r/oil is a subreddit with 101k members. The most common kinds of discussions are news and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses oil, iran, us, trump, and hormuz.
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 Themes in r/oil
#1
News
: "Russia's Largest Oil Refinery Has Been Struck"
114 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "What the fuck is going on"
3 posts
#3
Ideas
: "And Orange has another wish"
2 posts
#4
Money Talk
: "A Day Late but Oil Down 2%"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/oil
#1
Oil
: "Oil traders warn market is close to running on empty as Hormuz shuts again"
29 posts
#2
Iran
: "Iran announces its full withdrawal from the Memorandum of Understanding due to US violations. Says it will control all of the Strait now."
12 posts
#3
Us
: "Iran hits Us Fifth Fleet fuel and stores, warns on exports"
10 posts
#4
Trump
: "Trump announces starting next week the US will strike all of Iran's power plants, bridges, and energy sites. He says the US will also strike Iran "hard tonight, tomorrow night, the night after."
10 posts
#5
Hormuz
: "Trump Ends Hormuz Toll"
9 posts
#6
Struggling
7 posts
#7
Worst
7 posts
#8
Time
7 posts
#9
Oil Price
: "A Day Late but Oil Down 2%"
7 posts
#10
Market
: "Oil traders warn Market is close to running on empty as Hormuz shuts again"
6 posts
Flair Used in r/oil
#1
News
: "Iran calculated $9 billion in profits from market manipulation by "individuals close to Trump," mainly Kushner and Witkoff, and formally requested $4.5 billion of that sum be allocated to Iran through intermediaries."
91 posts
#2
Iran War
: "50 Millions Barrels of Iranian Oils Released"
45 posts
#3
Discussion
: "Russia's Largest Oil Refinery Has Been Struck"
36 posts
#4
Humor
: "True"
6 posts
#5
Trump
: "Well well well"
6 posts
#6
Ukraine/Russia
: "Six Russian regions left without gasoline for public"
6 posts
#7
Political Rubbish
: "Barak Ravid"
5 posts
#8
OIl Price Speculation
: "What the fuck is going on"
5 posts
Member Growth in r/oil
Yearly
+64k members(169.9%)
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Last updated: July 24, 2026