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DescriptionBrent Spot monthly.svg	In the process of creating Image:Oil Prices 1861 2007.svg, I realized what an incredible wealth of information is available on the Energy Information Administration's web site. The 1861–2007 graph uses yearly averages, and I couldn't think of a really satisfying way to incorporate the price jumps of the past couple of months. Anyway, I think it's alright for a graph of 150 years of history to wait until the year's end to incorporate its data. Instead, I've created this graph, which uses all available monthly average Brent spot prices from this EIA spreadsheet and the United States Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), seasonally adjusted, from here ( This is a direct link; but there may be a better one). The monthly numbers and limited date range give good detail, and coverage up to April 2008 shows the recent price jumps. It will be about a month before I can add May 2008, because it takes a little while for the Bureau of Labor Statistics to compile the CPI for the previous month.. I have no artistic talent whatsoever, so I know the color choices aren't great, but I have no eye for this stuff. I liked the blue and orange used by the 1861–2007 but I didn't want to use the same ones over again. I just chose a pair of RGB complementary colors. I am not married to this scheme; I'm happy to discuss alternatives. It's easy for me to make changes. I will probably make more graphs from EIA data in the future. It's getting easier to work with SVG, though I know I still have a lot to learn.
Date	23 May 2008
Source	Own work
Author	TomTheHand
Other versions	Brent crude oil price 1988-2015.svg

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This version is from the Federal Reserve Economic Database: FRED-Real and Nominal Oil Prices 1986-present

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	16:03, 20 February 2016	1,108 × 514 (14 KB)	Kopiersperre	Update to January 2016
	14:41, 15 December 2015	1,108 × 514 (14 KB)	Kopiersperre	Update to October 2015
	01:05, 19 December 2014	1,080 × 514 (13 KB)	Kopiersperre	Update to November 2014
	19:03, 24 March 2013	1,020 × 514 (13 KB)	Nigelj	Update to Feb 2013
	23:00, 19 June 2012	970 × 514 (12 KB)	Nigelj	Fix error
	22:42, 19 June 2012	970 × 514 (12 KB)	Nigelj	Update to May 2012
	17:41, 3 January 2012	970 × 514 (12 KB)	Nigelj	Add data to November 2011, and adjust all past 'real' prices to November 2011 dollars.
	19:17, 18 May 2011	930 × 514 (12 KB)	Nigelj	Fix y-axis label size
	19:13, 18 May 2011	930 × 514 (12 KB)	Nigelj	One more try
	19:05, 18 May 2011	930 × 514 (17 KB)	Nigelj	Reverted to version as of 20:53, 4 February 2011. Well I've had enough of this. If someone else knows how to make a valid SVG file render here, they may try.