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Next, it could potentially take years of an “oversupplied oil market to replenish the 1 billion barrels of global oil inventories.”

From MarketWatch • Jun. 15, 2026

“The world has never had to destroy 10 million barrels a day of oil demand,” VanLoh added, referring to the crude production not making it to global markets.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 15, 2026

The U.S. has drawn 66 million barrels from its Strategic Petroleum Reserve since late March, on track to potentially exhaust its 172-million-barrel allotment in September.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 15, 2026

Official data shows that China imported 7.8 million barrels a day in May.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 13, 2026

Big barrels full of hard candies formed the aisles.

From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold