WTI Crude Oil
West Texas Intermediate — the US crude benchmark, its drivers, and how it relates to Brent.
WTI (West Texas Intermediate) is the main US crude oil benchmark, priced at Cushing, Oklahoma. It is light, sweet crude and trades closely with Brent, but US-specific supply — inventories, storage at Cushing, and export capacity — can pull WTI away from the global benchmark and move the Brent–WTI spread.
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What moves WTI
US inventories
Weekly EIA data; the surprise vs expectations moves price.
Cushing storage
WTI is priced at Cushing, Oklahoma — storage levels matter.
Pipeline & export capacity
Affects how easily US crude reaches global buyers.
The US dollar
Oil is dollar-priced, so DXY is a background driver.
WTI Weekly Outlook →
A repeatable weekly framework for crude.
Brent vs WTI: the spread →
Why the two benchmarks diverge.
Chart WTI with the right tools
Live crude charts, alerts on inventory days, and layouts that track WTI against Brent.
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