ENERGYFREEMonthly
JODI Oil Databasehttps://jodidata.org
Country self-reported production — baseline for all energy analysis
ENERGYFREEAnnual
BP Statistical Reviewhttps://bp.com/statisticalreview
Global energy in one spreadsheet — gold standard for historical data
ENERGYFREEAnnual
Aramco Annual Reportshttps://aramco.com/en/investors
Post-2019 IPO contains field-level data never disclosed before
MARKETFREEWeekly
CFTC Commitment of Tradershttps://cftc.gov/MarketReports/CommitmentsofTraders
Speculative positioning in crude — extreme longs precede crashes
MARKETFREELive
CME Crude Futures Curvehttps://cmegroup.com/markets/energy/crude-oil/light-sweet-crude.html
WTI/Brent forward curve to 2030+ — what sophisticated money believes
SATELLITEFREE TIERNear real-time
⭐ Kayrros Methane Watchhttps://kayrros.com/methane-watch
Satellite methane — 2-10x company-reported. ±30% uncertainty.
SATELLITEFREEAnnual
⭐ IEA Global Methane Tracker 2025https://iea.org/reports/global-methane-tracker-2025
Confirmed 80% undercount. Most important free emissions source.
SATELLITEFREEDaily
ESA Sentinel-5Phttps://sentinel.esa.int
Raw atmospheric methane + CO2 from orbit
FLOWSFREE TIERLive
MarineTraffic AIShttps://marinetraffic.com
Tanker movements from key terminals
FLOWSFREE TIERDaily
Kplerhttps://kpler.com
Physical cargo flows — industry standard
FLOWSFREE (reports)Weekly
Vortexa Insightshttps://vortexa.com/insights
Cargo analytics reports
FLOWSFREEOngoing
Global Energy Monitorhttps://globalenergymonitor.org
Facility-level tracking of energy infrastructure
DEBTFREEPeriodic
⭐ AidData CDFP Datasethttps://aiddata.org/data/aiddatas-global-chinese-development-finance-dataset-version-3-0
China's overseas development finance 2000-2021 — hidden debt source
MARKETFREEAnnual
Damodaran Country Riskhttps://pages.stern.nyu.edu/~adamodar
Country risk premiums + CDS by Damodaran — authoritative
MARKETFREEQuarterly
SWF Institute Fund Rankingshttps://swfinstitute.org/fund-rankings
Sovereign wealth fund allocation shifts signal reserve confidence
LABORFREEAnnual
World Bank Remittance Datahttps://data.worldbank.org/indicator/BX.TRF.PWKR.CD.DT
Remittance corridor flows — leads official stats
LABORFREEQuarterly
Saudi GASTAT Labor Surveyhttps://stats.gov.sa
Official Saudi labor — compare vs Philippines OFW for divergence
LABORFREEAnnual
SPE Membership Datahttps://spe.org/en/about/annual-report
Petroleum engineer workforce trends
LABORFREEOngoing
H-1B Visa Filingshttps://h1bdata.info
Oil/gas engineer visa filings — activity proxy
ACADEMICFREE ABSTRACTSOngoing
SPE OnePetrohttps://onepetro.org
Technical papers on specific field performance — search by field name
ACADEMICFREE2010
Höök et al (2010) Naturehttps://doi.org/10.1038/nenergy.2010.1
Validity of fossil fuel outlooks in IPCC scenarios