I decided to make a thread dedicated to real-time indicators of oil demand. Though a lot of sources have been around for some time now, some didn't make anything publicly available up until COVID-19.

Let's have a look at what can be gauged, shall we?

Seatbelts on, plz. #OOTT
These are the Mobility Trend Reports by Apple. The break it down into three categories that reveal a lot about change in behavior, as you can see. More people are driving cars now in order to maintain social distance by avoid the bus and train.

https://www.apple.com/covid19/mobility
These are the Mobility Trend Reports by Apple. The break it down into three categories that reveal a lot about change in behavior, as you can see. More people are driving cars now in order to maintain social distance by avoid the bus and train. https://www.apple.com/covid19/mobility
These are the Mobility Trend Reports by Apple. The break it down into three categories that reveal a lot about change in behavior, as you can see. More people are driving cars now in order to maintain social distance by avoid the bus and train. https://www.apple.com/covid19/mobility
These are the Mobility Trend Reports by Apple. The break it down into three categories that reveal a lot about change in behavior, as you can see. More people are driving cars now in order to maintain social distance by avoid the bus and train. https://www.apple.com/covid19/mobility
These are the Mobility Trend Reports by Apple. The break it down into three categories that reveal a lot about change in behavior, as you can see. More people are driving cars now in order to maintain social distance by avoid the bus and train. https://www.apple.com/covid19/mobility
Stockholm-based FlightRadar24 posts daily stats of how many flights are in session on a daily basis along with moving weekly averages; broken down into commercial traffic and total traffic.

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/statistics 
Stockholm-based FlightRadar24 posts daily stats of how many flights are in session on a daily basis along with moving weekly averages; broken down into commercial traffic and total traffic. https://www.flightradar24.com/data/statistics 
Stockholm-based FlightRadar24 posts daily stats of how many flights are in session on a daily basis along with moving weekly averages; broken down into commercial traffic and total traffic. https://www.flightradar24.com/data/statistics 
Stockholm-based FlightRadar24 posts daily stats of how many flights are in session on a daily basis along with moving weekly averages; broken down into commercial traffic and total traffic. https://www.flightradar24.com/data/statistics 
Stockholm-based FlightRadar24 posts daily stats of how many flights are in session on a daily basis along with moving weekly averages; broken down into commercial traffic and total traffic. https://www.flightradar24.com/data/statistics 
NASA has kept daily snapshots of Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) emissions since 2004. NO2 emissions are a result of burning fuel from vehicles, power plants and industry.

Left-to-Right: Feb 15, March 15, April 15, May 14.

NO2 concentrations are in red.

https://gs614-avdc1-pz.gsfc.nasa.gov/Data2/NO2Total/global_1440x720/daily/Jpeg/
NASA has kept daily snapshots of Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) emissions since 2004. NO2 emissions are a result of burning fuel from vehicles, power plants and industry.Left-to-Right: Feb 15, March 15, April 15, May 14.NO2 concentrations are in red. https://gs614-avdc1-pz.gsfc.nasa.gov/Data2/NO2Total/global_1440x720/daily/Jpeg/
NASA has kept daily snapshots of Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) emissions since 2004. NO2 emissions are a result of burning fuel from vehicles, power plants and industry.Left-to-Right: Feb 15, March 15, April 15, May 14.NO2 concentrations are in red. https://gs614-avdc1-pz.gsfc.nasa.gov/Data2/NO2Total/global_1440x720/daily/Jpeg/
NASA has kept daily snapshots of Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) emissions since 2004. NO2 emissions are a result of burning fuel from vehicles, power plants and industry.Left-to-Right: Feb 15, March 15, April 15, May 14.NO2 concentrations are in red. https://gs614-avdc1-pz.gsfc.nasa.gov/Data2/NO2Total/global_1440x720/daily/Jpeg/
NASA has kept daily snapshots of Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) emissions since 2004. NO2 emissions are a result of burning fuel from vehicles, power plants and industry.Left-to-Right: Feb 15, March 15, April 15, May 14.NO2 concentrations are in red. https://gs614-avdc1-pz.gsfc.nasa.gov/Data2/NO2Total/global_1440x720/daily/Jpeg/
Restaurant table bookings are becoming interesting to watch as nations worldwide and US states now begin to ease some lockdowns. People want to meet up and dine out. They'll drive there (gasoline), and trucks (diesel) will deliver food to the restaurants.

https://www.opentable.com/state-of-industry
Apple is good and all, but as a high-end brand, I don't think their data would be as accurate as if one were to include Android as well, especially in countries where population can't afford iPhones. Therefore, Citymapper looks legit. A good alternative.

https://citymapper.com/cmi 
Apple is good and all, but as a high-end brand, I don't think their data would be as accurate as if one were to include Android as well, especially in countries where population can't afford iPhones. Therefore, Citymapper looks legit. A good alternative. https://citymapper.com/cmi 
Apple is good and all, but as a high-end brand, I don't think their data would be as accurate as if one were to include Android as well, especially in countries where population can't afford iPhones. Therefore, Citymapper looks legit. A good alternative. https://citymapper.com/cmi 
Back to flights again, the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) posts daily stats of how many passengers they screen. A pretty good indicator of jet fuel consumption. It used to be 8 million barrels per day pre-COVID, worldwide.

https://www.tsa.gov/coronavirus/passenger-throughput
Back to flights again, the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) posts daily stats of how many passengers they screen. A pretty good indicator of jet fuel consumption. It used to be 8 million barrels per day pre-COVID, worldwide. https://www.tsa.gov/coronavirus/passenger-throughput
Back to flights again, the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) posts daily stats of how many passengers they screen. A pretty good indicator of jet fuel consumption. It used to be 8 million barrels per day pre-COVID, worldwide. https://www.tsa.gov/coronavirus/passenger-throughput
The all-knowing Google has a very thorough check on the pulse of the world at all times, and are therefore able to give us a detailed breakdown of how things look across many areas.

https://www.google.com/covid19/mobility/
The all-knowing Google has a very thorough check on the pulse of the world at all times, and are therefore able to give us a detailed breakdown of how things look across many areas. https://www.google.com/covid19/mobility/
The all-knowing Google has a very thorough check on the pulse of the world at all times, and are therefore able to give us a detailed breakdown of how things look across many areas. https://www.google.com/covid19/mobility/
How about a more granular breakdown of driven road miles across the US? The yellow areas show you just how much lower they are whereas the dark areas show that it's closer to 0%. It's delayed by 5 or so days, but it's amazing nonetheless. January=baseline

https://www.streetlightdata.com/VMT-monitor-by-county/#emergency-map-response
How about a more granular breakdown of driven road miles across the US? The yellow areas show you just how much lower they are whereas the dark areas show that it's closer to 0%. It's delayed by 5 or so days, but it's amazing nonetheless. January=baseline https://www.streetlightdata.com/VMT-monitor-by-county/#emergency-map-response
How about a more granular breakdown of driven road miles across the US? The yellow areas show you just how much lower they are whereas the dark areas show that it's closer to 0%. It's delayed by 5 or so days, but it's amazing nonetheless. January=baseline https://www.streetlightdata.com/VMT-monitor-by-county/#emergency-map-response
It's one thing to see numbers and graphs, but to get a better visual appreciation, it's nice to see the roads and squares as well. There are many great webcam sites, but these two serve the purpose well.

https://www.weatherbug.com/traffic-cam/ 

https://www.skylinewebcams.com/ 
It's one thing to see numbers and graphs, but to get a better visual appreciation, it's nice to see the roads and squares as well. There are many great webcam sites, but these two serve the purpose well. https://www.weatherbug.com/traffic-cam/  https://www.skylinewebcams.com/ 
It's one thing to see numbers and graphs, but to get a better visual appreciation, it's nice to see the roads and squares as well. There are many great webcam sites, but these two serve the purpose well. https://www.weatherbug.com/traffic-cam/  https://www.skylinewebcams.com/ 
I don't live in the US, but I envy fuel prices there even as they rise because it's still way cheaper than what we pay here in Europe. For that, I turn to GasBuddy. The prices seem to be crowdsourced via their mobile app; installed on millions of phones.

http://fuelinsights.gasbuddy.com/Charts 
Some places are more difficult to get insight out of due to Internet censorship, but there are tourists such as these in China who publish videos on SnapChat that help us confirm the charts. More people driving, far less riding the bus.

https://map.snapchat.com/ 
And then we have the most talked-about data source for vehicular traffic, and that would be TomTom. Their data truly is global, and collected around the clock past several years. We get clear insight into YoY traffic congestion.

https://www.tomtom.com/en_gb/traffic-index/

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HhzJb-ECT1tNG6TIWIZO5rQ_Aj-h1LaiVwUGjuH08o4/edit?usp=sharing
And then we have the most talked-about data source for vehicular traffic, and that would be TomTom. Their data truly is global, and collected around the clock past several years. We get clear insight into YoY traffic congestion. https://www.tomtom.com/en_gb/traffic-index/ https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HhzJb-ECT1tNG6TIWIZO5rQ_Aj-h1LaiVwUGjuH08o4/edit?usp=sharing
And then we have the most talked-about data source for vehicular traffic, and that would be TomTom. Their data truly is global, and collected around the clock past several years. We get clear insight into YoY traffic congestion. https://www.tomtom.com/en_gb/traffic-index/ https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HhzJb-ECT1tNG6TIWIZO5rQ_Aj-h1LaiVwUGjuH08o4/edit?usp=sharing
I now end this thread with my list of oil bookmarks which I hope you'll find useful/interesting. If you have anything new which I don't have on the list, please share and let's have a look!

Drive safely, folks! #OOTT https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Pq1tZVgUfz5a2-ngAj9yccQf1JfGdeQp0J1N0HdEkiE/edit?usp=sharing
Sam’s List of Oil Bookmarks

Sam’s List of Oil Bookmarks Energy Information Administration (EIA) Tip: They’re best reviewed in 4 week moving averages instead of on a weekly basis US SPR - out every Monday at around 2pm ET, or...

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Pq1tZVgUfz5a2-ngAj9yccQf1JfGdeQp0J1N0HdEkiE/edit?usp=sharing
Glad so many enjoyed this thread. I'll keep updating my bookmarks but do encourage y'all to share me anything of general interest and I'll add them to the list.

Thanks again and wishing all a safe & sane week ahead!
OK, so here's another nice one by SafeGraph. It's foot traffic. I know it's not directly oil, but indirectly given that the stores have to be restocked by truck. Looks like folks REALLY want tacos now! The site also has some other good related data.

https://www.safegraph.com/dashboard/covid19-commerce-patterns
OK, so here's another nice one by SafeGraph. It's foot traffic. I know it's not directly oil, but indirectly given that the stores have to be restocked by truck. Looks like folks REALLY want tacos now! The site also has some other good related data. https://www.safegraph.com/dashboard/covid19-commerce-patterns
OK, so here's another nice one by SafeGraph. It's foot traffic. I know it's not directly oil, but indirectly given that the stores have to be restocked by truck. Looks like folks REALLY want tacos now! The site also has some other good related data. https://www.safegraph.com/dashboard/covid19-commerce-patterns
This one's pretty sick! It's Europe's (not just EU) power consumption in real-time, and you can see which specific feedstock generates the x-amount of megawatts. I chose Germany + Fossil Oil. See 2019 vs 2020. YOWZA!

https://transparency.entsoe.eu/generation/r2/actualGenerationPerProductionType/show?name=&defaultValue=false&viewType=TABLE&areaType=CTY&atch=false&datepicker-day-offset-select-dv-date-from_input=D&dateTime.dateTime=19.05.2020+00:00|CET|DAYTIMERANGE&dateTime.endDateTime=19.05.2020+00:00|CET|DAYTIMERANGE&area.values=CTY|10Y1001A1001A83F!CTY|10Y1001A1001A83F&productionType.values=B06&productionType.values=B07&dateTime.timezone=CET_CEST&dateTime.timezone_input=CET+(UTC+1)+/+CEST+(UTC+2)
This one's pretty sick! It's Europe's (not just EU) power consumption in real-time, and you can see which specific feedstock generates the x-amount of megawatts. I chose Germany + Fossil Oil. See 2019 vs 2020. YOWZA! https://transparency.entsoe.eu/generation/r2/actualGenerationPerProductionType/show?name=&defaultValue=false&viewType=TABLE&areaType=CTY&atch=false&datepicker-day-offset-select-dv-date-from_input=D&dateTime.dateTime=19.05.2020+00:00|CET|DAYTIMERANGE&dateTime.endDateTime=19.05.2020+00:00|CET|DAYTIMERANGE&area.values=CTY|10Y1001A1001A83F!CTY|10Y1001A1001A83F&productionType.values=B06&productionType.values=B07&dateTime.timezone=CET_CEST&dateTime.timezone_input=CET+(UTC+1)+/+CEST+(UTC+2)
This one's pretty sick! It's Europe's (not just EU) power consumption in real-time, and you can see which specific feedstock generates the x-amount of megawatts. I chose Germany + Fossil Oil. See 2019 vs 2020. YOWZA! https://transparency.entsoe.eu/generation/r2/actualGenerationPerProductionType/show?name=&defaultValue=false&viewType=TABLE&areaType=CTY&atch=false&datepicker-day-offset-select-dv-date-from_input=D&dateTime.dateTime=19.05.2020+00:00|CET|DAYTIMERANGE&dateTime.endDateTime=19.05.2020+00:00|CET|DAYTIMERANGE&area.values=CTY|10Y1001A1001A83F!CTY|10Y1001A1001A83F&productionType.values=B06&productionType.values=B07&dateTime.timezone=CET_CEST&dateTime.timezone_input=CET+(UTC+1)+/+CEST+(UTC+2)
This site does a great job in visualizing power consumption across Europe. You can see impact on a weekly basis vs 2019. The site's called Infogram.

https://infogram.com/electricity-ratios-across-europe-1h8n6mz3ngkz2xo
This site does a great job in visualizing power consumption across Europe. You can see impact on a weekly basis vs 2019. The site's called Infogram. https://infogram.com/electricity-ratios-across-europe-1h8n6mz3ngkz2xo
This site does a great job in visualizing power consumption across Europe. You can see impact on a weekly basis vs 2019. The site's called Infogram. https://infogram.com/electricity-ratios-across-europe-1h8n6mz3ngkz2xo
This site does a great job in visualizing power consumption across Europe. You can see impact on a weekly basis vs 2019. The site's called Infogram. https://infogram.com/electricity-ratios-across-europe-1h8n6mz3ngkz2xo
This site does a great job in visualizing power consumption across Europe. You can see impact on a weekly basis vs 2019. The site's called Infogram. https://infogram.com/electricity-ratios-across-europe-1h8n6mz3ngkz2xo
The EIA is in on this as well. You can track power consumption in real-time across Amreeka.

https://www.eia.gov/realtime_grid/#/status
Oh man, this one's gorgeous!

Check out the details on the left. Beautiful!

ElectricityMap

https://www.electricitymap.org/ 
Some amazing daily insights into UK & Ireland hotel bookings/cancellations/rate changes, etc; by AVVIO.

https://www.avvio.com/coronavirus/#impact-section
Some amazing daily insights into UK & Ireland hotel bookings/cancellations/rate changes, etc; by AVVIO. https://www.avvio.com/coronavirus/#impact-section
Some amazing daily insights into UK & Ireland hotel bookings/cancellations/rate changes, etc; by AVVIO. https://www.avvio.com/coronavirus/#impact-section
Some amazing daily insights into UK & Ireland hotel bookings/cancellations/rate changes, etc; by AVVIO. https://www.avvio.com/coronavirus/#impact-section
SimilarWeb Coronavirus Data & Insights Hub shows things the way we like to see it: in graphs. Select the region/country at the bottom-right. Default is world.

https://www.similarweb.com/coronavirus 
SimilarWeb Coronavirus Data & Insights Hub shows things the way we like to see it: in graphs. Select the region/country at the bottom-right. Default is world. https://www.similarweb.com/coronavirus 
SimilarWeb Coronavirus Data & Insights Hub shows things the way we like to see it: in graphs. Select the region/country at the bottom-right. Default is world. https://www.similarweb.com/coronavirus 
*CHOO-CHOO!* We have Rail Traffic Data for North America. You can see oil transport there.

https://www.aar.org/data-center/rail-traffic-data/
*CHOO-CHOO!* We have Rail Traffic Data for North America. You can see oil transport there. https://www.aar.org/data-center/rail-traffic-data/
*CHOO-CHOO!* We have Rail Traffic Data for North America. You can see oil transport there. https://www.aar.org/data-center/rail-traffic-data/
*CHOO-CHOO!* We have Rail Traffic Data for North America. You can see oil transport there. https://www.aar.org/data-center/rail-traffic-data/
ALASKA IS THE MOST AWESOME US OIL STATE EVER!

They post their oil production DAILY! #OOTT #EIAReport

http://tax.alaska.gov/programs/oil/production.aspx?10034
A strong rebound in road traffic in China, Germany and Sweden. Yesterday (Thursday, May 21st) was Ascension Day, so majority had the day off and most of those also took Friday off. Weather was great! Anyway, China is undoubtedly consuming a crazy amount of gasoline, for sure.
A strong rebound in road traffic in China, Germany and Sweden. Yesterday (Thursday, May 21st) was Ascension Day, so majority had the day off and most of those also took Friday off. Weather was great! Anyway, China is undoubtedly consuming a crazy amount of gasoline, for sure.
A strong rebound in road traffic in China, Germany and Sweden. Yesterday (Thursday, May 21st) was Ascension Day, so majority had the day off and most of those also took Friday off. Weather was great! Anyway, China is undoubtedly consuming a crazy amount of gasoline, for sure.
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