distillate
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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
Privorotsky also warns that even if the U.S. now decides to “aggressively de-escalate” that “crude is just one component of the problem as distillate, gasoil, diesel and critically, European natural gas have all broken out.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
Commercial crude oil stocks fell by 6.1 million barrels for a ninth consecutive decline, while gasoline and distillate fuel stocks posted increases.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 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
