Entity

Oil

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

As of 20 Oct 2026Last evidence 20 Oct 2026

What is happening now

  • St. Petersburg oil facilities ablaze as Ukraine launches more than 1,000 drones at Russia

    Reported claim · first reported 18 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

  • Donald Trump waives sanctions, tariffs on purchase of Russian oil and gas

    Reported claim · first reported 17 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 7 separate publishers

  • Trump Waives Russia Energy Sanctions, Offers Major Oil Tariff Relief to India

    Reported claim · first reported 17 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

  • 'We're done': Ukraine resumes strikes on Russian oil refineries as 'only leverage' for peace talks

    Reported claim · first reported 15 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 4 separate publishers

  • Ukraine strikes Russian oil refinery, Zelenskyy feels betrayed by Trump

    Reported claim · first reported 15 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 7 separate publishers

All 12 events and claims involving Oil

What changed

  • Attention Rising: 380 mentions on 19 Oct 2026, against 317 on 28 Sept 2026 (+20%).
  • State Last recorded change: coverage state went from steady to rising on 12 Oct 2026 (2 changes recorded since 9 Oct 2026).
  • Claims No claim first reported since 19 Oct 2026.
  • Market The cited market on “Will Crude Oil reach a new all-time high by December 31?” moved from 10% to 10% Yes since 4 Sept 2026 (the market’s own price).

How well we know this

10,163 documents · 546 publishers · 8% contain a typed assertion · last evidence 20 Oct 2026

  • Gap: assertion coverage 0.082: 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 · 4,299 shared documents
  • Trump · 3,021 shared documents
  • Hormuz · 2,755 shared documents
  • Middle East · 2,580 shared documents
  • Oil Prices · 2,560 shared documents · no page of its own yet
  • United States · 2,214 shared documents
  • Saudi Arabia · 2,112 shared documents
  • Russia · 2,087 shared documents
  • Inflation · 2,064 shared documents
  • China · 1,951 shared documents

Story momentum

Rising

The word compares 380 mentions on 19 Oct 2026 with 317 on 28 Sept 2026 (+20%); a change of less than 8% either way reads Steady.

Daily mentions +428% from 4 Sept 2026 to 19 Oct 2026, between 60 and 462 a day

How often tracked coverage mentions Oil, day by day.

Market price, cited

10% Yes

priced 20 Oct 2026 · relation: named in the question

the market: 10% → 10% Yes (0pts, from 4 Sept 2026 to 20 Oct 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.

  • St. Petersburg oil facilities ablaze as Ukraine launches more than 1,000 drones at Russia

    Reported claim · first reported 18 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Donald Trump waives sanctions, tariffs on purchase of Russian oil and gas

    Reported claim · first reported 17 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 7 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • Trump Waives Russia Energy Sanctions, Offers Major Oil Tariff Relief to India

    Reported claim · first reported 17 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • 'We're done': Ukraine resumes strikes on Russian oil refineries as 'only leverage' for peace talks

    Reported claim · first reported 15 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 4 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • Ukraine strikes Russian oil refinery, Zelenskyy feels betrayed by Trump

    Reported claim · first reported 15 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 7 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • India’s West Coast Emerges As New Hub For Oil Transfers As Waters Outside Hormuz Become Congested

    Reported claim · first reported 15 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Russia accuses Ukraine of attacking oil refinery after Zelensky says strikes to resume

    Reported claim · first reported 15 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • EU delays methane rules on oil and gas imports for a year

    Reported claim · first reported 14 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 6 separate publishers

    single source

  • Marco Rubio in India: Trade Talks in Mumbai, Oil Focus in Jamnagar as US Seeks Diesel

    Reported claim · first reported 14 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Oil prices rise after reported Iranian attacks on ships in Strait of Hormuz

    Reported claim · first reported 14 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Yemen's Houthis vow more attacks on Saudi airports, oil facilities after Aramco HQ hit

    Reported claim · first reported 14 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 9 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • Trump says oil, gas and mineral exploration in Greenland is set to begin. It’s not that simple

    Reported claim · first reported 14 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 6 separate publishers

    corroborated

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Oil

Entity.

Evidence
10,163 documents · 546 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 20 Oct 2026
Measured
8% of mentions say something specific about it; the rest only name it
As of
20 Oct 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

  • 12 Oct 2026

    coverage state changed: steady to rising

    Previous state held since 10 Oct 2026

  • 10 Oct 2026

    coverage state changed: rising to steady

    Previous state held since 27 Sept 2026

2 changes recorded since 9 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 20 Oct 2026.