inventories
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The market had shrugged off yesterday’s small weekly storage injection as inventories remain well above average.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Oil futures added to earlier gains with the market seemingly taking little comfort from a third weekly build in U.S. commercial crude stocks that put inventories in line with their five-year average.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
A surprise build in U.S. commercial crude inventories also helped keep oil futures in check last week.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 16, 2026
The EIA showed a surprise — and major — build in U.S. commercial inventories of oil, thanks to fewer crude exports and a jump in imports, mostly from Venezuela.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 16, 2026
After restlessly starting and stopping concession inventories and making a few phone calls about delays in film deliveries, she did the only thing left to her and decided to watch a movie.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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