CFTC COT | December 01, 2014

Commitments of Traders Report – December 01, 2014

Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, the CFTC COT Report was published at 3.30pm today rather than Friday, November 28th. Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended November 25. We provide all Legacy and Disaggregated trader positions for natural gas, WTI , Brent, gasoline and heating oil. Non-commercials increased net length in natural gas, heating oil, Brent, gasoline and WTI during the reference week. Non-comme.....

NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | November 26, 2014

November 26, 2014

Baker Hughes shows 1,916 active rigs as of November 26, 2014, lower by -13 from the previous week. Oil rigs decreased by -2 to 1,572 (ht: +7; vt-dir: -9) while gas-directed rigs decreased by -11 to 344 (ht: -9; vt-dir: -2). Horizontal oil rigs increased by +3 to 167 in the Bakken (ND) and vertical/directional oil rigs decreased by -3 to 179 in the Permian (TX). Gas-directed horizontal rigs decreased by -2 to 7 in Fayetteville (AR).

DOE CRUDE STATS | November 26, 2014

DOE Report: November 26, 2014

U.S. crude oil inventories increased by +1946k bbl in the week ended November 21, while Cushing stocks rose by +1334k bbl. Distillate inventories fell by -1648k bbl and gasoline inventories rose by +1825k 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 .....

CFTC COT | November 24, 2014

Commitments of Traders Report – November 24, 2014

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended November 18. We provide all Legacy and Disaggregated trader positions for natural gas, WTI , Brent, gasoline and heating oil. Non-commercials increased net length in heating oil and gasoline , but decreased in natural gas, Brent and WTI during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas fell by -3.6k to +76.3k in futures and decreased by -6.4k to +137.7k in.....

NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | November 21, 2014

November 21, 2014

Baker Hughes shows 1,929 active rigs as of November 21, 2014, higher by +1 from the previous week. Oil rigs decreased by -4 to 1,574 (vt-dir: -4) while gas-directed rigs increased by +5 to 355 (ht: +3; vt-dir: +2). Horizontal oil rigs increased by +4 to 202 in the Eagle Ford (TX) and by +6 to 137 in Anadarko (OK) whereas decreased by -3 to 164 in the Bakken (ND). Vertical/directional oil rigs decreased by -1 to 182 in the Permian (TX). Gas-directed horizontal rigs increased by +2 to 27 in Marcel.....

DOE CRUDE STATS | November 19, 2014

November 19, 2014

U.S. crude oil inventories increased by +2608k bbl in the week ended November 14, while Cushing stocks rose by +718k bbl. Distillate inventories fell by -2056k bbl and gasoline inventories rose by +1034k 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 +.....

CFTC COT | November 17, 2014

Commitments of Traders Report – November 17, 2014

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended November 11. We provide all Legacy and Disaggregated trader positions for natural gas, WTI , Brent, gasoline and heating oil. Non-commercials increased net length in natural gas, heating oil, Brent, gasoline and WTI during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas increased by +37.8k to +79.9k in futures and grew by +40.5k to +144.1k in futures and option.....

NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | November 14, 2014

November 14, 2014

Baker Hughes shows 1,928 active rigs as of November 14, 2014, higher by +4 from the previous week. Oil rigs increased by +10 to 1,578 (ht: +9; vt-dir: +1) while gas-directed rigs decreased by -6 to 350 (ht: -2; vt-dir: -4). Horizontal oil rigs increased by +6 to 259 whereas vertical/directional oil rigs decreased by -4 to 183 in the Permian (TX). Gas-directed horizontal rigs decreased by -3 to 15 in Eagle Ford (TX).

DOE CRUDE STATS | November 13, 2014

November 13, 2014

U.S. crude oil inventories fell by -1735k bbl in the week ended November 07, while Cushing stocks rose by +1704k bbl. Distillate inventories decreased by -2803k bbl and gasoline inventories rose by +1805k 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 : Fell by -1.74.....

CFTC COT | November 10, 2014

Commitments of Traders Report – November 10, 2014

Due to a delay in ICE’s COT data, our CFTC COT report is published later than its usual time. Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended November 04. We provide all Legacy and Disaggregated trader positions for natural gas, WTI , Brent, gasoline and heating oil. Non-commercials increased net length in natural gas , but decreased in heating oil, Brent, gasoline and WTI during the reference week. Non-commerc.....