Entity

Oil

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

As of 5 Nov 2026Last evidence 5 Nov 2026

What is happening now

  • 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

  • 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

  • ‘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

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

    Reported claim · first reported 3 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

  • EIA raises crude oil price forecasts as Middle East supply risks tighten outlook

    Reported claim · first reported 2 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

All 12 events and claims involving Oil

What changed

  • Attention Steady: 485 mentions on 5 Nov 2026, against 462 on 15 Oct 2026 (+5%).
  • State Last recorded change: coverage state went from steady to rising on 5 Nov 2026 (4 changes recorded since 28 Oct 2026).
  • Claims 3 claims first reported since 4 Nov 2026.
  • Market The cited market on “Will Crude Oil reach a new all-time high by December 31?” moved from 12% to 8% Yes since 21 Sept 2026 (the market’s own price).

How well we know this

14,460 documents · 648 publishers · 8% contain a typed assertion · last evidence 5 Nov 2026

  • Gap: assertion coverage 0.079: about 92% of mentions carry no typed assertion
  • 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 ArabiaRussiaInflationChina
  • Iran · 6,076 shared documents
  • Trump · 4,229 shared documents
  • Hormuz · 3,761 shared documents
  • Middle East · 3,663 shared documents
  • Oil Prices · 3,602 shared documents · no page of its own yet
  • United States · 3,138 shared documents
  • Saudi Arabia · 2,943 shared documents
  • Russia · 2,927 shared documents
  • Inflation · 2,836 shared documents
  • China · 2,701 shared documents

Story momentum

Steady

The word compares 485 mentions on 5 Nov 2026 with 462 on 15 Oct 2026 (+5%); a change of less than 8% either way reads Steady.

Daily mentions +57% from 21 Sept 2026 to 5 Nov 2026, between 162 and 546 a day

How often tracked coverage mentions Oil, day by day.

Market price, cited

8% Yes

priced 5 Nov 2026 · relation: named in the question

the market: 12% → 8% Yes (-4pts, from 21 Sept 2026 to 5 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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The figures on this page, as data. The tool returns the full entity record.

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.

  • 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

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

    Reported claim · first reported 3 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • EIA raises crude oil price forecasts as Middle East supply risks tighten outlook

    Reported claim · first reported 2 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Sensex jumps 765 points during early trade on sharp rally in Reliance shares, decline in oil prices

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

    reported by two

  • The Commodities Feed: Oil plunges following US midterm elections

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

    corroborated

  • Oil Prices Plunge as Draft Proposal to End U.S.-Iran War is Circulated

    Reported claim · first reported 2 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Oil prices fall over 4% as US-Iran peace talks raise hopes of easing Middle East supply disruptions

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

    reported by two

  • Oil inches higher as markets weigh U.S. election outcome, Iran war risks

    Reported claim · first reported 30 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • High Oil Prices Set to Trigger New Wave of North Sea Mergers

    Reported claim · first reported 30 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Houthis Claim Fresh Strikes on Saudi Oil Refineries and Aramco Facilities

    Reported claim · first reported 30 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

    reported by two

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Oil

Entity.

Evidence
14,460 documents · 648 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 5 Nov 2026
Measured
8% of mentions say something specific about it; the rest only name it
As of
5 Nov 2026
23 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.

Situations it is named in (1)

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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

  • 5 Nov 2026

    coverage state changed: steady to rising

    Previous state held since 1 Nov 2026

  • 1 Nov 2026

    coverage state changed: rising to steady

    Previous state held since 29 Oct 2026

  • 29 Oct 2026

    coverage state changed: steady to rising

    Previous state held since 28 Oct 2026

  • 28 Oct 2026

    coverage state changed: rising to steady

    Previous state held since 12 Oct 2026

4 changes recorded since 28 Oct 2026, newest first.

Ask about OilWatch Oil

Story momentum counts mentions in tracked coverage. Prices are the market’s own, cited with the venue. Informational only, not advice. As of 5 Nov 2026.