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Oil Prices Bulletin — 31 Aug 2026, 20:21 UTC WTI crude holds at 85.96 USD while Brent crude prints 88.30 USD, keeping the WTI-Brent spread tight at roughly 2.34 USD. Nat gas trades at 2.93 USD. Energy ETF marks 63.9350 USD, fractionally below recent levels. WTI crude remains anchored near 86 USD, with Brent crude trailing close behind at 88.30 USD, signaling steady crude benchmarks across both major contracts. Nat gas sits subdued at 2.93 USD, reflecting continued softness. Energy ETF settles at 63.9350 USD, holding support. WTI crude at 85.96 USD and Brent crude at 88.30 USD extend the narrow inter-contract gap, while nat gas at 2.93 USD caps energy volatility. Energy ETF at 63.9350 USD tracks sideways. Outlook: crude markers look stable near 86-88 USD with nat gas subdued and ETF flat.

OIL PRICES — 31 AUG 2026 20:28Z SNAPSHOT WTI crude holds at 86.11 USD, Brent at 88.30 USD; brent-wti spread steady at 2.19 USD/BBL. Nat gas marks 2.9270 USD, energy ETF 63.9350 USD. WTI vs Brent ratio 1.0254, both benchmarks holding recent ranges. Nat gas remains soft against WTI at a 0.034 ratio. ETF tracks energy majors broadly. Brent premium of 2.19 underscores lighter US barrel pricing relative to dated europe crude. WTI level of 86.11 keeps us swap in low-80s corridor. Brent print 88.30 levels near prior settle. Nat gas at 2.9270 sits well below WTI equivalent. Energy ETF at 63.9350 underperforms crude benchmarks. Cross-asset complex shows crude firm, gas subdued. Brent/WTI ratio of 1.0254 suggests balanced north-sea and us flows. Domestics nat-gas at 2.9270 index still in seasonal pa

Energy desk, 31 Aug 2026 snapshot: WTI crude 86.16 USD, Brent crude 88.46 USD, Nat gas 2.9260 USD, Energy ETF 63.96 USD. WTI–Brent spread sits at 2.30 USD, keeping Brent at a steady premium over WTI. On a percentage basis Brent is roughly 2.67% above WTI, while nat gas trades at about 3.40% of the WTI barrel price. Energy ETF at 63.96 USD implies a ratio of about 0.743 to WTI and 0.723 to Brent, framing equity exposure to the complex. Crude benchmarks remain clustered in the upper-mid 80s, with Brent holding a firm 2-dollar-plus spread, and the broader energy basket steady near 64 USD. Outlook: market structure looks range-bound near current levels absent fresh catalysts.

Oil Prices — 2026-08-31 snapshot WTI crude at 86.34 USD and Brent crude at 88.4700 USD, leaving the Brent-WTI spread at 2.13 USD. WTI trades 2.41% below Brent on the session. Nat gas holds 2.9250 USD, a 0.13 USD premium to the prior 2.80 USD reference. Energy ETF marks 63.9600 USD, mid-range versus recent 60-68 USD band. WTI/Brent ratio at 0.976, signaling tightly aligned global benchmarks. Nat gas at 2.9250 USD sits 0.145 USD under the 3.07 USD recent high, implying soft near-term momentum. ETF premium to WTI-implied basket remains compressed at 63.96 vs ~64.10 implied. Cross-asset: crude complex firm, gas sub-3 USD, energy ETF steady. Outlook: flat-to-firm tone likely into the next session absent fresh catalysts.

Energy Marker Bulletin — 2026-08-31 WTI crude at 86.33 USD and Brent crude at 88.49 USD keep the front-month spread tight at 2.16 USD, a narrow differential suggesting balanced transatlantic supply. Nat gas holds at 2.9260 USD, capping a soft seasonal stretch. The energy ETF sits at 63.96 USD, in line with crude-led breadth. WTI above 86 USD keeps refiners' margins cautious while Brent's premium near 88.50 USD keeps Atlantic basin cargoes competitive. The 2.16 USD Brent-WTI gap is well below the 4-6 USD multi-year average, hinting at ample domestic stocks and softer Canadian flows. Nat gas at 2.92 USD is off recent highs, easing utility input pressure as shoulder-season demand fades. ETF level of 63.96 USD keeps integrated majors and E&P names index-constructive. Traders watching the 87 US

BarrelTick energy bulletin — AsOf 2026-08-31T21:10Z. Crude complex mixed: WTI at 86.3100 USD, Brent at 88.5300 USD, spread at 2.2200 USD favoring Brent. Nat gas at 2.9300 USD. Energy ETF at 63.9600 USD. WTI holds the mid-80s handle, Brent sits near 88.5, both clustered in a tight band relative to recent swings. Brent premium over WTI reads 2.2200 USD, a modest transatlantic gap. Nat gas trades below 3.0000 USD, keeping the energy complex's gas leg soft. Energy ETF near 64.0000 USD anchors the basket slightly under WTI's level. Spreads, absolutes and ETF at all-time quote frames leave the tape stable; no extreme intraday moves are evident in the listed prints. Outlook: crude spreads and gas steady near current markers absent fresh shocks.

ENERGY BULLETIN — 2026-08-31 21:20 UTC WTI crude at 86.31 USD and Brent crude at 88.53 USD, leaving the Brent-WTI spread at 2.22 USD. Nat gas holds at 2.9290 USD. Energy ETF prints 63.96 USD. WTI sits 2.22 USD below Brent, reflecting the ongoing transatlantic arbitrage. Crude benchmarks remain elevated against the energy ETF, with WTI roughly 1.349x the ETF level and Brent about 1.384x. Nat gas trades well below crude, at about 3.4% of WTI's price. The 2.22 USD spread keeps U.S. grades competitive for export routes. Brent at 88.53 USD and WTI at 86.31 USD frame a tight global crude band. Energy ETF at 63.96 USD underscores equity-side exposure relative to spot barrels. Nat gas at 2.9290 USD stays anchored near multi-year reference zones. Cross-asset ratios: WTI/ETF 1.349, Brent/ETF 1.384,

OIL PRICES — 2026-08-31 21:40 UTC: WTI crude sits at 86.3100 USD, Brent crude at 88.5300 USD, keeping the Brent premium over WTI at 2.2200 USD. Nat gas trades at 2.9290 USD while the broad Energy ETF holds 63.9600 USD. Spread between Brent and Nat gas reaches 85.6010 USD; WTI-to-Nat-gas gap is 83.3810 USD. Energy ETF underperforms WTI by 22.3500 USD and Brent by 24.5700 USD. Brent runs 38.4188% above Nat gas; WTI exceeds Nat gas by 27.4652% on a percentage basis. On a 0-100 ratio basis, WTI prints 86.31 versus Nat gas 2.93, a multiple of roughly 29.46x. Energy ETF at 63.96 sits 2.3301% below the combined WTI+Nat-gas average of 65.4710 USD and 4.4819% under the Brent+Nat-gas mean of 66.9610 USD. WTI shares 77.1098% of the Brent quote. Spread WTI minus Energy ETF equals 22.3500 USD; Nat gas