THERMAL ALERT: SOHAR, OMAN SITE • Sohar industrial port area, Oman, on the Gulf of Oman • Two candidate sites share one detection: OQ Sohar refinery (198 kbpd, operated by OQ, the Oman state energy group) and the adjacent Oiltanking Odfjell Terminal Sohar (Advario), 1,294,780 cubic meters of clean products and petrochemicals storage in 66 tanks • The detection sits 2.58 km southeast of the refinery center and 5.72 km southeast of the terminal center, so it reads closer to the refinery DETECTION • Terra MODIS, October 15, 2026, 16:09 UTC: 1 hotspot, 30.56 MW, confidence 90 • Single nighttime pass. The site baseline median is 3.8 MW, so this is 8.1 times baseline and just above the 30 MW alert threshold • One pixel generated both site alerts. This is likely one physical event, not two separate fires CORROBORATION • No post found on X about a Sohar refinery or terminal fire, strike, or explosion • No news found yet for an onshore Sohar incident. The only Sohar fire reporting today is a separate offshore tanker engine-room fire about 21 nautical miles northeast of Sohar at 06:05 UTC, a different location and time • Status: UNVERIFIED. Damage extent unknown, no damage claimed by any source WHY IT MATTERS • A 198 kbpd refinery and a major products terminal sit next to each other at Sohar. A real fire at either would matter for regional product supply • A single pass just above threshold, with no ground confirmation, is as consistent with a flare or process upset as with a fire. A second satellite pass or ground reporting decides it Coordinates: 24.46508, 56.6285