Crude Oil rose to 65.49 USD/Bbl on July 23, 2025, up 0.27% from the previous day. Over the past month, Crude Oil's price has risen 1.73%, but it is still 15.60% lower than a year ago, 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 July of 2025.

The 2025 annual OPEC basket price stood at ***** U.S. dollars per barrel as of June. This would be lower than the 2024 average, which amounted to ***** U.S. dollars. The abbreviation OPEC stands for Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and includes Algeria, Angola, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, and the United Arab Emirates. The aim of the OPEC is to coordinate the oil policies of its member states. It was founded in 1960 in Baghdad, Iraq. The OPEC Reference Basket The OPEC crude oil price is defined by the price of the so-called OPEC (Reference) basket. This basket is an average of prices of the various petroleum blends that are produced by the OPEC members. Some of these oil blends are, for example: Saharan Blend from Algeria, Basra Light from Iraq, Arab Light from Saudi Arabia, BCF 17 from Venezuela, et cetera. By increasing and decreasing its oil production, OPEC tries to keep the price between a given maxima and minima. Benchmark crude oil The OPEC basket is one of the most important benchmarks for crude oil prices worldwide. Other significant benchmarks are UK Brent, West Texas Intermediate (WTI), and Dubai Crude (Fateh). Because there are many types and grades of oil, such benchmarks are indispensable for referencing them on the global oil market. The 2025 fall in prices was the result of weakened demand outlooks exacerbated by extensive U.S. trade tariffs.

The average price for regular gasoline in the United States stood at **** U.S. dollars per gallon on July 21, 2025. This compared to a diesel price of **** U.S. dollars per gallon. Prices for gasoline decreased that week. Real price surge of 2022 and 2023 still below 2011 to 2014 prices When looking at the real price of gasoline over time, U.S. drivers had to pay notably more in the years between 2011 and 2014. The surge in prices noted throughout 2022 and partly for 2023, which followed supply constraints, was still lower in terms of real U.S. dollars. U.S. on the lower-end spectrum of worldwide motor fuel prices The U.S. has some of the lowest conventional motor fuel prices in the world. Although fuel prices are usually higher in high-income countries, the U.S. profits from its position as the world’s largest crude oil producer and can keep retail prices for oil products comparatively low. For example, among high-income countries, prices for automotive premium gasoline (RON 95) were only lower in Russia and Saudi Arabia - countries where crude oil and oil product exports are in part restricted by sanctions, thus keeping domestic supply high.

Oil and gas pipeline construction contractors have seen an overall decline in revenue since 2020, with recent years of growth not having fully made up for the decline in revenue that came in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. World oil and gas prices have been extremely volatile during the current period and have limited capital expenditure by upstream and downstream industries. Still, a number of pipeline construction projects have recently broken ground, with many centered on delivering affordable hydrocarbons from tight shale formations to global energy consumers. Industry revenue has declined at a CAGR of 0.6% to $53.6 billion over the past five years despite a 1.4% increase in 2025. The industry has been busy constructing new gathering and transmission lines as well as storage and refining facilities. More infrastructure has been necessary to harness the outburst of energy, which has come online following the widespread adoption of hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling since the early 2000s. In fact, as domestic production increased and gas and oil exports from Russia decreased, the US became the global leader in LNG exports in 2023 and has become a net exporter of oil. The second Trump administration has, so far, been a mixed bag for the industry, lifting the Biden administration’s pause on LNG export approvals and generally promoting drilling, but proposing to push down oil prices and generally creating an uncertain business environment. Industry profit has expanded over the past five years as input cost inflation has cooled. Oil and gas pipeline construction companies are caught in a predicament as the United States seeks to improve its position as the world's largest producer of oil and gas while setting itself up for a more sustainable future. Demand for oil and natural gas will be threatened by a global transition to green energy in the coming years, though natural gas is often turned to as a relatively green fuel compared to other power sources like coal. Demand for pipeline construction will likely remain strong for interstate and intrastate pipelines connecting producers to key export terminals in Louisiana and Texas. Industry revenue is expected to grow at a CAGR of 1.7% to $58.3 billion over the five years to 2030 as global demand for energy expands.