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Changelog

beta 4.8
beta 4.8A library that never scrolls2026-10-27
  • the grade and field list turns pages instead of scrolling: a pager, page keys, arrow keys and the mouse wheel move through it, and it opens on the page with your grade
  • each card fits the screen, with tabs for properties, distillation and source, and for fields their record and reservoir
  • the quality map marks export grades too, and the distillation view leads with its four product groups
beta 4.7A tidier library and calmer pages2026-10-26
  • the crude library fits on one screen: one row of filters, a denser list, and each grade's card laid out in two columns so its assay, trading record and quality map show without scrolling
  • the calendar shows the whole month at once, with the next release and what is coming up beside it
  • status, changelog, about and positioning use the screen better, with less empty space, and every page's tabs sit a little tighter
  • prices beside a chart's name hold still when you switch route, grade or country, and freight rates read larger; chart legends no longer shuffle as you move across a chart
beta 4.6Global benchmarks across the desk2026-10-24
  • gasoil, Dubai, Oman and Shanghai crude now appear on the map at their delivery points, on the calendar as expiries, and as a board window
  • crude grades priced off Dubai/Oman in the library link straight to the Oman curve
beta 4.5Share cards, redesigned and yours to set up2026-10-22
  • cards carry the petral logo on a clean, flat background, with a lighter chart drawn on the card itself and a quiet one-line footer
  • a price card reads like a quote: the name large with the price beside it, and the market and the change in colour on the line beneath
  • the card window has settings: write your own title, show the change as %, points or both, and turn the ticker, market, price, axes, grid, last-value tag, source and date on or off
beta 4.4Global curves, Alt jumps2026-10-22
  • a new global tab under curves has gasoil, Dubai, Oman and Shanghai crude curves, with their spreads to Brent and to each other
  • hold Alt to see every page's letter, and Alt plus that letter jumps straight there
  • tidier labels and tables across physical, shipping, supply, gas and positioning
beta 4.3Keyboard desk, Europe data, phone fixes2026-10-22
  • drive petral from the keyboard: g then a letter jumps to a page, [ and ] step through tabs, / opens search, arrow keys walk table rows, j and k walk the news wire, and ? lists every key
  • a footer strip shows whether NYMEX and ICE are open and how fresh the quotes are, and a new Europe view under supply has monthly EU oil stocks, refinery runs, fuel deliveries and where EU crude comes from
  • every page was checked on a phone and tidied: no clipped headers, cramped tiles or crushed charts, shorter labels, and a few wrong numbers fixed
beta 4.2Cleaner panels2026-10-21
  • the small print under charts and tables is gone: panels show the numbers and labels, without the notes that explained them
beta 4.1Charts that move the way you drag them2026-10-21
  • a chart always pans when you drag it, even fully zoomed out, and drag the date axis to stretch or squeeze time just as you drag the price axis
  • the scale and studies menus open in full on small charts and board windows
  • board windows no longer open when you click inside them, and the news overlay on price charts is gone
beta 4.0New charts everywhere, and a chart screen for any spread2026-10-21
  • every chart on petral is redrawn on our own engine: a crosshair that reads every line at once, zoom and pan, last-value tags on the axis, and a measure tool for the change between any two points
  • add moving averages, bollinger bands, a rolling z-score or realised vol to any price chart, compare lines as % change or rebased to 100, switch to a log scale, and draw levels and trend lines that stay where you left them
  • a new chart tab under markets plots any series or any spread, ratio or crack you type, like co1 - cl1 or ho/cl, with its statistics; type it in the ctrl+k palette to open it from anywhere
beta 3.7Learn from the command line, and every rate by name2026-10-21
  • type lrn in the ctrl+k palette to open petral learn; inside learn's own search, trmnl takes you back to the terminal
  • the desk palette no longer mixes in lessons, glossary terms or release notes; learn's search shows only learn, and the full search page still finds everything
  • every line on rates & fx now has its own command: the 10y us bond, the bund, the gilt, 2s10s, the fed and ecb rates, breakevens and cpi open that exact series, not just the page
beta 3.6A bigger layer picker, and pipelines with flow data2026-10-21
  • add layers is now a wide dialog: layers sit in folding categories, each one opens to the filters it carries, and your selection stays in view beside them
  • the pipelines layer can show only the lines with a published flow
beta 3.5A steadier, smarter command line2026-10-20
  • the ctrl+k palette holds still while you type, and a line with a typo, like curv crcks gasolne, goes straight where you meant
  • a product on the cracks tab opens its crack, and asking for an asset always lands on that asset
  • search results fill the whole page, with a rail to narrow them by type
beta 3.4A modular world map2026-10-20
  • the map's layers open in a side panel from a layers button above it: add or remove whole layers, then narrow each one, down to tankers by cargo, clean or dirty trade, size, speed and position source; small vessels start hidden
  • a ports layer, every oil and chemical tanker now marked clean or dirty, and a calmer marker for tracked ships
  • about 175 more refineries, nearly every operating us refinery with its crude capacity, and tankers bound for more oil terminals land in the right place
beta 3.3Global rates, and every price names its contract2026-10-20
  • rates now span the us, germany, the uk, japan and canada: every yield, spread and policy rate has its own history, and each curve compares with an earlier day or with the others; the fx view was rebuilt around each currency against the dollar and how it moves with crude
  • futures quotes say which delivery month they are everywhere, and a contract in its last sessions comes off the curve, so the front month is the one that trades
  • dates, numbers, tickers and table headers read the same everywhere, plus many small fixes: tables fade at the edge, readings outside the five-year range say so, forecasts are drawn apart from history
beta 3.2Sharper news sentiment2026-10-19
  • every headline's bullish, bearish or neutral read now comes from a language model trained on oil headlines, right far more often than the old rules
  • each headline is read once and everyone sees the same call; the rule votes still show beside it
  • more wire coverage of oil and energy, and headlines now open on the publisher's site in a new tab
beta 3.1A terminal command line and search2026-10-19
  • Ctrl+K is now a command line: type a page, a tab and an asset in any order, like CRV HISTORY CL or COT HO, and go straight there
  • Tab completes as you type and offers what can come next; a bare ticker lists every view that can show it, with its latest price
  • your recent commands sit at the top, and HELP lists every function code
  • a new search page: type anything that is not a command and see everything similar across petral, from pages and markets to crude grades, oil fields, lessons and reports, even with a typo
beta 3.0A sharper desk2026-10-19
  • one way to switch what any view shows: click the name at the top of a chart or tile, on the board and every page, to pick from a searchable list with each one's latest value
  • a calmer, denser look: squarer panels, quieter controls, one consistent type scale, and a fuller default board
  • the ticker now holds still and every quote opens its market; the scrolling tape is still one click away in its settings
beta 2.32A roomier world map2026-10-16
  • layers open from a tab at the side of the map and float over it, laid out as a plain list with the infra and market switch, prices and freight inside
  • hover a tanker for its name, size, speed and destination; click it for a full vessel panel on the right
  • pipelines, fields, refineries, terminals, price hubs and chokepoints open in the same right-hand panel, with the selection highlighted, and the sea no longer flashes blue while zooming
beta 2.31Your account, your copy2026-10-16
  • download everything petral holds about your account as one file, from account settings
  • email addresses with an apostrophe in them can now sign up
beta 2.30Ports, India and China2026-10-15
  • new oil ports view: daily tanker loadings and discharges at the key export terminals and import hubs, each against its own norm, with the events disrupting them
  • india: monthly fuel demand by product and crude runs at every refinery, with refineries running well below normal called out
  • china: crude imports by origin, and the gap between what china says it bought from malaysia and what malaysia says it sold
beta 2.29Easier to find2026-10-15
  • every page now has its own title, summary and preview card, so links to a chart or a lesson show what they point to
  • the learn guides are easier for search engines to discover and read
beta 2.28.1Diesel crack, by name2026-10-14
  • the heating-oil crack is now labelled the diesel crack everywhere it appears, and searching "diesel crack" opens it directly
beta 2.28Everything ready, sooner2026-10-14
  • after you arrive, every page and tab loads quietly in the background, one at a time - and the page you open jumps to the front of the line
  • daily and weekly data opens instantly from what was already loaded, while a fresh copy arrives behind it; live prices also load much faster
  • chart titles are larger and look the same everywhere, and switching grade or benchmark changes the number without moving it
beta 2.27Know your tankers2026-10-14
  • far fewer tankers show as unclassed or unknown cargo: the ship list behind the map now covers the whole tanker fleet
  • chemical, bunkering and other tankers get their own cargo tags instead of reading unknown
beta 2.26Smoother, steadier, quieter2026-10-14
  • switching tabs is instant and nothing jumps or flickers: pages load in the background, charts appear at their final size, and pages fit the screen without scrolling
  • you stay signed in for 30 days, the ticker no longer stops, tankers on the map point the way they are heading, and the calendar is easier to read
  • news has a drivers column - top topics, active risks and most-mentioned places - in place of the map and chart, and every view's source now sits in one quiet line with far fewer badges and captions
beta 2.25Share cards, redesigned2026-10-13
  • make a share card of whatever you are looking at from the command palette (Ctrl+K, "card") or Ctrl+Shift+S
  • see the card before it leaves, then copy it straight into a post or chat, download it, or share it from your phone
  • a bolder, tighter card design, and the card button no longer sits on top of every chart
beta 2.24A leaner petral2026-10-13
  • freight and tanker tracking are now one Shipping page, and rates, FX and move attribution now live inside Markets
  • weather moved into News, US shale and rig counts into EIA, and closely related views now share one tab with a quick switch
  • removed a handful of panels that showed only sample data or were too thin to be worth a tab
beta 2.23The finishing touches2026-10-13
  • petral can be added to a phone's home screen like an app, in the desk's own colours
  • printed pages leave out the menus, ticker and banners
  • a skip-to-content link for keyboard users, and clearer messages when the site fails to start or JavaScript is off
beta 2.22The map shows the market2026-10-13
  • the world map switches between Infra (pipelines, fields, refineries, terminals) and Market
  • Market pins prices where they are quoted - WTI at Cushing, Brent, New York Harbor gasoline and diesel, Henry Hub, TTF and WCS - beside measured pipeline flows, chokepoint traffic, live tankers and tanker freight
  • a cleaner layer panel with grouped sections and switches
beta 2.21Macro reads like Markets2026-10-13
  • the FX and Rates tabs are now a sortable list beside a chart, the same layout as Markets
  • rates puts every Treasury tenor, spread, policy rate, breakeven and CPI series in one list
  • the AIS regions and watchlist sidebars slide open and shut
beta 2.20Pin a tanker and follow it2026-10-12
  • pin any tanker on the AIS map to keep it highlighted, with its trail, destination and distance to go in a watchlist beside the map
  • get a notification, on any page, when a pinned tanker reaches its destination, changes destination or drops off AIS
  • the AIS map's filters now fit in one slim toolbar, leaving the map more room
beta 2.19Tankers that point where they are going2026-10-12
  • moving tankers on the AIS map are now arrows pointing the way they are heading, and stopped ones stay dots
  • hovering a tanker shows its heading, course and declared destination
beta 2.18A dashboard, not a data feed2026-10-12
  • petral's numbers now load only inside petral's own pages, with protection against automated scraping
  • the embed builder has its own page, under Embed at the bottom of the menu
  • the shortcut numbers in the side menu now disappear the moment it closes
beta 2.17Sharper news2026-10-08
  • the news feed reads headlines far more accurately, telling a ceasefire ending from one starting, imports from exports and a sanctions waiver from new sanctions
  • news now draws on more outlets, so a story carried by several of them ranks higher
  • questions and opinion pieces no longer count as bullish or bearish news
beta 2.16A new Brief2026-10-07
  • rebuilt the brief from scratch: one table of what moved, ranked by how unusual each move was for that market
  • the WTI and Brent curves, US stocks, positioning, grade differentials and the stories that matter, each number shown once
  • a clearer share card for the open and the close
beta 2.15One Library, and the fine print2026-10-07
  • the crude atlas and global grades are now one list, with a card for every grade showing where it loads, who sells it and what it prices off
  • compare crudes by pressing compare and clicking them in the list
  • new dropdowns across the site, a quieter search, and a search of its own inside petral learn
  • added an about section with methodology, terms, privacy and a disclaimer, a cookie choice, and an optional weekly EIA email when you sign up
  • the sidebar now glides open and closed smoothly
  • page tabs no longer shrink or shift when you click between them
beta 2.14A fuller Library2026-10-06
  • every oil field in the Library now shows where it is, how much oil it holds and has left, how much it produces and which crude it feeds
  • new ways to sort fields by remaining reserves, total recoverable, current output and depletion
  • added Basrah Heavy, Búzios, Mero and Tupi, and linked more fields to the crude they produce
beta 2.13The whole US pipeline network2026-10-06
  • the world map now shows the complete US pipeline network, with no more lines stopping mid-state
beta 2.12Flows on the world map2026-10-05
  • hover a major pipeline to see how much gas or oil it is moving
  • added shipping chokepoints with daily tanker traffic
  • removed the AIS capture regions from the world map
  • the vol surface and the tanker maps load faster
  • corrected labels and figures across the site after a full accuracy review
beta 2.11Gas on the world map2026-10-05
  • added gas pipelines to the world map
  • added major gas fields as their own layer
beta 2.10Library page & map polish2026-10-05
  • added the Library page for the Crude Atlas and Global Grades
  • improved map zoom, layering and popups
beta 2.9Simpler source badges2026-10-05
  • unified panel footers into a single source badge
  • added full country flags to the world fleet view
beta 2.8Gas page2026-10-05
  • added a natural gas page: storage, the Henry Hub strip, cash prices and the US balance
  • added Henry Hub vs TTF comparison and gas board widgets
beta 2.7World fleet2026-10-05
  • added a worldwide tanker view
  • added the full fleet to the world map
beta 2.6AIS improvements2026-10-05
  • added waiting tonnage by region
  • improved tanker counts and region labels
beta 2.5World oil map2026-10-05
  • added a world map of pipelines, fields, refineries and export terminals
  • added live tankers and map search
beta 2.4Baltic tanker indices2026-10-03
  • added Baltic dirty and clean tanker indices to Freight
beta 2.3Accounts2026-10-03
  • rebuilt accounts with email verification and password reset; existing users need to sign up again
  • added account settings
beta 2.2Speed & consistency2026-10-02
  • faster page loads across the site
  • added watchlist pinning from the Screener
  • unified page styling and merged the assay library into the Crude Atlas
beta 2.1Expanded markets2026-10-02
  • expanded the markets watchlist to 64 live quotes
  • added group filters across asset classes
beta 2.0Markets & Curves redesign2026-10-01
  • combined market views into two pages: Markets and Curves
  • new watchlist monitor and a cleaner, unified look
beta 1.86Global grades2026-10-01
  • added 88 traded crude grades with origin, loading port and pricing basis
beta 1.85Field catalog expansion2026-09-30
  • expanded the oil field catalog to 78 assets
  • added country flags across prices and differentials
beta 1.84Weekly EIA card & email2026-09-26
  • added a shareable weekly EIA card
  • added an optional weekly EIA email
beta 1.83Share cards & mobile layout2026-09-26
  • redesigned share cards and added a landscape format
  • added a mobile board layout and a welcome intro
beta 1.82News classification2026-09-25
  • improved news classification and scoring
  • improved degree day data
beta 1.81Accuracy improvements2026-09-25
  • measured cross-asset correlations
  • accuracy improvements across macro, brief and alerts
beta 1.80Forward strips & pricing averages2026-09-25
  • added forward strips for spreads and cracks
  • added calendar-month pricing averages
beta 1.79Accuracy pass2026-09-24
  • improved storm tracking and Brent-WTI and crack rankings
  • fixed chart legends and several display issues
beta 1.78Learn & security2026-09-23
  • simplified Learn into a topic list and map
  • security and speed improvements
beta 1.77Physical desk2026-09-23
  • added Gulf Coast grade differentials and Brent-Dubai
  • added the WTI to Asia arb
beta 1.76Freight & rates2026-09-23
  • added a freight route board
  • added a US rates tab
  • streamlined EIA and Macro panels
beta 1.75More live data & embeds2026-09-23
  • more panels on live data
  • added a crude assay library
  • added embeddable panels
beta 1.74Learn map polish2026-09-15
  • clearer layout and smoother navigation for the Learn map
beta 1.73Learn map refresh2026-09-15
  • refreshed the Learn map visuals and navigation
beta 1.72Bank research polish2026-09-15
  • added a bank price target overview and filter
beta 1.71Learn map overhaul2026-09-15
  • redesigned the Learn map
  • UI fixes
beta 1.70Bank research sources2026-09-15
  • improved bank research coverage
beta 1.69Learn polish2026-09-15
  • refreshed Learn navigation and curriculum
beta 1.68Bank research review2026-09-15
  • added bank research filters and clearer briefs
beta 1.67Bank research2026-09-15
  • added public investment bank research with summarised briefs
beta 1.66Calendar2026-09-10
  • improved calendar navigation and agenda
  • fixed date handling
beta 1.65News reader2026-09-09
  • improved the news feed and article reader
beta 1.64Market monitor & polish2026-09-09
  • redesigned the market monitor
  • accessibility and mobile improvements
beta 1.63Learn expansion2026-09-09
  • expanded Learn to 75 topics
  • added live panels and guided tracks to Learn
beta 1.61Freight redesign2026-09-09
  • redesigned the freight page with a corridor map
beta 1.60Petral Learn2026-09-08
  • added Petral Learn: primers, quizzes and a glossary
beta 1.59More public data2026-09-08
  • added tanker freight rates from multiple publishers
  • added EIA spot products and degree days
beta 1.58Reliability2026-09-07
  • reliability and security improvements
beta 1.57Accounts2026-09-06
  • accounts and saved boards now persist reliably
beta 1.56Sessions2026-09-05
  • stay signed in for up to six months
beta 1.55Morning brief2026-09-04
  • streamlined the morning brief
beta 1.54Board refinements2026-09-04
  • added a text-first brief widget and a release agenda widget
beta 1.53News engine2026-09-04
  • improved news scoring
  • added an energy news map and price reaction chart
beta 1.52Desk brief2026-09-03
  • added an executive desk brief
beta 1.51Cleanup2026-09-03
  • removed unused and low-value views
beta 1.50Chart overhaul2026-09-03
  • clearer charts across EIA, curves, positioning and volatility
beta 1.49Security & speed2026-09-03
  • security and performance improvements
beta 1.48Command bar navigation2026-08-31
  • added multi-word command bar navigation
  • AIS improvements
beta 1.47Command palette2026-08-31
  • every panel and tab is now searchable
beta 1.46AIS chokepoints2026-08-31
  • added more chokepoints, including the Danish Straits and Cape of Good Hope
beta 1.45Board presets2026-08-31
  • added curated board presets
  • added layout import and export
beta 1.44Curve workspace2026-08-30
  • added a custom spread builder
  • redesigned the forward curve workspace
beta 1.43Physical economics2026-08-30
  • added arb financing and carry
  • added pipeline tariffs and index roll tracking
beta 1.42Layout & performance2026-08-30
  • refreshed the news terminal
  • performance improvements
beta 1.41Context panel2026-08-18
  • added a cross-source context panel
beta 1.40Consistency2026-08-11
  • more consistent controls across panels
beta 1.39Chokepoint transits2026-08-10
  • added chokepoint transit counts
beta 1.38Desk note2026-08-09
  • added a daily desk note and catalyst radar
beta 1.37Positioning2026-08-09
  • added multi-asset CFTC and ICE positioning
beta 1.36Share cards2026-08-09
  • added share cards for every chart
beta 1.35Volatility surface2026-08-08
  • added the volatility surface and smiles
beta 1.34JODI supply2026-08-08
  • added JODI producer data
beta 1.33Weather2026-08-08
  • added tropical cyclone tracking
  • added an infrastructure map
beta 1.32Volatility cone2026-08-07
  • added the realized volatility cone
beta 1.31World balance & shale2026-08-06
  • added the world supply/demand balance
  • added US shale tracking
beta 1.30Live supply2026-08-06
  • live production and demand by country
beta 1.29Panel cleanup2026-08-01
  • streamlined the panel set
beta 1.28News markers2026-07-31
  • added news markers to price charts
beta 1.27News scoring2026-07-29
  • added news importance scoring
beta 1.26Performance2026-07-27
  • faster loading and refresh
beta 1.25Navigation2026-07-26
  • faster navigation and board loading
beta 1.24Quant analytics2026-07-25
  • added price move attribution and curve factors
  • added Brent-WTI relative value
beta 1.23Widget settings & floating storage2026-07-25
  • added widget settings
  • added floating storage economics
beta 1.22Tanker tape & grade diffs2026-07-24
  • added tanker equities
  • added crude quality comparison
beta 1.21Chokepoints2026-07-24
  • added chokepoint tracking
  • added freight route maps
beta 1.20Forward curves2026-07-24
  • merged forward curves and calendar spreads
  • added board presets
beta 1.10Sharing2026-07-22
  • added link previews
beta 1.0Petral launch2026-06-24
  • initial release
  • live markets board, price history and forward curves
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