WTI crude is up +$1.00 11/22.
so yes, i call that a surge and it happened for the following reasons:

  1.  prices ususally move up in the winter.
  2.  the move is in anticipation that this winter will be colder than the norm  and if so...
  3.  we may not have enough heating oil and natural gas.
Indeed - light crude up $1.14 so far.  Bouncy bouncy bouncy - I think the volatility is more telling than the absolute level at this point.