Global Fuel Report, issue of 5 November 2026, covering 30 October to 5 November.
3.0 million barrels a day of the world's refining is reading cold
13 refineries that show heat when they run have been reading no satellite heat in the four weeks to 5 November 2026. Together they hold 3.0 million barrels a day of the world's 100.4 million. No operator, owner or government has said a word. Confirmed shut by statement is far less: two sites, 220,900 barrels a day. A satellite reading detects, and only a statement confirms.
Computed from the operating refineries and condensate splitters that carry a capacity figure, and from this week's readings. Read 5 November 2026.
The Global Fuel Report is one dated issue a week on the state of the world's fuel supply.
One finding from this issue, in full
592,000 barrels a day of refining capacity has shown no satellite heat since the week of 27 March 2026.
That is ExxonMobil Singapore Refinery (Jurong and Pulau Ayer Chawan), the largest such site among the operating sites the boards count.
St. Charles Refinery (Valero) went dark in the week of 10 July 2026 and holds 340,000 barrels a day.
The weeks the heat stopped are NASA Fire Information for Resource Management System VIIRS active fire readings, read 5 November 2026.
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The rest of the issue, counted
| Inside the issue | How many |
|---|---|
| Named shut, with capacity and evidence | 2 |
| Read cold by satellite with nobody stating why | 13 |
| Pipelines, interconnectors and plants not working, their evidence dated | 10 |
| Sites where a press report and the confirmed reading disagree | 5 |
| Gas storage levels with the week's move beside them | 19 |
| Emergency reserve actions, announced against delivered | 2 |
| Crude and hub product prices, each with the week it has just had | 7 |
| European Union member states with diesel and petrol prices | 27 |
| Other countries priced in their own money | 81 |
| Road corridors measured against the national figure | 18 |
| Diesel indices under their own contract rules | 28 |
| Country and fuel pairs ruled on for next week, 44 carrying a test and 12 with no call | 56 |
| Records computed from the weekly history | 348 |
| Records this issue prints | 2 |
The running order
- The week in three findings
- The refinery board
- Refineries reading cold
- The lines board
- Press reports beside the confirmed reading
- The satellite sweep
- Refining capacity by region
- Gas in storage
- Gas on the move
- Emergency reserve releases
- Oil and gas held in stock
- Crude and the wholesale week
- Pump prices
- Road corridors
- Diesel on contract
- Next week
- The records the data holds
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