barrels

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U.S. crude oil inventories extended their decline, falling by 8 million barrels, as exports rose and refineries ran near full capacity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 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

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

Usually there was a good supply of salt fish kept in barrels, but fish had not been plentiful the past summer, so now the supply was meager.

From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli