Entity

Oil

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

As of 6 Nov 2026Last evidence 6 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

  • Oil prices rise as investors weigh renewed U.S.-Iran conflict risks after midterm elections

    Reported claim · first reported 4 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 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: 5 separate publishers

All 12 events and claims involving Oil

What changed

  • Attention Rising: 537 mentions on 6 Nov 2026, against 424 on 16 Oct 2026 (+27%).
  • State Last recorded change: coverage state went from steady to rising on 5 Nov 2026 (3 changes recorded since 29 Oct 2026).
  • Claims 1 claim first reported since 5 Nov 2026.
  • Market The cited market on “Will Crude Oil reach a new all-time high by December 31?” moved from 10% to 8% Yes since 22 Sept 2026 (the market’s own price).

How well we know this

14,805 documents · 657 publishers · 8% contain a typed assertion · last evidence 6 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 · 6,241 shared documents
  • Trump · 4,348 shared documents
  • Hormuz · 3,834 shared documents
  • Middle East · 3,737 shared documents
  • Oil Prices · 3,703 shared documents · no page of its own yet
  • United States · 3,205 shared documents
  • Saudi Arabia · 2,985 shared documents
  • Russia · 2,969 shared documents
  • Inflation · 2,894 shared documents
  • China · 2,765 shared documents

Story momentum

Rising

The word compares 537 mentions on 6 Nov 2026 with 424 on 16 Oct 2026 (+27%); a change of less than 8% either way reads Steady.

Daily mentions +50% from 22 Sept 2026 to 6 Nov 2026, between 162 and 546 a day

How often tracked coverage mentions Oil, day by day.

Market price, cited

8% Yes

priced 6 Nov 2026 · relation: named in the question

the market: 10% → 8% Yes (-2pts, from 22 Sept 2026 to 6 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.

  • 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

  • Oil prices rise as investors weigh renewed U.S.-Iran conflict risks after midterm elections

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

    single source

  • 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: 5 separate publishers

    single source

  • 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

    single source

  • 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: 4 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Oil prices fall as Goldman Sachs raises December Brent crude forecast to $105

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

    single source

  • 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: 7 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • OPEC+ keeps December oil output unchanged: Why Iran war disruptions cloud 2027 production plans

    Reported claim · first reported 31 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 23 separate publishers

    single source

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Oil

Entity.

Evidence
14,805 documents · 657 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 6 Nov 2026
Measured
8% of mentions say something specific about it; the rest only name it
As of
6 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.
  • Single source: Reported by one source so far.

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

3 changes recorded since 29 Oct 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 6 Nov 2026.