Americas Fuel Prices
WTI benchmark, US retail fuel prices, and broader Americas price context. Data from EIA (weekly).
Crude Benchmarks
WTI Crude (Cushing, Oklahoma)
Primary Americas benchmark · Week ending 2026-05-15
$105
▲ 3.74%
US Retail Fuel Prices
Week ending 2026-05-11Regular Gasoline
US national average · per US gallon
$4.628
▲ $0.047
Diesel
US national average · per US gallon
$5.639
▼ $0.001
Americas Price Context
USA: EIA weekly retail prices — most transparent market in the hemisphere. Federal + state taxes add ~$0.57/gal average.
Canada: Provincial variation significant. NRCan publishes weekly pump prices. WCS (Alberta) trades at discount to WTI.
Mexico: PEMEX sets prices via IEPS tax mechanism. Subsidised fuel below market during high-price periods.
Brazil: Petrobras adjusts fuel prices to international parity. Diesel subsidised historically — current policy market-linked.
Venezuela: Heavily subsidised, among cheapest globally (effectively <$0.01/litre) but severe scarcity and dollar black market.
Argentina: Price controls and FX restrictions complicate pump price data. Significant gap between official and parallel exchange rates.
Brent in Historical Context — since 1987
EIA daily spot · 9,888 printsCurrent
$109.21
93th pctile vs 1987→now
All-time high
$143.95
3 Jul 2008
5-year avg
$83
rolling daily
Days >$100 in 2026
39
vs 133 in 2008 · 115 in 2022
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration — Europe Brent Spot Price FOB daily series (RBRTE). Live current-price card on this site uses Stooq front-month futures, which can diverge from EIA spot by $1–3 in normal markets and considerably more during volatility. EIA spot is the more authoritative reference for analytical work. eia.gov ↗