CFTC COT | July 02, 2018

Commitments of Traders Report – July 02, 2018

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended June 26. We provide all Legacy and Disaggregated trader positions for natural gas, WTI , Brent, gasoline, heating oil and gasoil. Non-commercials increased net length in WTI , but decreased in Brent, gasoline, natural gas, gasoil and heating oil during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas decreased by -21.1k to +240.3k in futures and declined by -17......


NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | June 29, 2018

June 29, 2018

US: Baker Hughes shows 1045 active rigs as of June 29, 2018, lower by -5 from the previous week. Oil rigs decreased by -4 to 858 (ht: -2; vt-dir: -2), and gas-directed rigs decreased by -1 to 187 (ht: -2; vt-dir: +1). Horizontal oil rigs increased by +3 in Permian (TX), by +2 in Anadarko (OK) and by +1 in Permian (NM), while declining by -2 in Bakken (ND), by -2 in Eagle Ford (TX), by -2 in Monterey (CA) and by -2 in Other areas not associated with a specific play. Horizontal gas rigs increased.....


NGL MARKET RECAP | June 27, 2018

June 27, 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 | June 27, 2018

June 27, 2018

U.S. crude oil inventories declined by -9891k bbl in the week ended June 22, while Cushing stocks fell by -2713k bbl. Distillate inventories increased by +15k bbl and gasoline inventories grew by +1156k 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 by -9......


CFTC COT | June 22, 2018

Commitments of Traders Report – June 22, 2018

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended June 19. 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, natural gas, gasoil and heating oil , but decreased in Brent and WTI during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas rose by +8.2k to +261.4k in futures and increased by +5.4k .....


NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | June 22, 2018

June 22, 2018

US: Baker Hughes shows 1050 active rigs as of June 22, 2018, lower by -7 from the previous week. Oil rigs decreased by -1 to 862 (ht: +2; vt-dir: -3), and gas-directed rigs decreased by -6 to 188 (ht: -4; vt-dir: -2). Horizontal oil rigs increased by +2 in Anadarko (TX), by +1 in Eagle Ford (TX) and by +1 in Permian (NM), while declining by -1 in Anadarko (OK) and by -1 in Permian (TX). Horizontal gas rigs decreased by -1 in Eagle Ford (TX), by -1 in Granite Wash (TX), by -1 in Haynesville (LA).....


NGL MARKET RECAP | June 20, 2018

June 20, 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 | June 20, 2018

June 20, 2018

U.S. crude oil inventories declined by -5914k bbl in the week ended June 15, while Cushing stocks decreased by -1296k bbl. Distillate inventories grew by +2715k bbl and gasoline inventories rose by +3277k 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 : Decreased by .....


CFTC COT | June 15, 2018

Commitments of Traders Report – June 15, 2018

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended June 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 Brent and natural gas , but decreased in gasoline, gasoil, heating oil and WTI during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas rose by +4.7k to +255.4k in futures and grew by +2.7k to +2.....


NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | June 15, 2018

June 15, 2018

US: Baker Hughes shows 1057 active rigs as of June 15, 2018, lower by -3 from the previous week. Oil rigs increased by +1 to 863 (ht: +2; vt-dir: -1), and gas-directed rigs decreased by -4 to 194 (ht: -4; vt-dir: unch). Horizontal oil rigs increased by +3 in Bakken (ND), by +2 in Anadarko (OK), by +2 in Eagle Ford (TX) and by +1 in Permian (NM), while declining by -5 in Permian (TX) and by -1 in Bakken (MT). Horizontal gas rigs increased by +1 in Other areas not associated with a specific play,.....