barrels

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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

U.S. crude oil inventories fell for a third consecutive week by 4.3 million barrels to 452.9 million in the week ended May 8.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

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

From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026

The EIA estimated U.S. crude oil production at 13.7 million barrels a day, up by 137,000 barrels a day from the week before.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

Just as Kepler measured the volumes of barrels with his thin slices, Cavalieri added up an infinite number of these indivisible zeros to figure out the area or the volume of a geometric object.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife