CFTC COT | May 25, 2018

Commitments of Traders Report – May 25, 2018

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended May 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 gasoline, natural gas, gasoil, heating oil and WTI , but decreased in Brent during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas rose by +39.1k to +255.4k in futures and increased by +31.0k to.....


NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | May 25, 2018

May 25, 2018

US: Baker Hughes shows 1057 active rigs as of May 25, 2018, higher by +13 from the previous week. Oil rigs increased by +15 to 859 (ht: +9; vt-dir: +6), and gas-directed rigs decreased by -2 to 198 (ht: -2; vt-dir: unch). Horizontal oil rigs increased by +4 in Eagle Ford (TX), by +3 in Permian (TX), by +1 in Bakken (ND), by +1 in Barnett Combo (TX) and by +1 in Other areas not associated with a specific play, while declining by -1 in Anadarko (TX). Horizontal gas rigs increased by +1 in Granite.....


NGL MARKET RECAP | May 23, 2018

May 23, 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 | May 23, 2018

May 23, 2018

U.S. crude oil inventories rose by +5778k bbl in the week ended May 18, while Cushing stocks fell by -1123k bbl. Distillate inventories decreased by -951k bbl and gasoline inventories rose by +1883k 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 +5.78m bbl .....


CFTC COT | May 18, 2018

Commitments of Traders Report – May 18, 2018

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended May 15. 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 increased by +45.9k to +216.4k in futures and grew by +37.0k.....


NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | May 18, 2018

May 18, 2018

US: Baker Hughes shows 1044 active rigs as of May 18, 2018, higher by +1 from the previous week. Oil rigs were unchanged at 844 (ht: +1; vt-dir: -1), and gas-directed rigs increased by +1 to 200 (ht: unch; vt-dir: +1). Horizontal oil rigs increased by +1 in Anadarko (OK), by +1 in Eagle Ford (TX), by +1 in Permian (NM) and by +1 in Permian (TX), while declining by -1 in Bakken (ND) and by -2 in Other areas not associated with a specific play. Horizontal gas rigs increased by +2 in Other areas n.....


NGL MARKET RECAP | May 16, 2018

May 16, 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 | May 16, 2018

May 16, 2018

U.S. crude oil inventories fell by -1404k bbl in the week ended May 11, while Cushing stocks increased by +53k bbl. Distillate inventories declined by -92k bbl and gasoline inventories fell by -3790k 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 -1.4m.....


CFTC COT | May 11, 2018

Commitments of Traders Report – May 11, 2018

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended May 08. 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, gasoil and heating oil , but decreased in Brent, natural gas and WTI during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas decreased by -27.2k to +170.5k in futures and fell by -29.5k.....


NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | May 11, 2018

May 11, 2018

US: Baker Hughes shows 1043 active rigs as of May 11, 2018, higher by +13 from the previous week. Oil rigs increased by +10 to 844 (ht: +2; vt-dir: +8), and gas-directed rigs increased by +3 to 199 (ht: +2; vt-dir: +1). Horizontal oil rigs increased by +4 in Permian (TX), by +3 in Anadarko (OK) and by +1 in Other areas not associated with a specific play, while declining by -3 in Eagle Ford (TX) and by -3 in Permian (NM). Horizontal gas rigs increased by +3 in Eagle Ford (TX), by +2 in Marcellu.....