barrel

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As an example, a $2 million fee on a fully loaded, very large crude carrier would add only $1 per barrel of oil shipped, or about 1% of the cost.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

Benchmark U.S. oil prices plunged 16%—a decline not seen since the depths of the pandemic—to $94.41 a barrel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Benchmarked oil prices were down 12% in late trading, below $97 a barrel.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

Without a resolution, the current crisis threatened to send oil prices rocketing as high as $167 a barrel by October and to add nearly 1.5 percentage points to the inflation rate, the Dallas Fed added.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

We rounded the house, and there was the rain barrel.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck