barrels
Example Sentences
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A drone attack that heavily damaged one of Saudi Arabia’s pipelines is expected to cause crude oil exports to fall by 400,000 barrels per day this month alone.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026
Saudi Arabia is shifting crude loadings away from its out-of-service Yanbu port, while barrels continue to flow through the Strait of Hormuz under U.S. protection and some Saudi flows have resumed, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Dangote's sprawling refinery on the outskirts of Lagos, which began operating two years ago and now processes around 700,000 barrels of crude a day, has transformed the fortunes of Nigeria's oil sector.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
The East-West pipeline had a nominal capacity for up to 7 million barrels of oil a day, with roughly 2 million going to Saudi’s domestic market.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026
“It will be more comfortable than traveling in—ugh!—one of these barrels, I assure you.”
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
