{"id":120387,"date":"2026-05-21T10:33:56","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T14:33:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/?p=120387"},"modified":"2026-05-21T10:33:56","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T14:33:56","slug":"energy-price-today-may-21-crude-oil-jumps-75-ytd-as-brent-surges-76","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/energy-price-today-may-21-crude-oil-jumps-75-ytd-as-brent-surges-76\/120387\/","title":{"rendered":"Energy price today, May 21: Crude oil jumps 75% YTD as Brent surges 76%"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Global energy prices moved higher overall with crude oil rising above $100 per barrel again. Brent crude also climbed above $107 per barrel. Both benchmarks continue to show massive yearly strength, even though short term trading remains volatile.<\/p>\n

Gasoline and heating oil prices are also elevated compared to last year. At the same time, LNG and naphtha are showing sharp weekly swings, highlighting uneven demand across global energy markets.<\/p>\n

Crude oil and Brent prices rise over 2% as yearly gains cross 75%<\/h2>\n

Crude oil traded at $100.56 per barrel after rising 2.35% in a single day. The commodity is still slightly down on the weekly chart by 0.19%. But the bigger picture shows a strong trend.<\/p>\n

Crude oil is up 8.63% in the month and 75.87% year to date. On a yearly basis, it has gained 65%.<\/p>\n

Brent crude also moved higher to $107.13 per barrel. It rose 2.01% in one day and 1.65% on the week. Monthly gains stand at 5.45%.<\/p>\n

Brent has surged 76.60% year to date and 66.76% compared to last year. This shows strong long term support in global oil demand despite short term fluctuations.<\/p>\n

Urals oil, however, saw a sharp daily drop of 5.08% to $96.17 per barrel. Even after this fall, it remains up 90.66% year to date and 60.36% year over year.<\/p>\n

LNG and natural gas show mixed but strong yearly performance<\/h2>\n

Natural gas traded at $3.03 per MMBtu after rising 0.88% in a day. Weekly gains stand at 4.37% and monthly gains at 10.97%.<\/p>\n

However, natural gas remains down 18.05% year to date and 16.99% year over year, showing a long term weakness despite recent recovery.<\/p>\n

LNG JKM prices stood at $18.91 per MMBtu. Prices fell 3.62% in a single day but are still up 11.08% for the week and 19.58% for the month.<\/p>\n

On a yearly basis, LNG prices have surged 96.82% and are up 51.48% compared to last year. This highlights strong global demand pressure in LNG markets.<\/p>\n

European gas also moved lower during the session. German gas fell 3.95% while UK gas rose slightly on a longer term basis but remained volatile across weekly and monthly charts.<\/p>\n

Gasoline, heating oil and industrial fuels remain elevated<\/h2>\n

Gasoline prices stood at $3.50 per gallon after rising 0.48% in the day. Monthly gains are 4.77% and yearly gains stand at 65.38%. Year to date growth is even stronger at 105.63%.<\/p>\n

Heating oil traded at $3.96 per gallon with a 0.57% daily rise. It has gained 87.71% year to date and 88.89% year over year.<\/p>\n

Coal prices stayed mostly flat at $132.45 per ton with modest yearly gains of 31.86%.<\/p>\n

Naphtha was one of the weakest performers in the session. It fell 7.08% in a day and 6.54% in a month but still remains up 72.74% year to date.<\/p>\n

Propane also slipped 2.47% in the day but remains higher on yearly charts.<\/p>\n

Methanol and uranium showed mild declines while coking coal and ethanol stayed relatively stable.<\/p>\n

Overall, energy markets remain highly volatile with strong yearly gains in oil and fuel products while gas and industrial chemicals show mixed performance depending on supply and demand conditions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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