barrels
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That’s 510,000 barrels a day more than its last monthly prediction in July, as elevated fuel prices are putting further downward pressure on oil use.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 16, 2026
Meanwhile, the Department of Energy announced Monday that the Strategic Petroleum Reserve fell by 6.1 million barrels to just under 300 million barrels last week.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
Earlier that month, Seeker 8 had received two million barrels of Iranian crude from another vessel, which had picked up its cargo at Iran’s Kharg Island in December, according to Kpler.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
With production at Platform Gilda dwindling to 1,100 barrels per day, staff said the rig would also run its course if it weren’t for fracking.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
There were two barrels for five hundred people, so we learned to go to the latrines during the day as much as we could.
From "Prisoner B-3087" by Alan Gratz
