barrels
Example Sentences
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Oil production rose by 29.8 percent between January and July, reaching 1.2 million barrels per day -- still well below the three million barrels per day produced a quarter of a century ago.
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026
In June and July, refinery runs in China fell to roughly 12.5 million barrels a day from more than 15 million barrels a day before the war, according to the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
Venezuela has said it has more than 300 million barrels of total reserves—the largest reserve supply in the world—while the U.S.’ sits at around 46 million.
From Barron's ● Aug. 29, 2026
However, given Houthi attacks in the Red Sea, RBC estimates around 8 million barrels per day of Middle East oil remains disrupted.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
Usually there was a good supply of salt fish kept in barrels, but fish had not been plentiful the past summer, so now the supply was meager.
From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli
