DOE CRUDE STATS
| June 11, 2014
June 11, 2014
U.S. crude oil inventories decreased by -2596k bbl in the week ended June 06, while Cushing stocks fell by -198k bbl. Distillate inventories rose by +860k bbl and gasoline inventories increased by +1697k 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 -2.6m .....
CFTC COT
| June 09, 2014
Commitments of Traders Report – June 09, 2014
Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended June 03. We provide all Legacy and Disaggregated trader positions for natural gas, WTI , Brent, gasoline and heating oil. Non-commercials increased net length in gasoline , but decreased in natural gas, heating oil, Brent and WTI during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas decreased by -21.0k to +317.9k in futures and declined by -11.7k to +437.8k in.....
OIL PRICE MONITOR
| June 06, 2014
June 6, 2014
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 crude loadings. Please note that Bloomberg temporarily suspended publishing pricing information for the items below. We will update our Oil Price Monitor as data becomes available again. Crude benchmarks: Urals Mediterranean Bonny Light Refined products: Singap.....
NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH
| June 06, 2014
June 6, 2014
Baker Hughes shows 1,856 active rigs as of June 6, 2014, lower by -6 from the previous week. The number of oil rigs remained constant at 1,536 (ht: +1; vt-dir: -1) while gas-directed rigs decreased by -6 to 320 (ht: -2; vt-dir: -4). Horizontal oil rigs decreased by -5 to 189 in the Eagle Ford (TX) but increased by +4 to 64 in the Permian (NM). Gas-directed horizontal rigs increased by +2 to 19 in Barnett (TX).
NGL MARKET RECAP
| June 04, 2014
June 4, 2014
In Focus: March EIA stat highlights Total U.S. gas plant NGL production increased +4% in March to 2,793 kb/d, and was up +13% compared to 2013. Production in the Marcellus was up +6% m-o-m and +155% y-o-y at 168 kb/d. Bakken production increased +5% to 62 kb/d in March and was +27% higher compared to last year. Texas Inland gas plant production was +12% higher y-o-y at 1,192 kb/d.
DOE CRUDE STATS
| June 04, 2014
June 4, 2014
U.S. crude oil inventories decreased by -3431k bbl in the week ended May 30, while Cushing stocks fell by -321k bbl. Distillate inventories rose by +2012k bbl and gasoline inventories grew by +210k 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 -3.43m .....
CFTC COT
| June 02, 2014
Commitments of Traders Report – June 02, 2014
Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended May 27. 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, Brent and WTI , but decreased in natural gas and gasoline during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas fell by -10.7k to +338.9k in futures and declined by -21.3k to +449.5k in fu.....
OIL PRICE MONITOR
| May 30, 2014
May 30, 2014
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 crude loadings. Please note that Bloomberg temporarily suspended publishing pricing information for the items below. We will update our Oil Price Monitor as data becomes available again. Crude benchmarks: Urals Mediterranean Bonny Light Refined products: Singap.....
NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH
| May 30, 2014
May 30, 2014
Baker Hughes shows 1,862 active rigs as of May 30, 2014, higher by +9 from the previous week. Oil rigs increased by +8 to 1,536 (ht: +9; vt-dir: -1) while gas-directed rigs increased by +1 to 326 (ht: -1; vt-dir: +2). Horizontal oil rigs increased by +8 to 194 in the Eagle Ford (TX) and vertical/directional oil rigs increased by +4 to 220 in the Permian (TX). Gas-directed horizontal rigs increased by +3 to 19 in Granite Wash (TX).
NGL MARKET RECAP
| May 29, 2014
May 29, 2014
In Focus: New gas carriers to support LPG and ethylene/ethane arbitrage The size of the very large gas carrier ( VLGC ) segment is set to grow by around 50% through 2016 in response to greater supply of LPGs – most notably in the US – and increased demand, which is expected to come predominantly from the Asia-Pacific region. The 80 new VLGCs, which are on average 84,000 cubic meters (cbm), should increase capacity by +6.8 million cbm from 12.6 million cbm to 19.3 million cbm by the end of 20.....