barrels

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U.S. weekly exports of jet fuel hit a record 455,000 barrels in recent weeks, and there has been a commensurate increase in U.S. jet-fuel production.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

“Every day the Strait of Hormuz is shut in, 11 million to 14 million bpd of oil fails to make it to market, and barrels are taken out of storage someplace else to compensate.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

That production has topped 2 million barrels per day, and the latest U.S.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

U.S. crude oil production was steady at 13.7 million barrels a day.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

They tied up, and the men and boys in them handed out barrels of fish.

From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier