Entity

Oil

Crude oil; the world's most-traded commodity, setting the base cost of fuel, transport, and industry.

As of 9 Nov 2026Last evidence 9 Nov 2026

What is happening now

  • Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Say Two Oil Tankers Hit Mines, Catch Fire Near Strait Of Hormuz

    Reported event · first reported 4 Nov 2026 to 5 Nov 2026 · 2 claims · best-carried claim: 8 separate publishers

  • Oil falls as Trump signals restraint on Iran amid fresh Hormuz shipping attacks

    Reported claim · first reported 8 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

  • Iran says oil tanker on fire after striking a mine near Hormuz

    Reported claim · first reported 8 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

  • Israel Iran Conflict

    Registered event · reported 29 Mar 2026 to 7 Nov 2026 · claims are not yet placed under registered events

    Open event

  • Assam OIL facility fire: death toll rises to four as another injured dies; four suspended

    Reported claim · first reported 6 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

All 12 events and claims involving Oil

What changed

  • Attention Rising: 454 mentions on 9 Nov 2026, against 380 on 19 Oct 2026 (+19%).
  • State Last recorded change: coverage state went from rising to steady on 8 Nov 2026 (2 changes recorded since 3 Nov 2026).
  • Claims 2 claims first reported since 8 Nov 2026.
  • Market The cited market on “Will Crude Oil reach a new all-time high by December 31?” moved from 10% to 6% Yes since 25 Sept 2026 (the market’s own price).

How well we know this

15,492 documents · 671 publishers · 8% say something specific about it · last evidence 9 Nov 2026

  • Gap: 8% of mentions say something specific about it; the rest only name it
  • Gap: 6 receipts withheld: no source link (the same rule the topic record applies)

In this snapshot’s daily coverage:

Reported alongside Oil

Names most often reported alongside it; bigger circles and heavier lines mean more shared documents. A dashed circle has no page of its own yet.

IranTrumpHormuzMiddle EastUnited StatesSaudi ArabiaRussiaNorthern Marian…Inflation

Story momentum

Rising

The word compares 454 mentions on 9 Nov 2026 with 380 on 19 Oct 2026 (+19%); a change of less than 8% either way reads Steady.

Daily mentions +18% from 25 Sept 2026 to 9 Nov 2026, between 162 and 546 a day

How often tracked coverage mentions Oil, day by day.

Market price, cited

6% Yes

priced 9 Nov 2026 · relation: named in the question

the market: 10% → 6% Yes (-4pts, from 25 Sept 2026 to 9 Nov 2026)

on “Will Crude Oil reach a new all-time high by December 31?”

The day’s closing price on this market, and how it moved. The number is the market’s own. Ask about Oil

“Will Crude Oil reach a new all-time high by December 31?”: the market's own price; the venue link is not stored with it

Coverage volume and market price are separate measures.

On the desk: Energy Desk

For developers

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Events involving Oil

Most-reported first, then newest. Registered events come from the event record; reported events are groups of claims about one occurrence. Claims are grouped when they were first reported within 2 days of each other and either name at least 2 of the same people, places or things besides this one, or share at least 25% of their wording. Each claim keeps its own record.

  • Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Say Two Oil Tankers Hit Mines, Catch Fire Near Strait Of Hormuz

    Reported event · first reported 4 Nov 2026 to 5 Nov 2026 · 2 claims · best-carried claim: 8 separate publishers

    Show the 2 individual claims
    • Iraq has reached understandings with US to allow oil exports through Hormuz, minister says · corroborated · first reported 5 Nov 2026 · 8 separate publishers
    • Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Say Two Oil Tankers Hit Mines, Catch Fire Near Strait Of Hormuz · corroborated · first reported 4 Nov 2026 · 8 separate publishers

  • Oil falls as Trump signals restraint on Iran amid fresh Hormuz shipping attacks

    Reported claim · first reported 8 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Iran says oil tanker on fire after striking a mine near Hormuz

    Reported claim · first reported 8 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Israel Iran Conflict

    Registered event · reported 29 Mar 2026 to 7 Nov 2026 · claims are not yet placed under registered events

    Open event

  • Assam OIL facility fire: death toll rises to four as another injured dies; four suspended

    Reported claim · first reported 6 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Ukraine-Russia war latest: Kyiv strikes oil refinery as Zelensky admits ‘every Ukrainian power plant’ damaged

    Reported claim · first reported 6 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Markets surge on sharp decline in oil prices, hopes of resolution to U.S.-Iran conflict

    Reported claim · first reported 5 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Stock markets rally in early trade on foreign fund inflows, easing crude oil prices

    Reported claim · first reported 4 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • ‘Vast criminal network’: US sanctions Indian couple, linked firms over maritime fraud aiding Iran’s oil t

    Reported claim · first reported 4 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 11 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • CVR Energy To Acquire Two Marathon Petroleum Refineries And Marketing Business For $4.2 Billion

    Reported claim · first reported 4 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • Oil Crashes 9% as Trump and Vance Blame Iran War for Midterm Rout

    Reported claim · first reported 4 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Higher oil prices boost Saudi Aramco profits despite disruption from attacks

    Reported claim · first reported 3 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 5 separate publishers

    single source

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Oil

Entity.

Evidence
15,492 documents · 671 separate publishers · a mention shows the name is in use, not that any claim about it is true
Standing
A name from our starting list; its record is kept up to date automatically from coverage
Time
first seen 4 Apr 2026, last seen 9 Nov 2026
Measured
8% of mentions say something specific about it; the rest only name it
As of
9 Nov 2026
25 links from here

Who it moves with: the 10 names are in the map above.

What is claimed about it (12)

  • Corroborated: Reported by three or more sources that did not copy each other.
  • Reported by two: Reported by two sources that did not copy each other.
  • Single source: Reported by one source so far.

Situations it is named in (3)

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What the coverage says

Recent reporting that names Oil, newest first. Open any row to follow it to the original article.

Evidence tiers: primary source = an official public record · attributed = a named outlet, receipt linked · lead = observed, not yet receipted.

Other markets materially about Oil

Markets whose question is about Oil or names it as a party. Each row says how the market relates to Oil and why. Prices are the market’s own, cited with the venue.

What it connects to

Related records.

Recorded history

  • 8 Nov 2026

    coverage state changed: rising to steady

    Previous state held since 5 Nov 2026

  • 5 Nov 2026

    coverage state changed: steady to rising

    Previous state held since 1 Nov 2026

2 changes recorded since 3 Nov 2026, newest first.

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Story momentum counts mentions in tracked coverage. Prices are the market’s own, cited with the venue. Informational only, not advice. As of 9 Nov 2026.