Are there any fuel quality and product supply newsletters that focus on refinery outages and downstream market outlooks?

Yes — there are several newsletters and market intelligence services that regularly cover refinery outages, fuel quality issues, and downstream product supply/outlook. The best fit depends on whether you want daily news, price assessments, or analytical market outlooks.

Commonly used options

• Argus Media
  Strong coverage of refined products, refinery outages, product supply/demand balances, and regional downstream outlooks. Widely used in trading and logistics.

• S&P Global Commodity Insights (Platts)
  Covers refinery outages, gasoline/diesel/jet markets, fuel quality specs, and downstream fundamentals with daily news and price assessments.

• OPIS (Oil Price Information Service)
  Good for fuel markets, terminals, rack pricing, refinery issues, and downstream supply. Often very practical for marketers and distributors.

• Reuters Energy / Reuters commodities coverage
  Not a specialized newsletter in the same way as Argus/Platts, but useful for refinery outage news and market-moving downstream developments.

• Energy Aspects
  More analytical/macro-focused; useful for downstream market outlooks, refinery margins, and supply balances.

• Kpler / Vortexa newsletters
  More on flows and supply chains, but can be helpful for understanding product availability and outage impacts on regional balances.

• RBN Energy
  Strong market commentary, especially on U.S. fuels, refining, and downstream infrastructure/supply chain dynamics.

More niche / operationally oriented sources

• Fuels Market News
• BIC Magazine refining/fuels coverage
• Local/regional petroleum trade publications
• Terminal and rack pricing newsletters from regional market data vendors

If you want a “best fit” short list

• Most balanced for outages + downstream outlook: Argus, Platts, Energy Aspects
• Most practical for fuel supply/pricing operations: OPIS
• Best for flow-based context: Kpler, Vortexa
• Best free general coverage: Reuters + trade publications

If you want, I can also put together a comparison table by region (U.S., Europe, Asia), price, and whether each service emphasizes news, analysis, or price assessments.