PANOPT puts what instruments measured beside what was claimed about the conflicts that move oil. Its three public ledgers can be quoted and charted with credit.
What you can use
The Chokepoint Ledger (/ledger): the radar count of hulls in open water at the Strait of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb on every Sentinel-1 pass back to 2015, the Hormuz crossings estimate, and every published traffic figure, graded.
The Strike Ledger (/strikes): claims that an oil plant was hit, each beside the fire NASA's satellites recorded there on the nights around it.
The Ship Attack Ledger (/ships): reported attacks on merchant ships, each beside the heat at sea NASA's satellites recorded around the position it was reported at.
Licence. PANOPT's counts, estimates and verdicts, as shown on the public ledgers, are CC BY 4.0: credit PANOPT and keep the source line (Copernicus Sentinel data for radar; NASA FIRMS for fire). Figures PANOPT quotes from others stay theirs: link their source, which each ledger row gives.
How to cite
PANOPT, Chokepoint Ledger: Strait of Hormuz, https://panopt.online/hormuz (accessed 24 Oct 2026). Radar counts CC BY 4.0; contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data.
PANOPT, Strike Ledger, https://panopt.online/strikes (accessed 24 Oct 2026). Verdicts CC BY 4.0; fire detections from NASA FIRMS (VIIRS).
For journalists. Working journalists and researchers who credit PANOPT can have Pro's features free. Write from a work address, or send a recent byline, to admin@panopt.online.
What the numbers are, and are not
A radar count is the hulls in open water at the moment of a pass, crossing or waiting. It is not a count of ships crossing, and it cannot say whose a hull is.
The crossings estimate is a model built from those snapshots, graded E (indicated), with every step shown on /hormuz.
A strike verdict says what burned, not what caused it. No heat never means nothing happened: cloud, the hours between passes and a fire put out quickly all leave none.
PANOPT gives dated reads of the market, never price forecasts or advice.
Cards to download
Each card is dated by when it was made. The ledgers update with each pass, so check the page for today's reading.
Hormuz: the radar estimate of crossings a day by month, beside every published single-day figure · made 24 Oct 2026A decade of radar passes over the strait, weekly medians, with the war marked · made 24 Oct 2026A decade of radar passes over the strait, weekly medians, with the war marked · made 24 Oct 2026Two figures published for the same day or period, side by side with their grades · made 24 Oct 2026Two figures published for the same day or period, side by side with their grades · made 24 Oct 2026Two figures published for the same day or period, side by side with their grades · made 24 Oct 2026Two figures published for the same day or period, side by side with their grades · made 24 Oct 2026Two figures published for the same day or period, side by side with their grades · made 24 Oct 2026Two figures published for the same day or period, side by side with their grades · made 24 Oct 2026Two figures published for the same day or period, side by side with their grades · made 24 Oct 2026A claimed strike on an oil plant, beside the fire the satellites recorded there · made 24 Oct 2026A claimed strike on an oil plant, beside the fire the satellites recorded there · made 24 Oct 2026A claimed strike on an oil plant, beside the fire the satellites recorded there · made 24 Oct 2026The latest radar pass over the strait, with the counted hulls ringed · made 24 Oct 2026The latest radar pass over the strait, with the counted hulls ringed · made 24 Oct 2026The Ship Attack Ledger: reported attacks on merchant ships, and how many left heat at sea a satellite recorded · made 24 Oct 2026
Contact
On X: @Pan_Opt. Questions, data requests and corrections: admin@panopt.online. A figure shown wrong is corrected the same day, and the change is logged on the changelog.
PANOPT gives dated reads, not price forecasts. General information only, not financial advice.
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