barrels

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Analysts at Morgan Stanley recently pegged global commercial and SPR crude inventories at 5.75 billion barrels, while Societe Generale sees it at about 7.8 billion barrels and J.P.

From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026

The EIA also expects global inventories to rebuild in 2027 at a faster pace than previously estimated, increasing by 3.9 million barrels a day.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

For context, there were about 9 billion barrels sitting in inventories back in 2020.

From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026

That includes a drop of 8.5 million barrels a day on average in the second quarter.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

I try to grab one of the barrels for stability, but they’re rolling around from the force of the waves.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer