WTI Crude Revised Down to $96.34 a barrel for October 14, 2026

October 14, 2026 wti crude was restated from $101.91 a barrel to $96.34 a barrel, a 5.5% downward revision. Anything indexed to the first print — escalator clauses, quoted material adders, budget baselines — now sits 5.5% away from the official number.

• As first published: $101.91 a barrel (October 15, 2026)
• As restated: $96.34 a barrel (October 22, 2026)

Revisions of this size are routine for survey-based series — early prints are built on partial responses and completed later — but routine does not mean harmless. The first print was published October 15, 2026; the restatement landed October 22, 2026. Both values remain queryable: the vintage archive pins every number this series has ever shown, so a contract that referenced the October 14, 2026 print can cite exactly what was published and when.

Source: EIA daily spot prices. The revised value is the agency's; the record of what it replaced is ours.