Basra and Khor al-Amaya oil terminals: port occupancy and satellite views

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Port in Iraq at 29.690, 48.835. Basra and Khor al-Amaya oil terminals, port in Iraq, watched from orbit: no thermal anomaly recorded since 1 Apr 2026, when this site's watch began; port occupancy 37 large vessels, week of 12 Oct to 18 Oct 2026; normal not ready yet.

nonelast thermal anomaly
0thermal anomalies, 365 days
37large vessels, week median
Basra and Khor al-Amaya oil terminals

Latest view

No clear Sentinel-2 view of this site yet.

Thermal anomalies

No thermal anomaly recorded since 1 Apr 2026, when this site's watch began. A quiet site is no reading, never a statement that nothing happened.

Port occupancy, weekly median of large vesselsone line per satellite orbit; dashed: the main orbit's normal, its trailing 8 weeks
2026-W17: orbit 35, median 31 large vessels, normal not ready2026-W19: orbit 35, median 36 large vessels, normal not ready2026-W21: orbit 35, median 32.5 large vessels, normal not ready2026-W23: orbit 35, median 33.5 large vessels, normal not ready2026-W24: orbit 35, median 32 large vessels, normal not ready2026-W26: orbit 35, median 30 large vessels, normal not ready2026-W27: orbit 35, median 30 large vessels, normal not ready2026-W29: orbit 35, median 32 large vessels, normal not ready2026-W30: orbit 35, median 27 large vessels, normal not ready2026-W32: orbit 35, median 36 large vessels, normal not ready2026-W34: orbit 35, median 32 large vessels, normal not ready2026-W36: orbit 35, median 35 large vessels, normal not ready2026-W37: orbit 35, median 32 large vessels, normal not ready2026-W39: orbit 35, median 36 large vessels, normal not ready2026-W41: orbit 35, median 41 large vessels, normal not ready2026-W42: orbit 35, median 37 large vessels, normal not ready2026-W17: orbit 174, median 32 large vessels, normal not ready2026-W18: orbit 174, median 40 large vessels, normal not ready2026-W19: orbit 174, median 40 large vessels, normal not ready2026-W20: orbit 174, median 33 large vessels, normal not ready2026-W21: orbit 174, median 35 large vessels, normal not ready2026-W22: orbit 174, median 37 large vessels, normal not ready2026-W23: orbit 174, median 35 large vessels, normal 362026-W24: orbit 174, median 34 large vessels, normal 352026-W25: orbit 174, median 37 large vessels, normal 352026-W26: orbit 174, median 31.5 large vessels, normal 362026-W27: orbit 174, median 45 large vessels, normal 352026-W28: orbit 174, median 35 large vessels, normal 352026-W29: orbit 174, median 35 large vessels, normal 352026-W30: orbit 174, median 30 large vessels, normal 352026-W31: orbit 174, median 37 large vessels, normal 352026-W32: orbit 174, median 28 large vessels, normal 352026-W33: orbit 174, median 34.5 large vessels, normal 352026-W34: orbit 174, median 35 large vessels, normal 34.82026-W35: orbit 174, median 41 large vessels, normal 352026-W36: orbit 174, median 34 large vessels, normal 352026-W37: orbit 174, median 35 large vessels, normal 34.82026-W38: orbit 174, median 36 large vessels, normal 34.82026-W39: orbit 174, median 38.5 large vessels, normal 352026-W40: orbit 174, median 45 large vessels, normal 352026-W41: orbit 174, median 43 large vessels, normal 35.52026-W42: orbit 174, median 36 large vessels, normal 37.32026-W17: orbit 108, median 28 large vessels, normal not ready2026-W18: orbit 108, median 33 large vessels, normal not ready2026-W19: orbit 108, median 29 large vessels, normal not ready2026-W20: orbit 108, median 27.5 large vessels, normal not ready2026-W21: orbit 108, median 25 large vessels, normal not ready2026-W22: orbit 108, median 28 large vessels, normal not ready2026-W23: orbit 108, median 31.5 large vessels, normal 282026-W24: orbit 108, median 31 large vessels, normal 282026-W25: orbit 108, median 32 large vessels, normal 28.52026-W26: orbit 108, median 26 large vessels, normal 302026-W27: orbit 108, median 28 large vessels, normal 28.52026-W28: orbit 108, median 28 large vessels, normal 282026-W29: orbit 108, median 31 large vessels, normal 282026-W30: orbit 108, median 28 large vessels, normal 29.52026-W31: orbit 108, median 26 large vessels, normal 29.52026-W32: orbit 108, median 27 large vessels, normal 282026-W33: orbit 108, median 30 large vessels, normal 282026-W34: orbit 108, median 30 large vessels, normal 282026-W35: orbit 108, median 30.5 large vessels, normal 282026-W36: orbit 108, median 25 large vessels, normal 292026-W37: orbit 108, median 23 large vessels, normal 292026-W38: orbit 108, median 29 large vessels, normal 27.52026-W39: orbit 108, median 32 large vessels, normal 282026-W40: orbit 108, median 29 large vessels, normal 29.52026-W41: orbit 108, median 33 large vessels, normal 29.52026-W42: orbit 108, median 28 large vessels, normal 29.5
36 large vessels, week of 12 Oct to 18 Oct 2026; normal 37 (1.0x). Port occupancy counts large vessels inside the port's box from Sentinel-1 radar, as a weekly median against the port's own trailing eight weeks. It cannot see ships at a quay or outside the box, and small craft do not register.
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What this reading can say. A thermal anomaly means NASA's FIRMS satellites saw more heat at the site than it usually shows, at the moment they passed. It does not say why: flaring, a process upset, maintenance and a fire read alike. What it cannot. A fire put out between two passes is never seen, cloud and smoke hide heat, and a site that flares gas every day reads hot on its own, which is why each site is measured against its own normal. A quiet site is no reading at all, never a statement that nothing happened. A site view is a dated Sentinel-2 image: context for a reading, never proof of damage. The SWIR view shows heat and burn scars that true colour cannot. Port occupancy counts large vessels inside the port's box from Sentinel-1 radar, as a weekly median against the port's own trailing eight weeks. It cannot see ships at a quay or outside the box, and small craft do not register.

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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (Sentinel-2; Sentinel-1 for port occupancy).

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