the OPEC crude oil basket, and Dubai Fateh oil, can be compared to that of WTI crude oil. Since 1976, the price of WTI crude oil has increased notably, rising from just 12.23 U.S. dollars per barrel in 1976 to a peak of 99.06 dollars per barrel in 2008. Geopolitical conflicts and their impact on oil prices The price of oil is controlled in part by limiting oil production. Prior to 1971, the Texas Railroad Commission controlled the price of oil by setting limits on production of U.S. oil. In 1971, the Texas Railroad Commission ceased limiting production, but OPEC, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries with member states Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela among others, continued to do so. In 1972, due to geopolitical conflict, OPEC set an oil embargo and cut oil production, causing prices to quadruple by 1974. Oil prices rose again in 1979 and 1980 due to the Iranian revolution, and doubled between 1978 and 1981 as the Iran-Iraq War prevented oil production. A number of geopolitical conflicts and periods of increased production and consumption have influenced the price of oil since then.
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TTF Gas rose to 31.44 EUR/MWh on October 3, 2025, up 1.33% from the previous day. Over the past month, TTF Gas's price has fallen 2.99%, and is down 22.83% compared to the same time last year, according to trading on a contract for difference (CFD) that tracks the benchmark market for this commodity. EU Natural Gas TTF - values, historical data, forecasts and news - updated on October of 2025.
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United States Consumer Price: Average: SU: Utility (Piped) Gas, 100 Therms data was reported at 111.041 USD in Jun 2013. This records an increase from the previous number of 109.581 USD for May 2013. United States Consumer Price: Average: SU: Utility (Piped) Gas, 100 Therms data is updated monthly, averaging 63.713 USD from Nov 1978 (Median) to Jun 2013, with 415 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 178.090 USD in Nov 2005 and a record low of 29.697 USD in Jan 1979. United States Consumer Price: Average: SU: Utility (Piped) Gas, 100 Therms data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s USA – Table US.P001: Consumer Price.
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United States - Average Price: Utility (Piped) Gas per Therm in the South Census Region - Size Class A was 1.98700 Index in December of 2024, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Average Price: Utility (Piped) Gas per Therm in the South Census Region - Size Class A reached a record high of 2.07400 in October of 2022 and a record low of 0.35500 in July of 1979. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Average Price: Utility (Piped) Gas per Therm in the South Census Region - Size Class A - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on September of 2025.
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Ireland - Gas prices: Medium size households was EUR35.31 Gigajoule (gross calorific value - GCV) in December of 2024, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Ireland - Gas prices: Medium size households - last updated from the EUROSTAT on October of 2025. Historically, Ireland - Gas prices: Medium size households reached a record high of EUR40.70 Gigajoule (gross calorific value - GCV) in December of 2023 and a record low of EUR13.79 Gigajoule (gross calorific value - GCV) in December of 2010.
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Graph and download economic data for Average Price: Utility (Piped) Gas - 100 Therms in the Midwest Census Region - Size Class D (APUD20072611) from Aug 1979 to Jun 2013 about utilities, energy, retail, price, and USA.
As of July 2025, the average annual price of Brent crude oil stood at 71.79 U.S. dollars per barrel. This is over eight U.S. dollars lower than the 2024 average. Brent is the world's leading price benchmark for Atlantic basin crude oils. Crude oil is one of the most closely observed commodity prices as it influences costs across all stages of the production process and consequently alters the price of consumer goods as well. What determines crude oil benchmarks? In the past decade, crude oil prices have been especially volatile. Their inherent inelasticity regarding short-term changes in demand and supply means that oil prices are erratic by nature. However, since the 2009 financial crisis, many commercial developments have greatly contributed to price volatility, such as economic growth by BRIC countries like China and India, and the advent of hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling in the U.S. The outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war are examples of geopolitical events dictating prices. Light crude oils - Brent and WTI Brent Crude is considered a classification of sweet light crude oil and acts as a benchmark price for oil around the world. It is considered a sweet light crude oil due to its low sulfur content and low density and may be easily refined into gasoline. This oil originates in the North Sea and comprises several different oil blends, including Brent Blend and Ekofisk crude. Often, this crude oil is refined in Northwest Europe. Another sweet light oil often referenced alongside UK Brent is West Texas Intermediate (WTI). WTI oil prices amounted to 76.55 U.S. dollars per barrel in 2024.
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Norway Consumer Price Index (CPI): Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas & Other Fuels: Electricity, Gas & Fuel: Electricity data was reported at 190.800 1998=100 in 2015. This records a decrease from the previous number of 198.100 1998=100 for 2014. Norway Consumer Price Index (CPI): Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas & Other Fuels: Electricity, Gas & Fuel: Electricity data is updated yearly, averaging 100.000 1998=100 from Dec 1979 (Median) to 2015, with 37 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 236.800 1998=100 in 2010 and a record low of 28.300 1998=100 in 1979. Norway Consumer Price Index (CPI): Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas & Other Fuels: Electricity, Gas & Fuel: Electricity data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Statistics Norway. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Norway – Table NO.I008: Consumer Price Index: 1998=100: Annual. Rebased from 1998=100 to 2015=100 Replacement series ID: 384055717
Hazelton and other brick producers have proved the reliability of the commercial size Wellman-Galusha gasifier. For this energy intensive business, gas cost is the major portion of the product cost. Costs required Webster/Hazelton to go back to the old, reliable alternative energy of low Btu gasification when the natural gas supply started to be curtailed and prices escalated. Although anthracite coal prices have skyrocketed from $34/ton (1979) to over $71.50/ton (1981) because of high demand (local as well as export) and rising labor costs, the delivered natural gas cost, which reached $3.90 to 4.20/million Btu in the Hazelton area during 1981, has allowed the producer gas from the gasifier at Webster Brick to remain competitive. The low Btu gas cost (at the escalated coal price) is estimated to be $4/million Btu. In addition to producing gas that is cost competitive with natural gas at the Webster Brick Hazelton plant, Webster has the security of knowing that its gas supply will be constant. Improvements in brick business and projected deregulation of the natural gas price may yield additional, attractive cost benefits to Webster Brick through the use of low Btu gas from these gasifiers. Also, use of hot raw gas (that requires no tar or sulfur removal) keeps the overall process efficiency high. 25 references, 47 figures, 14 tables.
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Norway Consumer Price Index (CPI): HW: Electricity, Gas & Fuel data was reported at 250.600 1998=100 in Dec 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 263.100 1998=100 for Nov 2016. Norway Consumer Price Index (CPI): HW: Electricity, Gas & Fuel data is updated monthly, averaging 101.600 1998=100 from Jan 1979 (Median) to Dec 2016, with 456 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 274.300 1998=100 in Jan 2011 and a record low of 28.000 1998=100 in Jan 1979. Norway Consumer Price Index (CPI): HW: Electricity, Gas & Fuel data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Statistics Norway. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Norway – Table NO.I007: Consumer Price Index: 1998=100. Rebased from 1998=100 to 2015=100 Replacement series ID: 384053697
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The USA: Revenue minus production cost of natural gas, percent of GDP: The latest value from 2021 is 0.36 percent, an increase from 0 percent in 2020. In comparison, the world average is 0.81 percent, based on data from 181 countries. Historically, the average for the USA from 1970 to 2021 is 0.36 percent. The minimum value, 0 percent, was reached in 1970 while the maximum of 1.82 percent was recorded in 1979.
Energy production and consumption statistics are provided in total and by fuel, and provide an analysis of the latest 3 months data compared to the same period a year earlier. Energy price statistics cover domestic price indices, prices of road fuels and petroleum products and comparisons of international road fuel prices.
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United States CSI: Vehicle Buying Conditions: Bad Time: Gas Prices data was reported at 2.000 % in May 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 0.000 % for Apr 2018. United States CSI: Vehicle Buying Conditions: Bad Time: Gas Prices data is updated monthly, averaging 1.000 % from Feb 1978 (Median) to May 2018, with 484 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 26.000 % in Jun 1979 and a record low of 0.000 % in Apr 2018. United States CSI: Vehicle Buying Conditions: Bad Time: Gas Prices data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by University of Michigan. The data is categorized under Global Database’s USA – Table US.H034: Consumer Sentiment Index: Vehicle Buying Conditions. Response to the query: 'Why do you say so? The question was: Speaking of the automobile market -- do you think the next 12 months or so will be a good time or a bad time to buy a car?
The prices of fossil fuels increased considerably in 2022 as a result of supply disruptions and rising energy demand. While the crude oil price in 2022 did not reach the levels of the 1979 or 2008 price shocks, natural gas prices rose to record highs.