We've been talking less about oil prices thus far this year until this month's attack on Saudi Arabian oil facilities. It is also interesting to note the weekly cyclic nature of oil price discussion in which weekends see far fewer mentions due to oil not being actively traded on the major global exchanges on Saturdays and Sundays.
The timeline below shows worldwide online news interest in "("oil prices" OR "oil price" OR "price of oil" OR "oil future" OR "oil futures")".