shipped a record amount of distillate fuel overseas last week as domestic stockpiles fell again, the latest sign that the global scramble for diesel is increasingly draining U.S. supplies. The global diesel shortage, driven by the U.S.-Iran war and Russian refinery disruptions, has increased demand for U.S. fuel exports. Five weeks of elevated exports reduced U.S. distillate inventories to their lowest seasonal level since 1996, raising concerns before heating season. The U.S. shipped a record amount of distillate fuel overseas last week as domestic stockpiles fell again, the latest sign that the global scramble for diesel is increasingly draining U.S. supplies. The new record capped off five weeks in a row with exports over 1.5 million barrels a day, drawing down the country’s fuel supplies even as refiners go all-out to produce diesel.