Entity

Oil

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

As of 11 Nov 2026Last evidence 11 Nov 2026

What is happening now

  • Iraq has reached understandings with US to allow oil exports through Hormuz, minister says

    Reported event · first reported 5 Nov 2026 · 2 claims · best-carried claim: 9 separate publishers

  • Israel Iran Conflict

    Registered event · reported 29 Mar 2026 to 10 Nov 2026 · claims are not yet placed under registered events

    Open event

  • Strait of Hormuz

    Registered event · reported 24 May 2026 to 10 Nov 2026 · claims are not yet placed under registered events

    Open event

  • Two oil tankers catch fire after explosions in Strait of Hormuz

    Reported claim · first reported 10 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

  • UK and Argentina clash over Falklands oil project as Hamburg tribunal starts

    Reported claim · first reported 10 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

All 13 events and claims involving Oil

What changed

  • Attention Steady: 500 mentions on 11 Nov 2026, against 478 on 21 Oct 2026 (+5%).
  • State Last recorded change: coverage state went from steady to rising on 11 Nov 2026 (3 changes recorded since 5 Nov 2026).
  • Claims 3 claims first reported since 10 Nov 2026.
  • Market The cited market on “Will Crude Oil reach a new all-time high by December 31?” moved from 10% to 4% Yes since 27 Sept 2026 (the market’s own price).

How well we know this

16,096 documents · 686 publishers · 8% say something specific about it · last evidence 11 Nov 2026

  • Gap: 8% of mentions say something specific about it; the rest only name it
  • Gap: 5 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

Steady

The word compares 500 mentions on 11 Nov 2026 with 478 on 21 Oct 2026 (+5%); a change of less than 8% either way reads Steady.

Daily mentions +66% from 27 Sept 2026 to 11 Nov 2026, between 163 and 546 a day

How often tracked coverage mentions Oil, day by day.

Market price, cited

4% Yes

priced 11 Nov 2026 · relation: named in the question

the market: 10% → 4% Yes (-6pts, from 27 Sept 2026 to 11 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.

  • Iraq has reached understandings with US to allow oil exports through Hormuz, minister says

    Reported event · first reported 5 Nov 2026 · 2 claims · best-carried claim: 9 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 · 9 separate publishers
    • Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Say Two Oil Tankers Hit Mines, Catch Fire Near Strait Of Hormuz · corroborated · first reported 5 Nov 2026 · 8 separate publishers

  • Israel Iran Conflict

    Registered event · reported 29 Mar 2026 to 10 Nov 2026 · claims are not yet placed under registered events

    Open event

  • Strait of Hormuz

    Registered event · reported 24 May 2026 to 10 Nov 2026 · claims are not yet placed under registered events

    Open event

  • Two oil tankers catch fire after explosions in Strait of Hormuz

    Reported claim · first reported 10 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • UK and Argentina clash over Falklands oil project as Hamburg tribunal starts

    Reported claim · first reported 10 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • (2nd LD) Seoul shares soar over 4 pct to snap 3-day slide on tech rally, oil prices fall

    Reported claim · first reported 10 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Oil prices continue to fall on hopes of US-Iran peace deal talks

    Reported claim · first reported 9 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • US stocks: Dow rockets 1,100 points, S&P over 2% as oil slide cools inflation worries; Nvidia slumps

    Reported claim · first reported 9 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Oil Prices Fall Below $90 as Trump Signals Reduced Risk of New Iran Attacks — Middle East Supply Recovery Pressures Crude Markets

    Reported claim · first reported 8 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 5 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • FTSE 100 Live: Stocks up; oil falls as Trump says new Iran strikes ‘highly unlikely’

    Reported claim · first reported 8 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 6 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • 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

  • 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

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

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

    reported by two

Walk the record from Oil

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Oil

Entity.

Evidence
16,096 documents · 686 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 11 Nov 2026
Measured
8% of mentions say something specific about it; the rest only name it
As of
11 Nov 2026
26 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 (4)

For machines: this record as JSON

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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

  • 11 Nov 2026

    coverage state changed: steady to rising

    Previous state held since 8 Nov 2026

  • 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

3 changes recorded since 5 Nov 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 11 Nov 2026.