Crude Oil rose to 62.43 USD/Bbl on August 20, 2025, up 1.07% from the previous day. Over the past month, Crude Oil's price has fallen 5.33%, and is down 13.20% compared to the same time last year, according to trading on a contract for difference (CFD) that tracks the benchmark market for this commodity. Crude Oil - values, historical data, forecasts and news - updated on August of 2025.

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.

Brent rose to 66.90 USD/Bbl on August 20, 2025, up 1.69% from the previous day. Over the past month, Brent's price has fallen 3.33%, and is down 12.03% compared to the same time last year, according to trading on a contract for difference (CFD) that tracks the benchmark market for this commodity. Brent crude oil - values, historical data, forecasts and news - updated on August of 2025.

On August 18, 2025, the Brent crude oil price stood at 66.54 U.S. dollars per barrel, compared to 63.42 U.S. dollars for WTI oil and 68.21 U.S. dollars for the OPEC basket. Oil prices remained largely unchanged that week as economic expectations stayed low.Europe's Brent crude oil, the U.S. WTI crude oil, and OPEC's basket are three of the most important benchmarks used by traders as reference for oil and gasoline prices. Lowest ever oil prices during coronavirus pandemic In 2020, the coronavirus pandemic resulted in crude oil prices hitting a major slump as oil demand drastically declined following lockdowns and travel restrictions. Initial outlooks and uncertainty surrounding the course of the pandemic brought about a disagreement between two of the largest oil producers, Russia and Saudi Arabia, in early March. Bilateral talks between global oil producers ended in agreement on April 13th, with promises to cut petroleum output and hopes rising that these might help stabilize the oil price in the coming weeks. However, with storage facilities and oil tankers quickly filling up, fears grew over where to store excess oil, leading to benchmark prices seeing record negative prices between April 20 and April 22, 2020. How crude oil prices are determined As with most commodities, crude oil prices are impacted by supply and demand, as well as inventories and market sentiment. However, as oil is most often traded in future contracts (where a contract is agreed upon while product delivery will follow in the next two to three months), market speculation is one of the principal determinants for oil prices. Traders make conclusions on how production output and consumer demand will likely develop over the coming months, leaving room for uncertainty. Spot prices differ from futures in so far as they reflect the current market price of a commodity.

UK Gas rose to 77.10 GBp/thm on August 20, 2025, up 0.37% from the previous day. Over the past month, UK Gas's price has fallen 3.18%, and is down 13.63% compared to the same time last year, according to trading on a contract for difference (CFD) that tracks the benchmark market for this commodity. UK Natural Gas - values, historical data, forecasts and news - updated on August of 2025.

Brent crude oil is projected to have an average annual spot price of 65.85 U.S. dollars per barrel in 2025, according to a forecast from May 2025. This would mean a decrease of nearly 15 U.S. dollars compared to the previous year, and also reflects a reduced forecast WTI crude oil price. Lower economic activity, an increase in OPEC+ production output, and uncertainty over trade tariffs all impacted price forecasting. All about Brent Also known as Brent Blend, London Brent, and Brent petroleum, Brent Crude is a crude oil benchmark named after the exploration site in the North Sea's Brent oilfield. It is a sweet light crude oil but slightly heavier than West Texas Intermediate. In this context, sweet refers to a low sulfur content and light refers to a relatively low density when compared to other crude oil benchmarks. Price development in the 2020s Oil prices are volatile, impacted by consumer demand and discoveries of new oilfields, new extraction methods such as fracking, and production caps routinely placed by OPEC on its member states. The price for Brent crude oil stood at an average of just 42 U.S. dollars in 2020, when the coronavirus pandemic resulted in a sudden demand drop. Two years later, sanctions on Russian energy imports, had pushed up prices to a new decade-high, above 100 U.S. dollars per barrel.

Heating Oil rose to 2.32 USD/Gal on August 21, 2025, up 1.97% from the previous day. Over the past month, Heating Oil's price has fallen 5.20%, but it is still 2.35% higher than a year ago, according to trading on a contract for difference (CFD) that tracks the benchmark market for this commodity. Heating oil - values, historical data, forecasts and news - updated on August of 2025.

In May 2025, the average monthly price of the Urals crude oil, Russia's major export oil brand, was approximately ***** U.S. dollars per barrel, having decreased from the previous month. In 2020, the price of the Urals experienced a considerable decrease at the beginning of the year due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, dropping to as low as **** U.S. dollars per barrel in April. What is the purpose of the Russian oil price cap? In early December 2022, the G7 (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom (UK), and the United States), the European Union (EU), and Australia formed the Price Cap Coalition and imposed a price cap of 60 U.S. dollars per barrel on oil originating in Russia. The aim of the price ceiling is to decrease Russia’s earnings from oil exports and thereby limit the Russian government’s budget to finance the war in Ukraine. At the same time, the cap is meant to ensure that Russia continues to supply oil to emerging economies, though at a discounted price. With the cap in place, Russia cannot sell oil at a higher price even to third countries if the oil tankers are financed or insured by members of the Price Cap Coalition. In early February 2023, a price cap of 100 U.S. dollars per barrel was imposed on Russian refined oil products. Global dependence on Russian oil China was Russia’s leading crude oil export destination, with the value of exports measured at nearly **** billion U.S. dollars in 2021. In physical terms, Russia supplied around *** million metric tons of crude oil to China in 2024, being the leading crude oil import origin in the country ahead of Saudi Arabia. Furthermore, European countries were major consumers of Russian oil prior to the war in Ukraine. For instance, Russia accounted for over ** percent of oil and petroleum products imported into Slovakia in 2020. To compare, the dependence rate stood at nearly ** percent in Lithuania, ** percent in Germany, and ** percent in the UK.

Urals Oil fell to 62.49 USD/Bbl on August 19, 2025, down 1.05% from the previous day. Over the past month, Urals Oil's price has fallen 4.08%, and is down 14.08% compared to the same time last year, according to trading on a contract for difference (CFD) that tracks the benchmark market for this commodity. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for Urals Crude.

The average gas price in Great Britain in June 2025 was 86.28 British pence per therm. This was four pence higher than the same month the year prior and follows a trend of increasing gas prices. Energy prices in the UK Energy prices in the UK have been exceptionally volatile throughout the 2020s. Multiple factors, such as a lack of gas storage availability and the large share of gas in heating, have exacerbated the supply issue in the UK that followed the Russia-Ukraine war. This has also led to many smaller suppliers announcing bankruptcy, while an upped price cap threatened the energy security of numerous households. The United Kingdom has some of the highest household electricity prices worldwide. How is gas used in the UK? According to a 2023 survey conducted by the UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, 58 percent of respondents used gas as a heating method during the winter months. On average, household expenditure on energy from gas in the UK stood at some 24.9 billion British pounds in 2023, double the amount spent just two years prior.

In 2024, the price of natural gas in Europe reached 11 constant U.S. dollars per million British thermal units, compared with 2.2 U.S. dollars in the U.S. This was a notable decrease compared to the previous year, which had seen a steep increase in prices due to an energy supply shortage exacerbated by the Russia-Ukraine war. Since 1980, natural gas prices have typically been higher in Europe than in the United States and are expected to remain so for the coming two years. This is due to the U.S. being a significantly larger natural gas producer than Europe. What is natural gas and why is it gaining ground in the energy market? Natural gas is commonly burned in power plants with combustion turbines that generate electricity or used as a heating fuel. Given the fact that the world’s energy demand continues to grow, natural gas was seen by some industry leaders as an acceptable "bridge-fuel" to overcome the use of more emission-intensive energy sources such as coal. Subsequently, natural gas has become the main fuel for electricity generation in the U.S., while the global gas power generation share has reached over 22 percent. How domestic production shapes U.S. natural gas prices The combination of hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) and horizontal drilling can be regarded as one of the oil and gas industry’s biggest breakthroughs in decades, with the U.S. being the largest beneficiary. This technology has helped the industry release unprecedented quantities of gas from deposits, mainly shale and tar sands that were previously thought either inaccessible or uneconomic. It is forecast that U.S. shale gas production could reach 36 trillion cubic feet in 2050, up from 1.77 trillion cubic feet in 2000.

The average monthly price for natural gas in the United States amounted to **** nominal U.S. dollars per million British thermal units (Btu) in July 2025. By contrast, natural gas prices in Europe were about three times higher than those in the U.S. Prices in Europe tend to be notably higher than those in the U.S. as the latter benefits from being a major hydrocarbon producer. Europe's import reliance European prices for natural gas rose most notable throughout the second half of 2021 and much of 2022, peaking at over ** U.S. dollars per million Btu in August 2022. The sharp rise was due to supply chain issues and economic strain following the COVID-19 pandemic, which was further exacerbated by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in early 2022. As a result of the war, many countries began looking for alternative sources, and Russian pipeline gas imports to the European Union declined as a result. Meanwhile, LNG was a great beneficiary, with LNG demand in Europe rising by more than ** percent between 2021 and 2023. How domestic natural gas production shapes prices As intimated, the United States’ position among the leaders of worldwide natural gas production is one of the main reasons for why prices for this commodity are so low across the country. In 2024, the U.S. produced more than ************ cubic meters of natural gas, which allays domestic demand and allows for far lower purchasing prices.

Natural gas fell to 2.75 USD/MMBtu on August 20, 2025, down 0.65% from the previous day. Over the past month, Natural gas's price has fallen 17.35%, but it is still 26.23% higher than a year ago, according to trading on a contract for difference (CFD) that tracks the benchmark market for this commodity. Natural gas - values, historical data, forecasts and news - updated on August of 2025.

TTF Gas rose to 32.21 EUR/MWh on August 20, 2025, up 3.15% from the previous day. Over the past month, TTF Gas's price has fallen 2.86%, and is down 13.46% 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 August of 2025.

On August 18, 2025, the price of ultra-low sulfur unleaded petrol (gasoline) in the United Kingdom averaged 134.3 pence per liter. This compared to 142.17 pence per liter for diesel. Diesel prices were consistently higher than petrol/gasoline prices throughout this period, although the margin varied. Reasons for such differences in pricing lie in the refining process and molecular makeup of the products, with diesel requiring more complex refining processes and being an overall heavier liquid. As motor fuel pricing in the UK is not regulated by a monitoring body, there may also be notable differences in prices between retailers and regions. Supermarkets provide lowest fuel prices in the UK In the UK, much of the motor fuel is sold through supermarkets. Large supermarkets, or hypermarkets, account for more than 40 percent of all motor fuel sales in the country. The reason for their popularity often lies in the fact that they offer lower average prices. In the last four years, regular petrol/gasoline sold at supermarkets was up to six pence per liter cheaper than the national average. How UK fuel prices compare to the rest of the world Tied as they are to crude oil prices, motor fuels are generally cheapest in major producing countries, such as Iran, Venezuela, and Russia. In Europe, costs of importing the raw or finished products, in addition to taxes and levies, may hike up pump prices significantly. The UK is often among the countries with the highest petrol/gasoline prices, alongside other large European car markets such as France and Germany.

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Oil And Gas Pipeline Market Size 2025-2029

The oil and gas pipeline market size is forecast to increase by USD 65.9 billion, at a CAGR of 4.6% between 2024 and 2029.

The market is experiencing significant growth, driven by the rising global energy consumption and technological advances in pipeline inspection. These advancements enable more efficient and effective maintenance, ensuring the reliability and safety of pipelines. However, the market faces challenges due to the volatility in crude oil prices, which can restrain oil and gas supply and impact the profitability of pipeline operators.
Companies in the market must navigate these challenges and leverage technological innovations to optimize operations, enhance safety, and maintain competitiveness. As energy demand continues to increase, particularly in emerging economies, the need for secure and efficient pipeline infrastructure becomes increasingly crucial. Leak detection technology and data acquisition systems enable swift response to potential issues, minimizing downtime and environmental impact.

What will be the Size of the Oil And Gas Pipeline Market during the forecast period?

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The market continues to evolve, with ongoing advancements in technology shaping its landscape. One such development is the integration of SCADA systems with corrosion monitoring systems, enabling real-time data analysis and proactive pipeline maintenance. Gas pipeline compression, facilitated by pipeline compression stations, ensures consistent delivery of natural gas to end-users, even during periods of peak demand. Pipeline maintenance scheduling, facilitated by pipeline integrity surveys and pressure drop calculation, ensures the longevity and safety of these critical infrastructure assets. For instance, a major pipeline operator successfully increased its sales by 8% through the implementation of advanced pipeline automation systems and leak detection technology.

Smart pipeline technology, including pipeline automation systems and remote monitoring solutions, offers enhanced efficiency and reduced operational costs. Pipeline safety regulations mandate the implementation of cathodic protection systems and third-party damage prevention measures, safeguarding against external threats and corrosion. Pipeline rehabilitation techniques, such as pipeline decommissioning processes and pipeline welding techniques, ensure the continued viability of aging pipelines. Underground pipeline mapping and pigging operations, utilizing in-line inspection tools, provide essential data for pipeline network management and infrastructure upgrades. According to industry reports, the market is expected to grow by over 5% annually, driven by increasing energy demand and technological advancements.

How is this Oil And Gas Pipeline Industry segmented?

The oil and gas pipeline industry research report provides comprehensive data (region-wise segment analysis), with forecasts and estimates in 'USD billion' for the period 2025-2029, as well as historical data from 2019-2023 for the following segments.

Application

  Onshore
  Offshore


Type

  Gas
  Oil


End-user

  Industrial
  Residential
  Commercial


Geography

  North America

    US


  Europe

    France
    Germany
    Russia
    UK


  APAC

    China
    India
    Japan
    South Korea


  South America

    Brazil


  Rest of World (ROW)

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The Onshore segment is estimated to witness significant growth during the forecast period. Onshore oil and gas pipelines play a pivotal role in transporting hydrocarbons from drilling sites to various destinations, catering to the growing energy demands. The integration of advanced technologies in pipeline infrastructure enhances operational efficiency and safety. For instance, corrosion monitoring systems ensure pipeline integrity by detecting and preventing corrosion, saving an estimated USD1 billion annually in the US. SCADA system integration enables real-time pipeline monitoring, reducing response time to potential issues. Gas pipeline compression increases throughput, while pipeline simulation software optimizes operational performance. Pipeline maintenance scheduling, network design, and integrity surveys are crucial for preventing pressure drops and mitigating third-party damage. Pipeline network design and simulation software play a crucial role in optimizing pipeline capacity, with pipeline hydraulic modeling and flow rate measurement providing valuable insights.

Remote monitoring solutions and cathodic protection systems minimize human intervention and improve safety. Pipeline decommissioning processes and rehabilitation techniques extend pipeline life. Hydraulic modeling, risk assessment, and weldin

Rapeseed fell to 473 EUR/T on August 19, 2025, down 0.42% from the previous day. Over the past month, Rapeseed's price has risen 0.53%, and is up 4.59% compared to the same time last year, according to trading on a contract for difference (CFD) that tracks the benchmark market for this commodity. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for Rapeseed Oil.