distillate

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“Middle distillate crack spreads remain very high, and will be a more important driver of earnings and cash flow than volume,” Jefferies says.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

“With the loss of Port Arthur, your distillate crisis has gone up another level,” said Paul Sankey, analyst of Sankey Research, at an energy conference in Houston on Tuesday.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

The market for what are known as distillate fuels, which include jet fuel and diesel, has become the pressure point in the Iran war.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

Gasoline stockpiles fell by 5.4 million barrels, while distillate stocks decreased by 2.5 million barrels.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

As for postmedieval petroleum distillation, 19th-century chemists found the middle distillate fraction useful as fuel for oil lamps.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond