r/oil is a subreddit with 146k members. The community frequently discusses struggling, oil, worst, time, and oil producers, and the most common flair used is news, discussion, iran war, ukraine/russia, and oil price speculation.
Oil, gas, seismic science, engineering, and cool pictures of rigs. Everything you need to know about exploration, recoverable assets and pipelines.
Posts must be on topic,directly about the oil industry. General Iran war topics go to r/geopolitics r/credibledefence etc
Popular Topics in r/oil
#1
Struggling
16 posts
#2
Oil
10 posts
#3
Worst
7 posts
#4
Time
7 posts
#5
Oil Producers
5 posts
#6
Market
4 posts
#7
Prices
4 posts
#8
Tight Oil
2 posts
#9
Producers
1 post
#10
Career
1 post
Flair Used in r/oil
#1
News
: "Russian tankers carrying diesel have sharply changed course and are no longer heading to the United States"
26 posts
#2
Discussion
: "crude nose dives as Trump says funding for Israel to be cut off ‘by the end of this year’"
16 posts
#3
Iran War
: "Iranian patrol boats catch new burning tanker on the straight. Reports now mention iranian patrol boats are just straight up sneaking up on tankers and shooting them with rocket launchers"
15 posts
#4
Ukraine/Russia
: "LUKOIL refinery in Kstovo following Ukrainian drone strikes during the night of November 1."
10 posts
#5
OIl Price Speculation
: "Crude oil prices fall below $90 a barrel as Vance blames GOP election defeat on Iran war"
7 posts
#6
Humor
: "Gas prices explained"
4 posts
#7
Trump
: "Trump now says americans always wanted war with iran, but couldn't handle high gas prices"
4 posts
#8
Political Rubbish
: "Saudi Arabia’s economy contracts 3.8% as war disrupts oil production"
1 post
Member Growth in r/oil
Yearly
+106k members(264.1%)
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Last updated: November 5, 2026