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Brent crude oil is priced at 115 dollars per barrel.

Posted by The DSR Network, Checked

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Sources
5 support3 context
Said
1 time·
Confidence
65%
The DSR NetworkOct 27, 2026
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On 2026-10-27, Brent was trading at roughly $115 a barrel: Reuters quoted $115.15 early that day, and other outlets reported $114.72 to $116.42 intraday, with the EIA spot price for Oct 20 at $115.22.

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What was said

… What do you think? Yeah, look, he's had a really bad few weeks. Uh, you know, the inflation reports were terrible, the jobs report was terrible, Brent crude is up at 1:15 a barrel today, right? Um You know, he's the Middle East war is getting worse. I mean, nothing has gone right for him in these final few weeks before the election, and we've seen it play out in the polling. …
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What we found

Supports. Reuters reported Brent futures at $115.15 a barrel early on Oct 27, 2026, and the EIA spot table shows Brent at $115.22 on Oct 20, 2026.[1][2]

Supports. Other same-day reports put Brent between $114.72 and $116.42 on Oct 27, so $115 is within the intraday range.[3][4][5]

Context. Brent settled at $113.88 on Oct 27 and fell that day, so the post's "up" direction was wrong, though the extracted claim does not state a direction.[6][7][8]

Context. The post's "1:15" is a transcription of "$115", and the extraction resolved it sensibly from the post's own context about oil prices.

Sources

8 sources: 1 fact-checker, 1 primary, 5 not rated, 1 rated low

  1. 1Oil eases on Middle East diplomacy hopes, Saudi attacks keep supply worries alivereuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
  2. 2Spot Prices for Crude Oil and Petroleum Productseia.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
  3. 3Morgan Downey's Commodity News · Tuesday, October 27, 2026commoditynews.morgandowney.com · not rated · cited for: supports
  4. 4Brent crude price falls for 2nd day, slips below $115 on ...moneycontrol.com · not rated · cited for: supports
  5. 5Oil Price Today (October 27): Crude oil below $115 amid peace talk hopes but attacks continue. What are experts saying?bfsi.economictimes.indiatimes.com · rated low for factual reporting by Iffy.news · cited for: supports
  6. 6Oil falls almost $2 as Middle East talks help ease supply worriesrmb.reuters.com · not rated · cited for: context
  7. 7Brent Crude Oil, IB.1:IEU historical prices - FT.commarkets.ft.com · not rated · cited for: context
  8. 8Brent Crude Oil Last Day Financial Futures (BZ=F)finance.yahoo.com · not rated · cited for: context

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