crude oil

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JGB futures edged lower, weighed by worries over higher inflation caused by rising crude oil prices, which may spur a faster pace of BOJ rate hikes.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

Palantir employees said language models are like crude oil, and Palantir is the refinery to make the models consumable.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

Brent crude oil started the year at $62 a barrel, went for $124 at the end of April, and was recently hovering just over $100.

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

Supply of distillates, which are products refined from crude oil and include diesel, has reached a roughly 20-year low at 102.3 million barrels in Wednesday’s EIA report, Yawger said.

From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026

A gasket blows five thousand feet underwater beneath an oil rig off the coast of Louisiana, sending millions of barrels of crude oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama