distillate
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Gasoline inventories also fell from last week and are 6% below their five-year average, while inventories of distillate fuel such as diesel are about 12% below their five-year average.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026
Crude stockpiles in developing countries are at multidecade lows, and in the U.S., gasoline and distillate stocks also sit below the five-year average, with demand still firm, he added.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026
U.S. distillate stocks were 102.5 million barrels last week, and haven’t fallen below 100 million barrels since 2003.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
Gasoline inventories were forecast to have fallen by 2.6 million barrels and distillate stocks were expected to have fallen by 2.1 million barrels.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 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
