distillate

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Gasoline inventories increased by 186,000 barrels, while distillate fuel stocks fell by 200,000 barrels.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Find insight on distillate inventories, commercial crude stocks, higher fuel costs and more in the latest Market Talks covering energy and utilities.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

Hopes for an agreement led the market to overlook a bullish EIA inventory report showing U.S. commercial crude stocks down by 7.9 million barrels last week, although distillate stocks rose for a second straight week.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 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

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