NGL MARKET RECAP | February 27, 2019

February 27, 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.


CFTC COT | February 26, 2019

Commitments of Traders Report – February 26, 2019

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended February 12. We provide all Legacy and Disaggregated trader positions for natural gas, WTI , Brent, gasoline, heating oil and gasoil. Non-commercials increased net length in gasoline and gasoil , but decreased in Brent, natural gas, heating oil and WTI during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas declined by -17.4k to +204.8k in futures and fell by -2.....


CFTC COT | February 22, 2019

Commitments of Traders Report – February 22, 2019

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended February 05. 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 and gasoline , but decreased in natural gas, gasoil, heating oil and WTI during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas declined by -34.0k to +222.2k in futures and decreased .....


NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | February 22, 2019

February 22, 2019

US: Baker Hughes shows 1047 active rigs as of February 22, 2019, lower by -4 from the previous week. Oil rigs decreased by -4 to 853 (ht: -1; vt-dir: -3), and gas-directed rigs were unchanged at 194 (ht: +2; vt-dir: -2). Horizontal oil rigs increased by +1 in Bakken (ND) and by +1 in Permian (TX), while declining by -3 in Anadarko (OK). Horizontal gas rigs increased by +3 in Marcellus (WV), by +1 in Haynesville (TX) and by +1 in Woodford (Arkoma), while declining by -1 in Marcellus ( NEPA ) and.....


DOE CRUDE STATS | February 21, 2019

February 21, 2019

U.S. crude oil inventories grew by +3672k bbl in the week ended February 15, while Cushing stocks rose by +3413k bbl. Distillate inventories decreased by -1517k bbl and gasoline inventories declined by -1454k 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 : Grew by +.....


NGL MARKET RECAP | February 21, 2019

February 21, 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.


CFTC COT | February 19, 2019

Commitments of Traders Report – February 19, 2019

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended January 29. 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 and WTI , but decreased in gasoline, natural gas and heating oil during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas fell by -31.6k to +256.2k in futures and declined by -7......


CFTC COT | February 15, 2019

Commitments of Traders Report – February 15, 2019

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended January 22. 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, natural gas, gasoil and WTI , but decreased in gasoline and heating oil during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas rose by +23.6k to +287.8k in futures and grew by +18.1k .....


NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | February 15, 2019

February 15, 2019

US: Baker Hughes shows 1051 active rigs as of February 15, 2019, higher by +2 from the previous week. Oil rigs increased by +3 to 857 (ht: -4; vt-dir: +7), and gas-directed rigs decreased by -1 to 194 (ht: -4; vt-dir: +3). Horizontal oil rigs increased by +1 in Anadarko (TX), by +1 in Permian (NM) and by +3 in Other areas not associated with a specific play, while declining by -6 in Permian (TX), by -2 in Anadarko (OK) and by -1 in Bakken (ND). Horizontal gas rigs increased by +1 in Haynesville.....


DOE CRUDE STATS | February 13, 2019

February 13, 2019

U.S. crude oil inventories grew by +3633k bbl in the week ended February 08, while Cushing stocks declined by -1016k bbl. Distillate inventories increased by +1187k bbl and gasoline inventories grew by +408k 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 +3.....