distillate
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Both fuels come from the same middle-distillate group at the refining stage, while gasoline is a light distillate.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
Gasoline stocks fell by 1.7 million barrels and distillate inventories dropped by 2.3 million barrels, leaving both well below their five-year seasonal averages.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Clean fuels companies built 7 billion gallons of capacity for renewable diesel and biodiesel—enough to meet 10% of U.S. distillate demand—and since March have added production capacity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Meanwhile, U.S. commercial crude inventories fell by around 640,000 barrels last week, a smaller draw than expected, while gasoline and distillate inventories increased.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 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
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