Dated Brent hits $141.37, near 2008 levels

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Dated Brent, the price of shipments bought and sold in the North Sea, reached $141.37.

Previous measures of Iran war-driven oil spikes cited by comparison fallout from the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Today’s prices are more in the neighborhood of the 2008 global financial crisis.

Line chart (Bloomberg) showing Dated Brent rising sharply to $141.37 from Jan–Mar 2026, annotated with dates and price axis.
Bloomberg chart of Dated Brent price surge to $141.37 between January and March 2026.

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