Sentence examples for barrel setting from inspiring English sources

A1 Another Record for Oil Prices Oil prices climbed above $47 a barrel, setting another record, after figures showed supplies in the United States were down.

Oil prices climbed above $47 a barrel, setting yet another record, after figures showed that supplies in the United States were down for a third consecutive week and a report from OPEC highlighted the threat of high oil prices for world economies.

Oil is now close to its inflation-adjusted record of $102.81 a barrel, set in April 1980.

That's still above the previous trading high of $92.22 a barrel, set Friday.

Oil and gas producers were in positive territory, as oil prices eased but held well above the trough of below $33.00 per barrel set last week.

Oil prices, undermined by expectations for slowing global demand, held steady following a steep fall from a record above $147 a barrel set on July 11.

By 10 03 a.m. EDT it was down $7.41 at $106.80 a barrel, set for its biggest fall since a deep slump on May 5. U.S. crude lagged the decline but still fell $5.20 to $90.21 a barrel, taking prices more than 20percentt below their early May peak at more than $114, the highest since 2008.

Along the middle of the sand, parallel to the shore, runs a row of metal-and-plastic trash barrels set in concrete foundations.

AN assemblage of colossal toys lies on a grassy field near the entrance to Saunders Farm here: a string telephone made with 30-gallon galvanized metal trash barrels set 50 feet apart, a giant red-and-white badminton shuttlecock and its accompanying 32-foot-long racket, and a full set of jacks, each one weighing close to five pounds.

In nō and kabuki drama, the hayashi normally consists of a flute plus the hourglass-shaped hand drum (ko-tsuzumi) held on the right shoulder, the larger o-tsuzumi held on the left hip, and the taiko stick-struck barrel drum set on a stand on the floor.

Oil prices rose above $116 a barrel last week, setting another record for the world's most indispensable energy commodity.