inventories

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“You can only decrease consumption so much, and when inventories run out, they are going to run out,” said Ellen Wald, senior fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Global Energy Center.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

“The fact that oil inventories are still being drawn down shows that demand for oil is still outstripping supply,” he says.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Countries are tapping into oil inventories and strategic reserves at a "record pace" due to supply disruption during the Middle East war, the International Energy Agency said.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

Observed global inventories, including oil at sea, were drawn down by 250 million barrels over March and April, the equivalent of 4 million barrels a day.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

In Ka’apor-managed forests, according to Balee’s plant inventories, almost half of the ecologically important species are those used by humans for food.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann