distillate

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“With the loss of Port Arthur, your distillate crisis has gone up another level,” said Paul Sankey, analyst of Sankey Research, at an energy conference in Houston on Tuesday.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

The market for what are known as distillate fuels, which include jet fuel and diesel, has become the pressure point in the Iran war.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

Gasoline stockpiles fell by 5.4 million barrels, while distillate stocks decreased by 2.5 million barrels.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

Demand for distillate fuel fell by 571,000 barrels a day to 3.5 million barrels a day.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

The news stirred up something infinitely black and evil in the town; the black distillate was like the scorpion, or like hunger in the smell of food, or like loneliness when love is withheld.

From "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck