barrels

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The company’s traded volumes of oil and gas rose to 8.7 million barrels a day in the six months to the end of March, up 21% on the same period a year earlier.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

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

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

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

Distillate demand fell by 480,000 barrels a day to 3.5 million barrels a day.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

Fairy hardware was most definitely superior to his own, and who knew how many barrels were aimed at the other side of that door right now.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer