CFTC COT | September 21, 2018

Commitments of Traders Report – September 21, 2018

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended September 18. 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 and heating oil , but decreased in natural gas, gasoil and WTI during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas decreased by -15.6k to +170.0k in futures and declined.....


NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | September 21, 2018

September 21, 2018

US: Baker Hughes shows 1052 active rigs as of September 21, 2018, lower by -1 from the previous week. Oil rigs decreased by -1 to 866 (ht: -3; vt-dir: +2), and gas-directed rigs were unchanged at 186 (ht: +1; vt-dir: -1). Horizontal oil rigs increased by +5 in Permian (TX) and by +1 in Eagle Ford (TX), while declining by -3 in Anadarko (OK), by -2 in Permian (NM), by -1 in Bakken (ND) and by -3 in Other areas not associated with a specific play. Horizontal gas rigs increased by +1 in Woodford (.....


NGL MARKET RECAP | September 19, 2018

September 19, 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 | September 19, 2018

September 19, 2018

U.S. crude oil inventories fell by -2057k bbl in the week ended September 14, while Cushing stocks decreased by -1250k bbl. Distillate inventories rose by +839k bbl and gasoline inventories decreased by -1719k 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 : Fell by .....


CFTC COT | September 14, 2018

September 14, 2018

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended September 11. 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 , but decreased in gasoline, natural gas, gasoil, heating oil and WTI during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas declined by -40.0k to +189.0k in futures and decreased by.....


NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | September 14, 2018

September 14, 2018

US: Baker Hughes shows 1053 active rigs as of September 14, 2018, higher by +7 from the previous week. Oil rigs increased by +7 to 867 (ht: +3; vt-dir: +4), and gas-directed rigs were unchanged at 186 (ht: unch; vt-dir: unch). Horizontal oil rigs increased by +1 in Anadarko (OK), by +1 in Anadarko (TX) and by +3 in Other areas not associated with a specific play, while declining by -1 in Monterey (CA) and by -1 in Permian (TX). Horizontal gas rigs increased by +3 in Marcellus ( SWPA ), while de.....


NGL MARKET RECAP | September 12, 2018

September 12, 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 | September 12, 2018

September 12, 2018

U.S. crude oil inventories fell by -5296k bbl in the week ended September 07, while Cushing stocks decreased by -1242k bbl. Distillate inventories rose by +6163k bbl and gasoline inventories increased by +1250k 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 : Fell by.....


CFTC COT | September 08, 2018

Commitments of Traders Report – September 07, 2018

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended September 04. 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 -35.2k to +228.9k in futures and fell by -.....


NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | September 07, 2018

September 7, 2018

US: Baker Hughes shows 1046 active rigs as of September 07, 2018, unchanged from the previous week. Oil rigs decreased by -2 to 860 (ht: +1; vt-dir: -3), and gas-directed rigs increased by +2 to 186 (ht: unch; vt-dir: +2). Horizontal oil rigs increased by +1 in Bakken (ND), by +1 in Permian (TX) and by +4 in Other areas not associated with a specific play, while declining by -2 in Anadarko (OK), by -1 in Anadarko (KS), by -1 in Eagle Ford (TX) and by -1 in Permian (NM). Horizontal gas rigs incr.....