Year Brent in 2020 Dollars CPI Brent in Nominal Dollars Other Source CPI. Adjustor.2020 EIA 2019 Forecast EIA 1998 Forecast Low EIA 1998 Forecast Middle EIA 1998 Forecast High EIA 1998 Forecast Low 2020 Dollars EIA 1998 Forecast Middle 2020 Dollars EIA 1998 Forecast High 2020 Dollars 1968 22.199086207 34.8 3 3 7.3996954023 1969 21.049814714 36.7 3 3 7.0166049046 1970 22.233414691 38.8 3.35 3.35 6.6368402062 1971 22.635394173 40.5 3.56 3.56 6.3582567901 1972 21.931422584 41.8 3.56 3.56 6.1605119617 1973 19.08121455 44.4 3.29 3.29 5.7997612613 1974 52.8077086 49.3 10.11 10.11 5.2233144016 1975 55.187423457 53.8 11.53 11.53 4.7864200743 1976 57.928300879 56.9 12.8 12.8 4.5256485062 1977 59.150674059 60.6 13.92 13.92 4.249330033 1978 55.372420061 65.2 14.02 14.02 3.9495306748 1979 112.11945088 72.6 31.61 31.61 3.5469614325 1980 115.09795148 82.4 36.83 36.83 3.1251140777 1981 101.78561872 90.9 35.93 35.93 2.8328866887 1982 87.980154591 96.5 32.97 32.97 2.6684911917 1983 76.399626205 99.6 29.55 29.55 2.585435743 1984 71.329360269 103.9 28.78 28.78 2.4784350337 1985 65.956868625 107.6 27.56 27.56 2.3932100372 1986 33.903837974 109.6 14.43 14.43 2.3495383212 1987 42.003954067 113.6 18.53 18.53 2.2668080986 1988 32.455326746 118.3 14.91 14.91 2.1767489434 1989 37.858035177 124 18.23 18.23 2.0766887097 1990 51.577874686 130.7 23.76 26.178571429 1.9702325937 1991 36.625449782 136.2 20.04 19.371666667 1.890671072 1992 34.909684875 140.3 19.32 19.02 1.8354198147 1993 30.016032254 144.5 17.01 16.843333333 1.7820719723 1994 27.602911 148.2 15.86 15.885833333 1.7375802969 1995 29.034579112 152.4 17.02 17.183333333 1.6896942257 1996 33.513970351 156.9 20.64 20.42 1.6412326322 1997 30.759404239 160.5 19.11 19.171666667 1.6044199377 1998 20.638930797 163 12.76 13.064166667 1.5798122699 1999 27.931629347 166.6 17.9 18.070833333 1.5456746699 2000 42.214145011 172.2 28.66 28.229166667 1.4954088269 14.47 19.11 21.86 22.8626 30.1938 34.5388 2001 35.409360042 177.1 24.46 24.3525 1.4540338792 2002 35.681298324 179.9 24.99 24.9275 1.4314030017 2003 40.443437379 184 28.85 28.898333333 1.3995076087 2004 51.438263773 188.9 38.26 37.733333333 1.3632048703 2005 70.398648481 195.3 54.57 53.391666667 1.3185325141 14.59 20.2 24.51 23.0522 31.916 38.7258 2006 82.11624778 201.6 65.16 64.2875 1.277328373 2007 88.342618208 207.3 72.44 71.1175 1.2422064641 2008 116.00419547 215.303 96.94 96.990833333 1.1960325681 2009 74.127711166 214.537 61.74 61.7575 1.200302978 2010 93.342866779 218.056 79.61 79.041666667 1.180932421 14.44 20.81 26.97 22.8152 32.8798 42.6126 2011 119.07124725 224.939 111.26 104.01083333 1.1447965893 2012 117.77680385 229.594 111.63 105.00916667 1.1215859299 2013 115.04762325 232.957 108.56 104.07833333 1.1053945578 2014 104.67954645 236.736 98.97 96.235 1.0877492228 2015 55.1414473 237.017 52.32 50.753333333 1.086459621 14.42 21.48 28.59 22.7836 33.9384 45.1722 2016 45.934581856 240.007 43.64 42.8125 1.0729245397 2017 55.473112255 245.12 54.13 52.804166667 1.0505442232 2018 70.090990326 251.107 71.34 68.348333333 1.0254967006 2019 61.851597607 255.657 64.3 61.406666667 1.0072456455 63.371998 2020 39.72 257.5094 39.72 1 58.505806 14.43 22.32 28.71 22.7994 35.2656 45.3618 2021 61.63221 2022 64.001991 2023 65.341621 2024 67.003448 2025 68.735039 2026 70.371643 2027 71.580528 2028 73.166756 2029 74.728348 2030 75.831558 2031 77.375023 2032 78.623016 2033 80.499657 2034 81.877769 2035 83.325172 2036 84.876801 2037 86.175789 2038 87.637856 2039 89.162689 2040 90.480171 2041 91.638084 2042 93.707344 2043 94.894356 2044 96.306297 2045 97.76226 2046 99.024994 2047 100.73233 2048 102.338394 2049 103.798584 2050 104.983826