CFTC COT | April 28, 2019

Commitments of Traders Report – April 26, 2019

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended April 23. We provide all Legacy and Disaggregated trader positions for natural gas, WTI , Brent, gasoline, heating oil and gasoil. Non-commercials increased net length in Brent, gasoil, heating oil and WTI , but decreased in gasoline and natural gas during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas declined by -45.1k to +107.0k in futures and decreased by .....


NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | April 26, 2019

April 26, 2019

US: Baker Hughes shows 991 active rigs as of April 26, 2019, lower by -21 from the previous week. Oil rigs decreased by -20 to 805 (ht: -13; vt-dir: -7), and gas-directed rigs decreased by -1 to 186 (ht: unch; vt-dir: -1). Horizontal oil rigs increased by +1 in Eagle Ford (TX) and by +1 in Permian (NM), while declining by -3 in Bakken (ND), by -2 in Anadarko (TX), by -2 in Permian (TX) and by -8 in Other areas not associated with a specific play. Horizontal gas rigs increased by +1 in Marcellus.....


NGL MARKET RECAP | April 24, 2019

April 24, 2019

Attached is this week’s NGL Market Recap, which provides an overview of U.S. propane statistics as well as global LPG prices, ratios and fractionation spreads.


DOE CRUDE STATS | April 24, 2019

April 24, 2019

U.S. crude oil inventories rose by +5479k bbl in the week ended April 19, while Cushing stocks grew by +463k bbl. Distillate inventories decreased by -662k bbl and gasoline inventories fell by -2129k bbl. We also remind our clients that in-depth analysis of DOE weekly petroleum statistical releases can be conducted using the “Commodities Analytical Toolkit” in the Data Portal section of our website ( www.lcmc-research.com ). Major data points: Crude oil inventories : Rose by +5.48m bbl.....


CFTC COT | April 22, 2019

Commitments of Traders Report – April 22, 2019

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended April 16. We provide all Legacy and Disaggregated trader positions for natural gas, WTI , Brent, gasoline, heating oil and gasoil. Non-commercials increased net length in Brent, gasoline, gasoil and WTI , but decreased in natural gas and heating oil during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas decreased by -23.3k to +152.1k in futures and fell by -21......


NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | April 18, 2019

April 19, 2019

US: Baker Hughes shows 1012 active rigs as of April 18, 2019, lower by -10 from the previous week. Oil rigs decreased by -8 to 825 (ht: -3; vt-dir: -5), and gas-directed rigs decreased by -2 to 187 (ht: unch; vt-dir: -2). Horizontal oil rigs increased by +1 in Permian (TX), while declining by -2 in Anadarko (OK), by -1 in Monterey (CA) and by -1 in Permian (NM). Horizontal gas rigs increased by +1 in Other areas not associated with a specific play, while declining by -1 in Haynesville (LA). C.....


NGL MARKET RECAP | April 17, 2019

April 17, 2019

Attached is this week’s NGL Market Recap, which provides an overview of U.S. propane statistics as well as global LPG prices, ratios and fractionation spreads.


DOE CRUDE STATS | April 17, 2019

April 17, 2019

U.S. crude oil inventories decreased by -1396k bbl in the week ended April 12, while Cushing stocks declined by -1543k bbl. Distillate inventories fell by -362k bbl and gasoline inventories decreased by -1174k bbl. We also remind our clients that in-depth analysis of DOE weekly petroleum statistical releases can be conducted using the “Commodities Analytical Toolkit” in the Data Portal section of our website ( www.lcmc-research.com ). Major data points: Crude oil inventories : Declined.....


CFTC COT | April 12, 2019

Commitments of Traders Report – April 12, 2019

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended April 09. We provide all Legacy and Disaggregated trader positions for natural gas, WTI , Brent, gasoline, heating oil and gasoil. Non-commercials increased net length in Brent, gasoline, gasoil, heating oil and WTI , but decreased in natural gas during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas declined by -12.3k to +175.4k in futures and decreased by -23.....


NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | April 12, 2019

April 12, 2019

US: Baker Hughes shows 1022 active rigs as of April 12, 2019, lower by -3 from the previous week. Oil rigs increased by +2 to 833 (ht: -7; vt-dir: +9), and gas-directed rigs decreased by -5 to 189 (ht: -5; vt-dir: unch). Horizontal oil rigs decreased by -2 in Anadarko (OK), by -2 in Permian (TX), by -1 in Eagle Ford (TX), by -1 in Permian (NM) and by -1 in Other areas not associated with a specific play. Horizontal gas rigs increased by +2 in Marcellus ( SWPA ) and by +1 in Other areas not asso.....