The Brent blend crude is based on a light, sweet North Sea crude oil. Brent blend crude production is approximately 500,000 barrels per day and is shipped from Sullom Voe in the Shetland Islands. Prices - CME West-Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil prices (Barchart.com symbol CL) traded sideways to higher into Q4-2018 on a weak dollar and the prospects for diminished global crude supplies. Oil is traded on futures contracts, which means that the contract is made for delivery of oil in certain month in the future. When you try to look up the ticker symbol on your iPhone stocks app, you will need to look up the specific month for that futures contract. Crude oil entered a bear market in June 2014 when the price was just under $108 per barrel on the active month NYMEX crude oil futures contract. By February 2016, the price depreciated to under $30 per barrel. As of January 2019, the price is on the rise, trending at around $53.84 per barrel for WTI Crude.