inventories

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Distillate inventories were forecast to have fallen by 1.2 million barrels.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

That reflects how companies and countries first worked through inventories as the crisis unfolded, he said.

From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026

“It has become a game of chicken between physical tightening and confidence that diplomacy or reopening headlines arrive before inventories become critically stressed.”

From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026

As it curbs imports through the use of inventories and reduced refinery runs, China is also reselling crude it was contracted to buy to other countries, often at a profit.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 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