barrels
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Gasoline demand was down by 276,000 barrels a day at 8.7 million barrels a day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Refinery capacity use rose by one percentage point to 97.2%, with crude input to refineries up by 215,000 barrels a day at 17.4 million barrels a day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Rosebank is estimated to contain the equivalent of up to 300 million barrels of oil and at its peak will produce approximately 69,000 barrels a day.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
That’s 510,000 barrels a day more than its last monthly prediction in July, as elevated fuel prices are putting further downward pressure on oil use.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 16, 2026
“I was on my way to get the other Zetas. I ran into Nyla. She asked if I’d seen you near the stasis gel barrels in the hold.”
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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