barrels
Example Sentences
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By some estimates, China’s reserves last year were nearly 600 million barrels bigger than those in the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
However, given Houthi attacks in the Red Sea, RBC estimates around 8 million barrels per day of Middle East oil remains disrupted.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
Before the war, Tehran exported millions of barrels of oil a day, mostly to China.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
The deal would give the U.S. a direct stake in 17 of Venezuela’s most promising oil-and-gas fields that house some 90 billion barrels of crude oil reserves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
“Everything will get damp sitting out there in the barn. Maybe I can get Jerry Sanford to help me roll the barrels down.”
From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
