Signal · Commodities & Input Costs
Japan crude oil refinery utilisation rate: 75.4 % (2026.08) -2.3%
What the source reported
Source-reportedJapan crude oil refinery utilisation rate: 75.4 % for 2026.08. Previous (2026.07): 77.2 %, change -2.3%. Geography: Japan. Crude oil end-of-month inventory 12,410,188 kilolitres (source: METI, disseminated by PAJ).
- Publication
- PAJ (Petroleum Association of Japan) - Stock Data · Commodity/Energy Organisation
- Published
- 9th October 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
- 9th October 2026 · 16:01
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.
A provisional, automatically computed reading of this individual Signal, before Event extraction or human review. Not a final rating.
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