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Price summary (historical and forecast)
	2024	2025	2026	2027
WTI Crude Oil^a dollars per barrel	76.60	65.40	80.88	65.39
Brent Crude Oil dollars per barrel	80.56	69.04	86.81	69.39
Gasoline^b dollars per gallon	3.31	3.10	3.78	3.29
Diesel^c dollars per gallon	3.76	3.66	4.85	4.07
Heating Oil^d dollars per gallon	3.60	3.62	4.76	3.90
Natural Gas^d dollars per thousand cubic feet	14.46	15.29	15.86	14.04
Electricity^d cents per kilowatthour	16.48	17.30	18.27	18.65
^aWest Texas Intermediate. ^bAverage regular pump price. Note: Italics indicate forecast. Data source: Short-Term Energy Outlook	^cOn-highway retail. ^dU.S. Residential average.

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08/11/2026Monthly short-term forecasts to 2027
04/08/2026Annual projections to 2050
10/11/2023International projections to 2050

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