NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | December 04, 2015

December 4, 2015

Baker Hughes shows 737 active rigs as of December 4, 2015, lower by -7 from the previous week. Oil rigs decreased by -10 to 545 (ht: -3; vt-dir: -7) while gas-directed rigs increased by +3 to 192 (ht: +3; vt-dir: unch). Horizontal oil rigs decreased by -4 in Permian (TX) and by -3 in Bakken (ND), while increasing by +2 in Anadarko (OK). Gas-directed horizontal rigs increased by +2 in areas of Texas not associated with any established plays.


DOE CRUDE STATS | December 02, 2015

DOE Report: December 02, 2015

U.S. crude oil inventories grew by +1177k bbl in the week ended November 27, while Cushing stocks increased by +428k bbl. Distillate inventories rose by +3051k bbl and gasoline inventories grew by +135k 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 by +1.....


CFTC COT | November 30, 2015

Commitments of Traders Report – November 30, 2015

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended November 24. 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 gasoil , but decreased in natural gas, heating oil and WTI during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas decreased by -6.7k to -112.1k in futures and declined b.....


OIL PRICE MONITOR | November 27, 2015

November 27, 2015

Attached is this week’s Oil Price Monitor, which provides an overview of global oil market activity across a range of dimensions, from spot crude and product prices to forward curves, refining margins, product arbitrage, and freight rates.


NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | November 25, 2015

November 25, 2015

Baker Hughes shows 744 active rigs as of November 25, 2015, lower by -13 from the previous week. Oil rigs decreased by -9 to 555 (ht: -7; vt-dir: -2) while gas-directed rigs decreased by -4 to 189 (ht: -5; vt-dir: +1). Horizontal oil rigs decreased by -9 in Permian (NM), while increasing by +2 in Anadarko (OK). Gas-directed rigs decreased by -1 in Eagle Ford (TX), Granite Wash (TX), Marcellus ( NEPA ) and Woodford (Arkoma).


NGL MARKET RECAP | November 25, 2015

November 25, 2015

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 | November 25, 2015

DOE Report: November 25, 2015

U.S. crude oil inventories rose by +961k bbl in the week ended November 20, while Cushing stocks grew by +1744k bbl. Distillate inventories increased by +1046k bbl and gasoline inventories rose by +2478k 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 +0.96m.....


CFTC COT | November 23, 2015

Commitments of Traders Report – November 23, 2015

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended November 17. We provide all Legacy and Disaggregated trader positions for natural gas, WTI , Brent, gasoline, heating oil and gasoil. Non-commercials decreased net length in Brent, gasoline, natural gas, gasoil, heating oil and WTI during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas declined by -2.0k to -105.4k in futures and decreased by -1.9k to -134.3k in.....


OIL PRICE MONITOR | November 20, 2015

November 20, 2015

Attached is this week’s Oil Price Monitor, which provides an overview of global oil market activity across a range of dimensions, from spot crude and product prices to forward curves, refining margins, product arbitrage, and freight rates.


NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | November 20, 2015

November 20, 2015

Baker Hughes shows 757 active rigs as of November 20, 2015, lower by -10 from the previous week. Oil rigs decreased by -10 to 564 (ht: -8; vt-dir: -2) while gas-directed rigs were unchanged at 193 (ht: +2; vt-dir: -2). Horizontal oil rigs decreased by -4 in Anadarko (OK) and by -2 in Permian (NM), while increasing by +2 in Permian (TX). Gas-directed rigs increased by +1 in Eagle Ford (TX), Granite Wash (OK), Haynesville (LA), Marcellus ( NEPA ) and Marcellus ( SWPA ).