barrels

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In March, the International Energy Agency announced the release of 400 million barrels of oil from the strategic petroleum reserves of member countries.

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026

Kaneva thinks demand may have fallen by 5.6 million barrels per day, or about 5% of normal, in May.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

Brazil’s output in the first four months of the year, for example, rose by 800,000 barrels a day relative to a year before.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

There is a backlog of tankers loaded with around 100 million barrels of oil that needs to clear the Strait of Hormuz.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

They were rolling their barrels and lugging their crates, talking and laughing.

From "I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919" by Lauren Tarshis