barrels

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About 75 days into the war, that amounts to a loss of 960 million barrels.

From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026

Gasoline inventories fell by 4.1 million barrels to 215.7 million barrels in a 13th straight weekly draw, and were 5% below the five-year average.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

Here’s a closer look at the relevant numbers: The IEA has forecast a drop in global oil demand this year, to 104 million barrels per day.

From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026

Gasoline demand slipped by 59,000 barrels a day to just under 8.8 million barrels a day.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

The docks had been packed with sailors from all over the world, lugging crates and barrels and shouting out in languages he’d never heard before.

From I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 by Lauren Tarshis