Yet, as the natural gas rig count has dropped by 75%, overall natural gas supplies have continued to rise.

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Its interest is less about how many barrels flow to the US and more about the overall accessibility and stability of supplies on which the world economy depends.

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No doubt, overall car sales were hurt by the disruption in supplies of Japanese cars, with sales of Toyotas falling 33%.

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Supplies of palladium are forecast to be tighter overall due to lower sales of Russian state stocks partly offset by slightly higher shipments from South Africa, Johnson Matthey reported.

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California's Department of Water Resources says it would like ocean water desalination to add 500, 000 acre-feet a year of water to the Golden State's supplies, a modest amount compared with California's overall water consumption.

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