Global Fuel Report, issue of 22 October 2026, covering 16 October to 22 October.
2.47 million barrels a day of the world's refining is reading cold
Nine refineries that show heat when they run have been reading no satellite heat in the four weeks to 22 October 2026. Together they hold 2.47 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 22 October 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
922,000 barrels a day of refining capacity has shown no satellite heat since the week of 31 July 2026.
That is Ruwais Refinery, the largest dark site whose stop week is on the record.
ExxonMobil Singapore Refinery (Jurong and Pulau Ayer Chawan) went dark in the week of 27 March 2026 and holds 592,000 barrels a day.
The weeks the heat stopped are NASA Fire Information for Resource Management System VIIRS active fire readings, read 22 October 2026.
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The rest of the issue, counted
| Inside the issue | How many |
|---|---|
| Named shut, with capacity, evidence and the week the heat stopped | 2 |
| Read cold by satellite with nobody stating why | 9 |
| 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 |
| Calls on next week's prices, every one carrying its scored record | 56 |
| Records computed from the weekly history | 306 |
| Records this issue prints | 2 |
The running order
- The week in three findings
- The refinery board
- Refineries reading cold
- The lines board
- Where a report and a reading disagree
- The satellite sweep
- Refining capacity by region
- Gas in storage
- Gas on the move
- Emergency reserve, announced against delivered
- Oil and gas held in stock
- Crude and the wholesale week
- Pump prices
- Road corridors
- Diesel on contract
- Next week
- The week's records
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Cite as: Global Fuel Report, ComplianceSME, issue of 22 October 2026, compliancesme.com/fuel/2026-10-22/
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