barrels

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Production from cartel members fell by 177,000 barrels a day in May, with Iran’s output dropping by 546,000 barrels a day.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Globally, oil production has fallen, expected to be down 6.4 million barrels a day this year from the total 107 million barrels a day last year.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

The US has also sanctioned the ship's owner, Arihant Shipping Inc, and has accused the ship of transporting "hundreds of thousands of barrels of Iranian fuel oil and bitumen within the Gulf since July 2025".

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

Since the beginning of May, those two data sets show approximately 96 million barrels of confirmed non-Iranian crude exiting the Persian Gulf through either direct Hormuz transits or Gulf of Oman-linked export networks, he said.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

Hoping I was truly alone, I made my way around boxes, barrels, piles of newspapers, and broken furniture.

From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn