Reference

What a barrel and an Mcf were worth, every month since 1993

Every dollar figure on this site is a volume the state published multiplied by a price on this page. Here is the price, all 401 months of it, with the source of each number and the one place the series has a hole. Oil is a Texas realisation. Gas is a benchmark, and the difference matters.

Oil, latest
$106.41
May 2026 · per barrel
Gas, latest
$3.05
May 2026 · per Mcf
Months covered
401
Jan 1993 – May 2026
Months without a gas price
48
Jan 1993 – Dec 1996

Both series, in full

Both axes run the same 401 months. The gas line starts four years in because the benchmark does — that empty stretch is the hole, and drawing a line across it would invent a price.

Texas crude oil first purchase price$ per barrel
050100
Jan 1993May 2026
Natural gas benchmark$ per Mcf
0510
Jan 1993May 2026

Where each number comes from

Four public series, no paid data. Every one is keyed, so the exact numbers on this page can be pulled from the source and compared.

Texas Crude Oil First Purchase Price (Dollars per Barrel)Jul 1977 – May 2026

Keyed F003048__3, in Dollars per Barrel.

Henry Hub Natural Gas Spot Price (Dollars per Million Btu)Jan 1997 – Jul 2026

Keyed RNGWHHD, in Dollars per Million Btu.

U.S. Natural Gas Wellhead Price (Dollars per Thousand Cubic Feet)Jan 1976 – Dec 2012

Keyed N9190US3, in Dollars per Thousand Cubic Feet.

EIA Monthly Energy Review, Table A4 — Approximate Heat Content of Natural Gas

Published as EIA Monthly Energy Review, Table A4 — Approximate Heat Content of Natural Gas, in (Btu per Cubic Foot).

Three things to know before you use this

Benchmark premium
1.101×median, vs wellhead

No free Texas wellhead gas price exists at any date. The only US wellhead series the EIA published ended in December 2012. Henry Hub, converted into $/Mcf, ran this much above that realisation over the 192 months both existed — gathering, compression, processing and basis. It is reported rather than corrected away: month to month the ratio spans 2.29×, so a single correction factor would be wrong nearly everywhere.

Months with no gas price
48Jan 1993 – Dec 1996

Henry Hub starts in January 1997. These months carry real production and no benchmark, so they are blank below rather than zero. Every cumulative gas figure on this site counts that hole separately instead of quietly treating it as free gas.

Heat content used
1,036Btu per cubic foot

Henry Hub is priced per million Btu; production is filed in thousands of cubic feet. Converting between them uses the heat content of dry gas, and that conversion makes the price larger, not smaller. Reading it the other way is an easy 7% error in a number that looks right either way.

Why dry gas, and not the other two columns

The EIA publishes heat content three ways. Henry Hub prices dry pipeline gas, so dry production is the matching quantity. Marketed production is 13% richer — using it would value lease gas at the full heat of the liquids that get stripped out and sold separately.

ColumnBtu per cubic footUsed here
Natural Gas Production, Dry1,036Yes
Natural Gas Production, Marketed1,167No
Natural Gas Consumption, Total1,036No

⚠️ Dry and consumption are the same number in this table every year back to 1963. Picking “whichever one matches” therefore has two answers and no way to tell them apart — the column is chosen by what it names, not by what it equals.

Every month

Newest first. Blank gas cells are the 48-month hole, not zero prices.

401 months

May 2026$106.41$2.941,036$3.0458
Apr 2026$98.93$2.771,036$2.8697
Mar 2026$89.75$3.041,036$3.1494
Feb 2026$63.50$3.621,036$3.7503
Jan 2026$59.13$7.721,036$7.9979
Dec 2025$56.66$4.261,036$4.4134
Nov 2025$58.59$3.791,036$3.9264
Oct 2025$59.38$3.191,036$3.3048
Sep 2025$62.74$2.971,036$3.0769
Aug 2025$63.93$2.911,036$3.0148
Jul 2025$66.74$3.201,036$3.3152
Jun 2025$66.48$3.021,036$3.1287
May 2025$60.55$3.121,036$3.2323
Apr 2025$62.36$3.421,036$3.5431
Mar 2025$67.70$4.121,036$4.2683
Feb 2025$70.88$4.191,036$4.3408
Jan 2025$74.32$4.131,036$4.2787
Dec 2024$68.99$3.011,037$3.1214
Nov 2024$69.05$2.121,037$2.1984
Oct 2024$71.37$2.201,037$2.2814
Sep 2024$69.61$2.281,037$2.3644
Aug 2024$75.63$1.991,037$2.0636
Jul 2024$79.93$2.071,037$2.1466
Jun 2024$78.08$2.541,037$2.6340
May 2024$78.81$2.121,037$2.1984
Apr 2024$84.45$1.601,037$1.6592
Mar 2024$80.30$1.491,037$1.5451
Feb 2024$76.09$1.721,037$1.7836
Jan 2024$73.02$3.181,037$3.2977
Dec 2023$71.26$2.521,036$2.6107
Nov 2023$77.89$2.711,036$2.8076
Oct 2023$85.44$2.981,036$3.0873
Sep 2023$89.04$2.641,036$2.7350
Aug 2023$80.52$2.581,036$2.6729
Jul 2023$74.85$2.551,036$2.6418
Jun 2023$68.96$2.181,036$2.2585
May 2023$70.62$2.151,036$2.2274
Apr 2023$78.12$2.161,036$2.2378
Mar 2023$72.85$2.311,036$2.3932
Feb 2023$75.11$2.381,036$2.4657
Jan 2023$76.53$3.271,036$3.3877
Dec 2022$76.41$5.531,036$5.7291
Nov 2022$85.00$5.451,036$5.6462
Oct 2022$87.18$5.661,036$5.8638
Sep 2022$84.88$7.881,036$8.1637
Aug 2022$94.52$8.811,036$9.1272
Jul 2022$101.58$7.281,036$7.5421
Jun 2022$115.09$7.701,036$7.9772
May 2022$109.37$8.141,036$8.4330
Apr 2022$104.22$6.601,036$6.8376
Mar 2022$108.88$4.901,036$5.0764
Feb 2022$91.05$4.691,036$4.8588
Jan 2022$81.84$4.381,036$4.5377
Dec 2021$71.32$3.761,037$3.8991
Nov 2021$77.43$5.051,037$5.2369
Oct 2021$79.79$5.511,037$5.7139
Sep 2021$69.86$5.161,037$5.3509
Aug 2021$66.02$4.071,037$4.2206
Jul 2021$70.78$3.841,037$3.9821
Jun 2021$69.49$3.261,037$3.3806
May 2021$63.48$2.911,037$3.0177
Apr 2021$60.36$2.661,037$2.7584
Mar 2021$61.30$2.621,037$2.7169
Feb 2021$57.80$5.351,037$5.5480
Jan 2021$50.41$2.711,037$2.8103
Dec 2020$44.64$2.581,037$2.6755
Nov 2020$38.77$2.611,037$2.7066
Oct 2020$36.97$2.391,037$2.4784
Sep 2020$37.09$1.921,037$1.9910
Aug 2020$39.98$2.301,037$2.3851
Jul 2020$38.37$1.761,037$1.8251
Jun 2020$34.90$1.631,037$1.6903
May 2020$16.92$1.751,037$1.8148
Apr 2020$14.75$1.741,037$1.8044
Mar 2020$30.34$1.791,037$1.8562
Feb 2020$49.88$1.911,037$1.9807
Jan 2020$57.25$2.021,037$2.0947
Dec 2019$59.01$2.221,038$2.3044
Nov 2019$55.30$2.651,038$2.7507
Oct 2019$53.47$2.331,038$2.4185
Sep 2019$55.05$2.561,038$2.6573
Aug 2019$53.11$2.221,038$2.3044
Jul 2019$56.27$2.371,038$2.4601
Jun 2019$52.78$2.401,038$2.4912
May 2019$58.48$2.641,038$2.7403
Apr 2019$62.63$2.651,038$2.7507
Mar 2019$56.80$2.951,038$3.0621
Feb 2019$50.85$2.691,038$2.7922
Jan 2019$46.03$3.111,038$3.2282
Dec 2018$46.59$4.041,036$4.1854
Nov 2018$52.93$4.091,036$4.2372
Oct 2018$61.44$3.281,036$3.3981
Sep 2018$59.54$3.001,036$3.1080
Aug 2018$59.40$2.961,036$3.0666
Jul 2018$65.14$2.831,036$2.9319
Jun 2018$60.18$2.971,036$3.0769
May 2018$65.38$2.801,036$2.9008
Apr 2018$63.84$2.801,036$2.9008
Mar 2018$61.22$2.691,036$2.7868
Feb 2018$61.78$2.671,036$2.7661
Jan 2018$62.87$3.871,036$4.0093
Dec 2017$57.27$2.821,036$2.9215
Nov 2017$55.42$3.011,036$3.1184
Oct 2017$49.29$2.881,036$2.9837
Sep 2017$47.52$2.981,036$3.0873
Aug 2017$45.37$2.901,036$3.0044
Jul 2017$43.87$2.981,036$3.0873
Jun 2017$42.49$2.981,036$3.0873
May 2017$45.37$3.151,036$3.2634
Apr 2017$47.93$3.101,036$3.2116
Mar 2017$46.77$2.881,036$2.9837
Feb 2017$50.45$2.851,036$2.9526
Jan 2017$49.41$3.301,036$3.4188
Dec 2016$48.76$3.591,037$3.7228
Nov 2016$42.49$2.551,037$2.6443
Oct 2016$46.19$2.981,037$3.0903
Sep 2016$41.55$2.991,037$3.1006
Aug 2016$41.44$2.821,037$2.9243
Jul 2016$41.62$2.821,037$2.9243
Jun 2016$45.35$2.591,037$2.6858
May 2016$42.52$1.921,037$1.9910
Apr 2016$36.56$1.921,037$1.9910
Mar 2016$33.01$1.731,037$1.7940
Feb 2016$26.47$1.991,037$2.0636
Jan 2016$27.35$2.281,037$2.3644
Dec 2015$32.36$1.931,037$2.0014
Nov 2015$38.79$2.091,037$2.1673
Oct 2015$43.55$2.341,037$2.4266
Sep 2015$42.99$2.661,037$2.7584
Aug 2015$40.16$2.771,037$2.8725
Jul 2015$48.15$2.841,037$2.9451
Jun 2015$56.15$2.781,037$2.8829
May 2015$55.21$2.851,037$2.9555
Apr 2015$49.82$2.611,037$2.7066
Mar 2015$42.89$2.831,037$2.9347
Feb 2015$44.66$2.871,037$2.9762
Jan 2015$43.43$2.991,037$3.1006
Dec 2014$54.69$3.481,032$3.5914
Nov 2014$70.46$4.121,032$4.2518
Oct 2014$78.30$3.781,032$3.9010
Sep 2014$86.16$3.921,032$4.0454
Aug 2014$89.39$3.911,032$4.0351
Jul 2014$96.56$4.051,032$4.1796
Jun 2014$98.16$4.591,032$4.7369
May 2014$94.73$4.581,032$4.7266
Apr 2014$95.94$4.661,032$4.8091
Mar 2014$95.89$4.901,032$5.0568
Feb 2014$97.40$6.001,032$6.1920
Jan 2014$90.40$4.711,032$4.8607
Dec 2013$91.82$4.241,027$4.3545
Nov 2013$88.85$3.641,027$3.7383
Oct 2013$97.42$3.681,027$3.7794
Sep 2013$104.11$3.621,027$3.7177
Aug 2013$104.25$3.431,027$3.5226
Jul 2013$102.52$3.621,027$3.7177
Jun 2013$94.40$3.831,027$3.9334
May 2013$94.83$4.041,027$4.1491
Apr 2013$93.96$4.171,027$4.2826
Mar 2013$93.62$3.811,027$3.9129
Feb 2013$91.23$3.331,027$3.4199
Jan 2013$91.60$3.331,027$3.4199
Dec 2012$86.77$3.341,024$3.4202
Nov 2012$86.95$3.541,024$3.6250
Oct 2012$89.38$3.321,024$3.3997
Sep 2012$94.67$2.851,024$2.9184
Aug 2012$92.66$2.841,024$2.9082
Jul 2012$85.13$2.951,024$3.0208
Jun 2012$79.82$2.461,024$2.5190
May 2012$91.61$2.431,024$2.4883
Apr 2012$101.65$1.951,024$1.9968
Mar 2012$105.05$2.171,024$2.2221
Feb 2012$101.10$2.511,024$2.5702
Jan 2012$98.09$2.671,024$2.7341
Dec 2011$96.87$3.171,022$3.2397
Nov 2011$95.72$3.241,022$3.3113
Oct 2011$84.98$3.571,022$3.6485
Sep 2011$83.62$3.901,022$3.9858
Aug 2011$83.40$4.061,022$4.1493
Jul 2011$94.14$4.421,022$4.5172
Jun 2011$92.90$4.541,022$4.6399
May 2011$98.13$4.311,022$4.4048
Apr 2011$105.96$4.241,022$4.3333
Mar 2011$96.36$3.971,022$4.0573
Feb 2011$85.64$4.091,022$4.1800
Jan 2011$86.50$4.491,022$4.5888
Dec 2010$85.73$4.251,023$4.3478
Nov 2010$80.84$3.711,023$3.7953
Oct 2010$78.10$3.431,023$3.5089
Sep 2010$72.63$3.891,023$3.9795
Aug 2010$73.68$4.321,023$4.4194
Jul 2010$72.55$4.631,023$4.7365
Jun 2010$70.36$4.801,023$4.9104
May 2010$71.12$4.141,023$4.2352
Apr 2010$81.69$4.031,023$4.1227
Mar 2010$78.39$4.291,023$4.3887
Feb 2010$73.58$5.321,023$5.4424
Jan 2010$74.36$5.831,023$5.9641
Dec 2009$71.44$5.351,025$5.4838
Nov 2009$74.59$3.661,025$3.7515
Oct 2009$72.54$4.011,025$4.1103
Sep 2009$65.54$2.991,025$3.0648
Aug 2009$67.42$3.141,025$3.2185
Jul 2009$61.13$3.381,025$3.4645
Jun 2009$66.16$3.801,025$3.8950
May 2009$54.74$3.831,025$3.9258
Apr 2009$46.77$3.501,025$3.5875
Mar 2009$42.14$3.961,025$4.0590
Feb 2009$32.81$4.521,025$4.6330
Jan 2009$35.86$5.241,025$5.3710
Dec 2008$37.10$5.821,027$5.9771
Nov 2008$55.49$6.681,027$6.8604
Oct 2008$75.24$6.741,027$6.9220
Sep 2008$101.76$7.671,027$7.8771
Aug 2008$114.22$8.261,027$8.4830
Jul 2008$131.08$11.091,027$11.3894
Jun 2008$131.33$12.691,027$13.0326
May 2008$123.17$11.271,027$11.5743
Apr 2008$110.31$10.181,027$10.4549
Mar 2008$101.90$9.411,027$9.6641
Feb 2008$92.53$8.541,027$8.7706
Jan 2008$90.38$7.991,027$8.2057
Dec 2007$88.33$7.111,027$7.3020
Nov 2007$91.67$7.101,027$7.2917
Oct 2007$82.85$6.741,027$6.9220
Sep 2007$75.84$6.081,027$6.2442
Aug 2007$69.06$6.221,027$6.3879
Jul 2007$70.90$6.221,027$6.3879
Jun 2007$62.00$7.351,027$7.5485
May 2007$58.74$7.641,027$7.8463
Apr 2007$59.61$7.601,027$7.8052
Mar 2007$56.92$7.111,027$7.3020
Feb 2007$55.10$8.001,027$8.2160
Jan 2007$50.30$6.551,027$6.7269
Dec 2006$56.65$6.731,028$6.9184
Nov 2006$54.20$7.411,028$7.6175
Oct 2006$54.90$5.851,028$6.0138
Sep 2006$60.08$4.901,028$5.0372
Aug 2006$68.71$7.141,028$7.3399
Jul 2006$69.37$6.171,028$6.3428
Jun 2006$66.28$6.211,028$6.3839
May 2006$66.01$6.251,028$6.4250
Apr 2006$64.39$7.161,028$7.3605
Mar 2006$56.70$6.891,028$7.0829
Feb 2006$57.59$7.541,028$7.7511
Jan 2006$60.59$8.691,028$8.9333
Dec 2005$54.94$13.051,028$13.4154
Nov 2005$54.69$10.301,028$10.5884
Oct 2005$58.34$13.421,028$13.7958
Sep 2005$61.45$11.751,028$12.0790
Aug 2005$61.51$9.531,028$9.7968
Jul 2005$55.69$7.631,028$7.8436
Jun 2005$52.33$7.181,028$7.3810
May 2005$45.22$6.471,028$6.6512
Apr 2005$49.20$7.161,028$7.3605
Mar 2005$50.37$6.961,028$7.1549
Feb 2005$45.22$6.141,028$6.3119
Jan 2005$43.16$6.151,028$6.3222
Dec 2004$39.86$6.581,026$6.7511
Nov 2004$45.28$6.171,026$6.3304
Oct 2004$49.70$6.351,026$6.5151
Sep 2004$43.24$5.151,026$5.2839
Aug 2004$42.37$5.411,026$5.5507
Jul 2004$38.28$5.931,026$6.0842
Jun 2004$36.10$6.271,026$6.4330
May 2004$37.48$6.331,026$6.4946
Apr 2004$34.47$5.711,026$5.8585
Mar 2004$34.36$5.391,026$5.5301
Feb 2004$32.45$5.371,026$5.5096
Jan 2004$32.03$6.141,026$6.2996
Dec 2003$30.26$6.131,028$6.3016
Nov 2003$28.80$4.471,028$4.5952
Oct 2003$28.17$4.631,028$4.7596
Sep 2003$26.31$4.621,028$4.7494
Aug 2003$29.76$4.991,028$5.1297
Jul 2003$29.41$5.031,028$5.1708
Jun 2003$28.56$5.821,028$5.9830
May 2003$26.59$5.811,028$5.9727
Apr 2003$26.67$5.261,028$5.4073
Mar 2003$31.14$5.931,028$6.0960
Feb 2003$33.48$7.711,028$7.9259
Jan 2003$30.31$5.431,028$5.5820
Dec 2002$26.91$4.741,024$4.8538
Nov 2002$24.66$4.041,024$4.1370
Oct 2002$26.46$4.131,024$4.2291
Sep 2002$27.44$3.551,024$3.6352
Aug 2002$25.96$3.091,024$3.1642
Jul 2002$24.58$2.991,024$3.0618
Jun 2002$23.73$3.261,024$3.3382
May 2002$24.66$3.501,024$3.5840
Apr 2002$23.65$3.431,024$3.5123
Mar 2002$22.00$3.031,024$3.1027
Feb 2002$18.22$2.321,024$2.3757
Jan 2002$17.17$2.321,024$2.3757
Dec 2001$16.93$2.301,028$2.3644
Nov 2001$18.07$2.341,028$2.4055
Oct 2001$19.78$2.461,028$2.5289
Sep 2001$24.26$2.191,028$2.2513
Aug 2001$24.87$2.971,028$3.0532
Jul 2001$23.93$3.111,028$3.1971
Jun 2001$24.56$3.721,028$3.8242
May 2001$25.52$4.191,028$4.3073
Apr 2001$24.68$5.191,028$5.3353
Mar 2001$24.54$5.231,028$5.3764
Feb 2001$27.75$5.611,028$5.7671
Jan 2001$27.47$8.171,028$8.3988
Dec 2000$26.88$8.901,025$9.1225
Nov 2000$32.21$5.521,025$5.6580
Oct 2000$31.23$5.021,025$5.1455
Sep 2000$31.87$5.061,025$5.1865
Aug 2000$29.64$4.431,025$4.5408
Jul 2000$28.53$3.991,025$4.0898
Jun 2000$29.30$4.291,025$4.3973
May 2000$27.26$3.591,025$3.6798
Apr 2000$24.51$3.041,025$3.1160
Mar 2000$28.42$2.791,025$2.8598
Feb 2000$27.62$2.661,025$2.7265
Jan 2000$25.27$2.421,025$2.4805
Dec 1999$24.28$2.361,027$2.4237
Nov 1999$23.19$2.371,027$2.4340
Oct 1999$20.98$2.731,027$2.8037
Sep 1999$21.75$2.551,027$2.6189
Aug 1999$19.26$2.801,027$2.8756
Jul 1999$17.89$2.311,027$2.3724
Jun 1999$15.94$2.301,027$2.3621
May 1999$15.79$2.261,027$2.3210
Apr 1999$15.10$2.151,027$2.2080
Mar 1999$12.47$1.791,027$1.8383
Feb 1999$9.98$1.771,027$1.8178
Jan 1999$10.38$1.851,027$1.9000
Dec 1998$9.20$1.721,031$1.7733
Nov 1998$10.89$2.121,031$2.1857
Oct 1998$12.42$1.911,031$1.9692
Sep 1998$12.59$2.021,031$2.0826
Aug 1998$11.30$1.851,031$1.9074
Jul 1998$11.74$2.171,031$2.2373
Jun 1998$11.24$2.171,031$2.2373
May 1998$12.62$2.141,031$2.2063
Apr 1998$13.04$2.431,031$2.5053
Mar 1998$12.80$2.241,031$2.3094
Feb 1998$13.95$2.231,031$2.2991
Jan 1998$14.70$2.091,031$2.1548
Dec 1997$16.32$2.351,026$2.4111
Nov 1997$18.19$3.011,026$3.0883
Oct 1997$19.25$3.071,026$3.1498
Sep 1997$17.74$2.881,026$2.9549
Aug 1997$17.86$2.491,026$2.5547
Jul 1997$17.58$2.191,026$2.2469
Jun 1997$17.24$2.201,026$2.2572
May 1997$18.97$2.251,026$2.3085
Apr 1997$17.88$2.031,026$2.0828
Mar 1997$18.95$1.891,026$1.9391
Feb 1997$20.49$2.151,026$2.2059
Jan 1997$23.48$3.451,026$3.5397
Dec 1996$23.321,026
Nov 1996$21.971,026
Oct 1996$23.311,026
Sep 1996$22.221,026
Aug 1996$20.261,026
Jul 1996$19.551,026
Jun 1996$18.731,026
May 1996$19.431,026
Apr 1996$21.511,026
Mar 1996$19.381,026
Feb 1996$16.981,026
Jan 1996$17.071,026
Dec 1995$17.191,026
Nov 1995$16.001,026
Oct 1995$15.431,026
Sep 1995$16.181,026
Aug 1995$15.921,026
Jul 1995$15.241,026
Jun 1995$16.411,026
May 1995$17.561,026
Apr 1995$17.731,026
Mar 1995$16.441,026
Feb 1995$16.581,026
Jan 1995$15.921,026
Dec 1994$15.031,028
Nov 1994$15.901,028
Oct 1994$15.581,028
Sep 1994$15.291,028
Aug 1994$16.131,028
Jul 1994$17.561,028
Jun 1994$17.091,028
May 1994$15.881,028
Apr 1994$14.141,028
Mar 1994$12.461,028
Feb 1994$12.501,028
Jan 1994$12.661,028
Dec 1993$12.331,027
Nov 1993$14.491,027
Oct 1993$15.851,027
Sep 1993$15.031,027
Aug 1993$15.661,027
Jul 1993$15.461,027
Jun 1993$16.791,027
May 1993$17.681,027
Apr 1993$18.051,027
Mar 1993$18.141,027
Feb 1993$17.901,027
Jan 1993$16.931,027