barrels

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On April 24, Kang released the headline number: 74.62 million barrels secured for May alone — equal to 87% of the prior year’s monthly average.

From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026

Upstream production is expected between 1.62 million to 1.82 million barrels of oil equivalent a day, from 1.84 million barrels of oil equivalent a day over the first quarter.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

U.S. exports of oil and oil products were at 14.2 million barrels per day as of the week ending April 24, according to the EIA.

From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026

They amount to between 20,000 and 30,000 barrels of oil a day—a drop compared with the 13 million barrels a day that the closure of the Strait of Hormuz has removed from the global economy.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

Ama walks us to the other side of the ship and sits us down on one of the barrels.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer