Global Fuel Report
Global Fuel Report, 1 October 2026
Reporting week 24 September 2026 to 1 October 2026.
The Strait of Hormuz is where this week's risk sits.
The full report is the dated PDF: two status boards covering every named refinery and pipeline the build follows, the country tables, the corridor detail, every alert threshold with the figure it was scored against, and the sources. It is included in every paid ComplianceSME account level and sold on its own at £10 a month.
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Critical signals
United Kingdom mean diesel pump price, ULSD
197.58 p/l
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DESNZ weekly road fuel prices, figure dated 2026-09-28
United Kingdom mean petrol pump price, ULSP
173.46 p/l
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DESNZ weekly road fuel prices, figure dated 2026-09-28
Brent crude reference price
105.28 USD/bbl
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Iraq State Organization for Marketing of Oil, figure dated 2026-09-29
Dubai crude reference price
109.50 USD/bbl
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Iraq State Organization for Marketing of Oil, figure dated 2026-09-29
Strait of Hormuz, vessel transits, last five reported days
17 transits (mean 3.4 a day)
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IMF PortWatch Daily Chokepoints, figure dated 2026-09-23/2026-09-27
Petroline, East-West Crude Oil Pipeline to Yanbu, status
BLOWN UP NOT OPERATIONAL (2026-09-10/2026-09-16)
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Saudi Ministry of Energy official source, published by the Saudi Press Agency, figure dated 2026-09-10/2026-09-16
European Union gas storage, per cent full
71.55 per cent full
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GIE AGSI+ gas storage API, figure dated 2026-09-29
European Union member state with the least days of oil cover
Luxembourg, 9 days of cover
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Eurostat nrg_stk_oilm and nrg_cb_oilm, figure dated 2026-07
A26 service area mean diesel price
2.439 EUR/l across 11 service areas
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France prix-carburants-quotidien, figure dated 2026-10-01
United States distillate fuel oil stocks
105.180 million bbl (-2.251 on the week)
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EIA Weekly Petroleum Status Report table 1, figure dated 2026-09-25
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The corridors
| Corridor | Region | Baseline | This week | Change on the baseline | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEA Cape of Good Hope | Africa | 84.39 transits a day | 88.1 transits a day | +4.4 per cent | IMF PortWatch Daily Chokepoints |
| SEA Panama Canal | Americas | 29.71 transits a day | 27 transits a day | -9.1 per cent | IMF PortWatch Daily Chokepoints |
| SEA Malacca Strait | Asia | 228.06 transits a day | 217.9 transits a day | -4.5 per cent | IMF PortWatch Daily Chokepoints |
| SEA Bab el-Mandeb | Middle East and Gulf | 32.23 transits a day | 27.1 transits a day | -15.8 per cent | IMF PortWatch Daily Chokepoints |
| SEA Hormuz | Middle East and Gulf | 70.55 transits a day | 3.1 transits a day | -95.5 per cent | IMF PortWatch Daily Chokepoints |
| SEA Suez Canal | Middle East and Gulf | 37.13 transits a day | 40 transits a day | +7.7 per cent | IMF PortWatch Daily Chokepoints |
| M1 Sydney to the Queensland border | Asia Pacific | 1.9598 AUD/l | AUD 2.901 AUD/l | +48 per cent | NSW FuelCheck API |
| A1 Milan to Naples | European Union | 1.9491 EUR/l | EUR 2.401 EUR/l | +23.2 per cent | MIMIT Osservaprezzi carburanti |
| A12 and A13 Kufstein to Brenner | European Union | 1.6105 EUR/l | EUR 2.272 EUR/l | +41.1 per cent | E-Control Spritpreisrechner API |
| A26 Calais to Troyes | European Union | 1.7964 EUR/l | EUR 2.439 EUR/l | +35.8 per cent | France prix-carburants-quotidien |
| A7 Hamburg to Munich | European Union | 1.6743 EUR/l | EUR 2.370 EUR/l | +41.6 per cent | Tankerkoenig, Markttransparenzstelle fuer Kraftstoffe dataData: Tankerkoenig, CC BY 4.0 |
| A7 Lyon to Marseille | European Union | 1.8974 EUR/l | EUR 2.513 EUR/l | +32.4 per cent | France prix-carburants-quotidien |
| AP-7 La Jonquera to Valencia | European Union | 1.5656 EUR/l | EUR 2.015 EUR/l | +28.7 per cent | Spain Ministry Geoportal de carburantes |
| M20 Maidstone to Dover | United Kingdom | 1.4412 GBP/l | GBP 2.037 GBP/l | +41.4 per cent | United Kingdom Fuel Finder scheme, retailer open data feeds |
| M6 and M1 Carlisle to London | United Kingdom | 1.4412 GBP/l | GBP 2.082 GBP/l | +44.5 per cent | United Kingdom Fuel Finder scheme, retailer open data feeds |
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What this issue could not see
Every source this issue asked for answered. Nothing was left unread.
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Where this comes from
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