barrels

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That production has topped 2 million barrels per day, and the latest U.S.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

U.S. weekly exports of jet fuel hit a record 455,000 barrels in recent weeks, and there has been a commensurate increase in U.S. jet-fuel production.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

Refinery capacity use rose by a fifth of a percentage point to 94.7%, with crude input to refineries down by 90,000 barrels a day at 16.9 million barrels a day.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

Distillate fuel stocks rose by 1.5 million barrels to 102.3 million barrels versus expectations of an 800,000 barrel decline.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

Such problems turn real objects—heaps of grain, barrels of wine—into abstract shapes so that mathematical principles can be applied to them.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton