r/oil is a subreddit with 135k members. The community frequently discusses struggling, oil, worst, time, and oil producers, and the most common flair used is news, discussion, iran war, oil price speculation, and humor.
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
: "Chevron CEO Mike Wirth says fuel crisis has now officially arrived"
66 posts
#2
Discussion
: "Ukraine has agreed not to hit Russian energy targets. lol"
57 posts
#3
Iran War
: "Houthis strike multiple Saudi energy sites, fires reported in Yanbu, Abha and Dammam"
34 posts
#4
OIl Price Speculation
: "Former White House adviser Amos Hochstein claims $103 crude is a total fabrication, says current diesel prices reflect an equivalent of $200 oil"
14 posts
#5
Humor
: "The prophecy has been fulfilled"
7 posts
#6
Ukraine/Russia
: "Russia Extends Diesel Export Ban Through October"
3 posts
#7
Trump
: "Why is Brent above $108? Saudi's Hormuz bypass pipeline is dark and Yanbu has ~a week of storage"
2 posts
#8
Political Rubbish
: "Really sounding diplomatic, Senator Blumenthal. Not like we have an oil crisis on us."
1 post
#9
Training
: "ELI5 Request, please: extraction technological limits"
1 post
Member Growth in r/oil
Yearly
+96k members(248.3%)
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Last updated: September 18, 2026