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

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

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

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

Refinery capacity use rose by a fifth of a percentage point to 94.7%, with crude input to refineries down by 90,000 barrels a day at 16.9 million barrels a day.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

The few remaining barrels were being rolled to the open hatch to be hefted on deck by a handful of waiting men in their haphazard blanket and coal soot disguises.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin