{"id":16493,"date":"2025-12-26T12:19:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T12:19:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/?p=16493"},"modified":"2025-12-26T12:19:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T12:19:19","slug":"global-crude-oil-prices-today-december-26-2025-brent-rises-to-62-36","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/16493\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Crude Oil Prices Today (December 26, 2025)\/ Brent Rises to $62.36"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"description\"><p><span class=\"pre-content-text\"><a style=\"color: #0038a8;\" href=\"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/\">RoydadNaft &#8211; <\/a><\/span>\u00a0Oil prices remained steady on Friday as investors weighed potential supply risks from developing geopolitical tensions during a low-volume trading session following Christmas\u2014after the U.S. conducted airstrikes against ISIS militants in Nigeria and imposed further economic pressure on Venezuelan oil.<\/p>\n<p>According to Roydad Naft, Brent futures contracts had risen 12 cents, or 0.19%, to $62.36 per barrel by 10:16 GMT. U.S. WTI crude climbed 19 cents, or 0.33%, to $58.54.<\/p>\n<p>Oil prices are on track for their largest annual decline since 2020, driven by increased production from OPEC+ and non-OPEC countries, raising concerns about a market surplus next year.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S., in coordination with the Nigerian government, carried out an attack on Thursday against ISIS militants in Sokoto State in northwestern Nigeria, President Donald Trump announced.<\/p>\n<p>John Gu, senior oil market analyst at Sparta Commodities, said: \u201cThe Nigeria strikes that Trump referenced targeted ISIS militants and did not specifically affect crude oil pipelines or terminals. As a result, traders have stayed on the sidelines in this low-liquidity market on Boxing Day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria\u2019s oil fields and export infrastructure, as a major producer, are primarily located in the south of the country.<\/p>\n<p>The White House has directed its military to focus on a \u201cquarantine\u201d of Venezuelan oil for at least the next two months, signaling Washington\u2019s current preference for economic rather than military pressure on Caracas.<\/p>\n<p>Tong Chuan, analyst at Galaxy Futures, said: \u201cDue to the Christmas holiday shutdown, market activity has remained relatively quiet at year-end. Supply-side disruptions have become the main driver of oil prices.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Investors will also monitor developments in the Russia-Ukraine peace process and its potential impact on future oil prices, as a peace agreement could lead to the lifting of international sanctions on Russia\u2019s oil sector.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday that many decisions could be made before the New Year and that he hopes to meet with Donald Trump soon.<\/p>\n<p>Axios reported that Trump will meet Zelensky on Sunday at Mar-a-Lago, citing a Ukrainian official.<\/p>\n<p>Reuters was unable to immediately verify these statements.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin told a meeting with senior Russian business leaders that Russia may be open to territorial exchanges, according to the newspaper Kommersant.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-date no-social-btn post-updated\">Updated on<time class=\"updated dt-updated\" itemprop=\"dateModified\" datetime=\"2025-12-26T12:19:19+00:00\"> 26 December 2025<\/time><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brent crude oil futures rose 12 cents (0.19%) to $62.36 per barrel. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures increased 19 cents (0.33%) to $58.54 per barrel.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16494,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[47,36,19,16,35],"tags":[],"services":[],"class_list":["post-16493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news","category-lastnews","category-news","category-oil","category-topnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16493\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16493"},{"taxonomy":"services","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/services?post=16493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}