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Train-by-train LNG liquefaction operating status with estimated MTPA output per terminal, refinery operational-level reads, and on-shore crude tank inventory estimates (including SPR), all derived from satellite passes on a weekly cadence. The observation record is asset-level and derived: thermal SWIR detections converted into an on/off state per liquefaction train and a percentage-of-nameplate throughput estimate, plus tank fullness readings for crude storage where no official weekly figure is published.

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Industry: Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation
Instruments: commoditiesderivativesoptionsequities

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Type: not stated
Format: Multimodal — raster satellite imagery (true color + SWIR thermal, Sentinel-2 and Landsat) plus geotagged tabular time series (train-level status flags, MTPA estimates, inventory in million barrels, lat/lon asset coordinates, pass dates)
Volume: Order of 10^4 asset-level derived observations: multi-sensor passes at 1-3 per week per asset across a tracked estate of terminals, refineries, and tank farms (Ras Laffan, Qatar LNG and Das Island alone are 17 trains resolved individually), each producing a status + MTPA record, plus a weekly national-scale crude inventory series and per-pass raster imagery. Reasoned as ~30 tracked assets x ~2 passes/week x ~4 years of archive.
Users: N/A — deliberately no account, subscription, or platform login; engagement is per-project ('No subscriptions or annual commitments ... One brief, one deliverable'), so no registered-user base exists to count
History: 4 years
Update frequency: not stated
Growth: Active — imagery is current ('Last pass processed: 2026-07-16'), the crude inventory series runs to weekly averages 'to 2026-09-18', and new asset-level trackers and notes are being published on live disruption events
Launched: ~2024-2025 for the public tracker product, on a practice dating to ~2021 — the site describes 'Five years of energy-focused satellite analysis' as prior domain experience, and the published derived series begins 2022
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