DOE CRUDE STATS | October 31, 2018

October 31, 2018

U.S. crude oil inventories rose by +3217k bbl in the week ended October 26, while Cushing stocks increased by +1878k bbl. Distillate inventories fell by -4054k bbl and gasoline inventories declined by -3161k 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 : Increased .....

CFTC COT | October 26, 2018

Commitments of Traders Report – October 26, 2018

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended October 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 natural gas , but decreased in Brent, gasoline, gasoil, heating oil and WTI during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas decreased by -1.6k to +287.1k in futures and grew by +0.6k .....

NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | October 26, 2018

October 26, 2018

US: Baker Hughes shows 1068 active rigs as of October 26, 2018, higher by +1 from the previous week. Oil rigs increased by +2 to 875 (ht: +1; vt-dir: +1), and gas-directed rigs decreased by -1 to 193 (ht: unch; vt-dir: -1). Horizontal oil rigs increased by +2 in Permian (TX) and by +1 in Bakken (ND), while declining by -2 in Other areas not associated with a specific play. Horizontal gas rigs increased by +1 in Haynesville (TX) and by +1 in Marcellus ( SWPA ), while declining by -1 in Barnett (.....

DOE CRUDE STATS | October 24, 2018

October 24, 2018

U.S. crude oil inventories rose by +6346k bbl in the week ended October 19, while Cushing stocks grew by +1371k bbl. Distillate inventories decreased by -2262k bbl and gasoline inventories fell by -4826k 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 +6.35m.....

CFTC COT | October 19, 2018

Commitments of Traders Report – October 19, 2018

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended October 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 natural gas , but decreased in Brent, gasoline, gasoil, heating oil and WTI during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas increased by +3.5k to +288.8k in futures and rose by +2.7k .....

NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | October 19, 2018

October 19, 2018

US: Baker Hughes shows 1067 active rigs as of October 19, 2018, higher by +5 from the previous week. Oil rigs increased by +4 to 873 (ht: unch; vt-dir: +4), and gas-directed rigs increased by +1 to 194 (ht: -1; vt-dir: +2). Horizontal oil rigs increased by +2 in Eagle Ford (TX), by +1 in Monterey (CA) and by +1 in Permian (TX), while declining by -3 in Permian (NM) and by -1 in Anadarko (OK). Horizontal gas rigs increased by +1 in Marcellus (WV), while declining by -1 in Marcellus ( NEPA ) and .....

NGL MARKET RECAP | October 17, 2018

October 17, 2018

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 | October 17, 2018

October 17, 2018

U.S. crude oil inventories grew by +6490k bbl in the week ended October 12, while Cushing stocks increased by +1776k bbl. Distillate inventories declined by -827k bbl and gasoline inventories fell by -2016k 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 : Increased b.....

CFTC COT | October 12, 2018

Commitments of Traders Report – October 12, 2018

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended October 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 natural gas and heating oil , but decreased in Brent, gasoline, gasoil and WTI during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas rose by +51.0k to +285.3k in futures and grew by +50.7k .....

NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | October 12, 2018

October 12, 2018

US: Baker Hughes shows 1062 active rigs as of October 12, 2018, higher by +12 from the previous week. Oil rigs increased by +8 to 869 (ht: +8; vt-dir: unch), and gas-directed rigs increased by +4 to 193 (ht: +1; vt-dir: +3). Horizontal oil rigs increased by +3 in Eagle Ford (TX), by +2 in Permian (NM), by +2 in Permian (TX) and by +1 in Anadarko (OK). Horizontal gas rigs increased by +1 in Woodford (Arkoma) and by +1 in Other areas not associated with a specific play, while declining by -1 in E.....