The highest ever historical WTI crude oil price was at $141.63 per barrel. Compared to today’s spot price that’s [commodity-day-change-wording symbol="WTI" currency="USD" up-wording="up $PERCENTAGE%" down-wording="down $PERCENTAGE%" same-wording="the same" day="2008-07-07"]. Other significant recent historical highs include $77.74 per barrel in Jul, 2006 and $109.50 per barrel in Aug, 2013.