CFTC COT
| January 04, 2016
Commitments of Traders Report – January 4, 2016
Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended December 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 gasoline, natural gas, heating oil and WTI , but decreased in Brent and gasoil during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas increased by +27.5k to -79.3k in futures and grew by +2.....
OIL PRICE MONITOR
| December 31, 2015
December 31, 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
| December 31, 2015
December 31, 2015
Baker Hughes shows 698 active rigs as of December 31, 2015, lower by -2 from the previous week. Oil rigs decreased by -2 to 538 (ht: -4; vt-dir: +2) while gas-directed rigs were unchanged at 162 (ht: -1; vt-dir: +1). Horizontal oil rigs decreased by -2 in Bakken (ND), while gas-directed horizontal rigs were relatively unchanged.
DOE CRUDE STATS
| December 30, 2015
DOE Report: December 30, 2015
U.S. crude oil inventories rose by +2629k bbl in the week ended December 25, while Cushing stocks grew by +892k bbl. Distillate inventories increased by +1795k bbl and gasoline inventories rose by +925k 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 +2.63m .....
CFTC COT
| December 28, 2015
Commitments of Traders Report – December 28, 2015
Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended December 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 gasoil and heating oil , but decreased in Brent, gasoline, natural gas and WTI during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas decreased by -13.2k to -106.8k in futures and fell by -.....
NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH
| December 24, 2015
December 24, 2015
Baker Hughes shows 700 active rigs as of December 24, 2015, lower by -9 from the previous week. Oil rigs decreased by -3 to 538 (ht: unch; vt-dir: -3) while gas-directed rigs decreased by -6 to 162 (ht: -5; vt-dir: -1). Horizontal oil rigs decreased by -4 in Bakken (ND), while increasing by +2 in Anadarko (OK). Gas-directed horizontal rigs decreased by -2 to 1 in Fayetteville (AR).
DOE CRUDE STATS
| December 23, 2015
DOE Report: December 23, 2015
U.S. crude oil inventories declined by -5877k bbl in the week ended December 18, while Cushing stocks grew by +2045k bbl. Distillate inventories decreased by -661k bbl and gasoline inventories grew by +1111k 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 b.....
CFTC COT
| December 21, 2015
December 21, 2015
Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended December 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, heating oil and WTI , but decreased in Brent and gasoil during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas rose by +7.8k to -93.6k in futures and grew by +6.8k to.....
OIL PRICE MONITOR
| December 18, 2015
December 18, 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
| December 18, 2015
December 18, 2015
Baker Hughes shows 709 active rigs as of December 18, 2015, unchanged from the previous week. Oil rigs increased by +17 to 541 (ht: +10; vt-dir: +7) while gas-directed rigs decreased by -17 to 168 (ht: -5; vt-dir: -12). Horizontal oil rigs increased by +2 in Eagle Ford (TX) and Permian (TX). Gas-directed horizontal rigs decreased by -4 in Marcellus ( SWPA ), while increasing by +3 in Marcellus (WV).