The morning crude digest
Flat prices slide into the weekend; diffs quiet
WTI October settled $99.53 (-2.3%) and Brent November $103.19 (-1.6%) on Friday, while the Canadian diff complex heads into the week with no fresh public prints.
Published September 20, 2026Heavy Reading
The call
- Crude sold off into the weekend. WTI October settled $99.53, down 2.3%; Brent November settled $103.19, down 1.6%. Wire reports carried conflicting versions of Friday's settles, so treat these as indicative.
- No public daily settlements were available for the Canadian diff futures — TMW, ARV, TMU, TMR, TMF, TMS — on the free ICE product pages, which render specs and description only. Diff levels this morning are broker marks, not public prints.
- Front-month check for the week ahead: TMW November 2026, ARV October 2026, TMU/TMR/TMF/TMS November 2026. Quote the live contract, not the expired one.
What we're watching
- Joliet: power issue resolved, but no restart date confirmed — watch for a restart statement.
- Iran: what the US response to Tehran's conditions looks like; Trump–Pezeshkian meeting chatter around UNGA.
- Fresh WCS broker prints Monday; October contracts are rolling off the boards.
- EIA weekly, Wednesday Sep 23.
The hard-data layer refreshes on the Monday and Thursday editions; this Sunday edition carries the overnight signal scan.
Published from market data as of September 20, 2026; every figure carries its vintage in the sources list below. Public data only.