inventories

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“Asia is the main outlet for crude oil from the Middle East Gulf, and that’s predictably enough where the downward pressure on crude inventories has been most severe,” he said.

From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026

“It’s getting to that critical point where inventories are being drawn down and production of critical minerals and agricultural products like phosphate, are slowing down,” said Craig Jorgenson, CEO of industry group the Sulphur Institute.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

For now, U.S. crude-oil inventories, excluding stocks in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, stand at 457.2 million barrels, or about 1% above the five-year average for this time of year, according to the EIA.

From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026

For now, the U.S. and Europe are experiencing a deficit in oil and oil-product supplies — meaning demand is outpacing supply — but haven’t reached a shortage of inventories, Currie said.

From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026

They wanted to shape things/design things, create things, sell things, buy things, keep track of inventories, do somebody else’s taxes, and read somebody else’s X-rays from half a world away.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman