Sentence examples for barrel increases from inspiring English sources

The manufacturer said the long barrel increases accuracy and range.

Oil over $90 a barrel increases our trade deficit and diminishes the wherewithal for consumer spending.

The Bank of England estimates that a $1 a barrel increase in oil adds 0.1% to inflation over a two-year period.

The World Bank revised its forecast for the price of crude oil to $45 a barrel, increasing slightly to $53 in 2010.

"LIPA is headed for the perfect storm of oil above $90 a barrel, increasing demand for electricity and the urgency of doing something about climate change," he said.

Conoco pumped 8 percent less oil in the second quarter, but the average price it received for each barrel increased 37 percent, to $71.09.

Economists reckon that a $10 a barrel increase in the price of oil knocks about half a percentage point from global GDP growth, although some still expect oil prices to drop back later this year.

For January, America's oil bill jumped 9.5 percent to $34.9 billion, the highest level since October 2008, reflecting a $4.56 per barrel increase in the average price of imported crude oil, which rose to $84.34.

While crude oil inventories rose by 4.2 million barrels last week, more than the 2.9 million barrel increase analysts surveyed by Dow Jones Newswires had expected, supplies of distillates, which include heating oil, fell by 4.5 million barrels, much more than the 1.5 million barrel forecast.

[C8.] Oil Prices Rise 13 Cents a Barrel The price of crude oil rose to $31.80 a barrel even after the American Petroleum Institute reported that inventories rose an unexpected 7.4 million barrels last week and the Energy Information Agency reported a smaller, but still strong, 3.4 million barrel increase.

Analysts had expected a 300,000 barrel increase.