barrels

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Prewar, the IEA expected daily demand to increase by 850,000 barrels.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

More than half of the missing barrels would have been consumed by the petrochemicals sector.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

Meanwhile, U.S. crude stockpiles have declined for the fourth consecutive week, with inventories down 7.9 million barrels in the week ended May 15, per data collected by the U.S.

From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026

That was a fourth straight weekly decline and substantially surpasses market expectations of a reduction of around 2.5 million barrels.

From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026

What had once been filled wall to wall with barrels of tea was now almost empty.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin