barrels

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Data for 2023-2025 show gasoline demand 400,000-500,000 barrels a day higher in the second and third quarters than in the first quarter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

The International Energy Agency estimates the world has lost about 13 million barrels a day of oil supply during the fighting, meaning more than one billion barrels in total.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

The US has also sanctioned the ship's owner, Arihant Shipping Inc, and has accused the ship of transporting "hundreds of thousands of barrels of Iranian fuel oil and bitumen within the Gulf since July 2025".

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

Including two very large crude carrier cargoes currently loading in the Gulf of Oman, total observed flows are at least 100 million barrels, “aligning with Trump’s statement,” Smith said.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

They were rolling their barrels and lugging their crates, talking and laughing.

From "I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919" by Lauren Tarshis