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Japan crude oil refinery utilisation rate: 77.2 % (2026.07) +10.8%

PAJ (Petroleum Association of Japan) - Stock Data Authoritative source Published 8th September 2026 Japan

What the source reported

Source-reported

Japan crude oil refinery utilisation rate: 77.2 % for 2026.07. Previous (2026.06): 69.7 %, change +10.8%. Geography: Japan. Crude oil end-of-month inventory 11,526,591 kilolitres (source: METI, disseminated by PAJ).

Publication
PAJ (Petroleum Association of Japan) - Stock Data · Commodity/Energy Organisation
Published
8th September 2026
Original report
paj.gr.jp

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What ProcIntel recorded

ProcIntel-derived
Category
Commodities & Input Costs
Geography
Japan
Organisations
None identified
Collected
26th September 2026 · 13:58

Initial assessment ProcIntel's automatic, provisional read of this individual Signal -- Initial Significance and Initial Confidence, computed deterministically before any Event extraction or human review.

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Significance 2 · Moderate
Confidence 2 · Low

Initial Significance Moderate (28.0/100). Strongest contributor: Procurement Impact (12.0/30 points). Limiting factor: Likely Event Severity (3.0/30 points). Initial Confidence Low (39.5/100, data sufficiency: Partial). Strongest contributor: Source Authority (28.0/40 points). Limiting factor: Corroboration (2.5/25 points).

Strongest contributor
Procurement Impact
Limiting factor
Likely Event Severity