Brent Crude Oil
The global crude benchmark — its drivers, and how it relates to US WTI.
Brent crude is the global oil benchmark, based on North Sea crude and priced at sea, which makes it the reference for most international oil. It is highly correlated with US WTI but tends to carry a premium reflecting global (rather than US-specific) supply and demand — the gap between them is the Brent–WTI spread.
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What moves Brent
Global demand
Brent is the international benchmark — global growth drives it.
OPEC+ supply
Production decisions hit the global supply side directly.
Geopolitics
Supply-route and producer-region risk adds premium fast.
The US dollar
As a dollar-priced commodity, DXY is a background driver.
Brent vs WTI: the spread →
Why the two benchmarks diverge.
What drives oil volatility →
OPEC, inventories and geopolitics.
Track Brent and the global oil picture
Live Brent charts, spread symbols against WTI, and alerts on OPEC and inventory days.
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