CFTC COT
| July 26, 2013
Commitment of Traders Report - July 26, 2013
Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended July 23, 2013. We focus on net length of non-commercial traders as well as net length of money managers and swap dealers as indicated in the disaggregated data for WTI , natural gas, gasoline, and heating oil. Non-commercials increased net length in WTI , gasoline, heating oil and natural gas during the reference week. Non-commercials’ net length in WTI grew by +43.1k to 477.5k.....
OIL PRICE MONITOR
| July 26, 2013
July 26, 2013
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. Bloomberg has discontinued a few data feeds used in the Oil Price Monitor. We are working with Bloomberg to identify replacements for the feeds listed below. Crude benchmarks: Urals Mediterranean Bonny Light Refined products: Singapore 95 R.....
NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH
| July 26, 2013
July 26, 2013
Baker Hughes shows 1,770 active rigs as of July 26, 2013, higher by +6 from the previous week. Oil rigs increased by +6 to 1,401 (ht: +6; vt-dir: unchanged) and gas-directed rigs were unchanged at 369 (ht: +3; vt-dir: -3). Horizontal oil rigs increased by +6 to 97 in the Anadarko (OK) but fell by -7 to 162 in the Eagle Ford (TX). Gas-directed horizontal rigs increased by +3 to 16 in the Eagle Ford (TX) but fell by -4 to 18 in the Granite Wash (TX).
DOE CRUDE STATS
| July 24, 2013
July 24, 2013
U.S. crude oil inventories decreased by -2825k bbl in the week ended July 19, while Cushing stocks fell by -2060k bbl. Distillate inventories declined by -1227k bbl and gasoline inventories fell by -1389k 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 -2.....
CFTC COT
| July 19, 2013
Commitment of Traders Report - July 19, 2013
Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended July 16, 2013. We focus on net length of non-commercial traders as well as net length of money managers and swap dealers as indicated in the disaggregated data for WTI , natural gas, gasoline, and heating oil. Non-commercials increased net length in WTI , gasoline and heating oil, but decreased net length in natural gas during the reference week. Non-commercials’ net length in W.....
OIL PRICE MONITOR
| July 19, 2013
19 July 2013
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.
NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH
| July 19, 2013
July 19, 2013
Baker Hughes shows 1,764 active rigs as of July 19, 2013, higher by +11 from the previous week. Oil rigs increased by +4 to 1,395 (ht: -1; vt-dir: +5) and gas-directed rigs increased by +7 to 369 (ht: +1; vt-dir: +6). Vertical/directional oil rigs increased by +3 to 45 in the Eagle Ford (TX) while horizontal oil rigs increased by +3 to 105 in the Permian (TX). Gas-directed vertical/directional rigs increased by +4 to 31 in parts of Louisiana not currently identified with a resource play, making .....
DOE CRUDE STATS
| July 17, 2013
July 17, 2013
U.S. crude oil inventories fell by -6902k bbl in the week ended July 12, while Cushing stocks declined by -882k bbl. Distillate inventories increased by +3870k bbl and gasoline inventories rose by +3055k 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 -6.9m bb.....
CFTC COT
| July 12, 2013
Commitment of Traders Report - July 12, 2013
Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended July 9, 2013. We focus on net length of non-commercial traders as well as net length of money managers and swap dealers as indicated in the disaggregated data for WTI , natural gas, gasoline, and heating oil. Non-commercials increased net length in WTI , gasoline and heating oil, but decreased net length in natural gas during the reference week. Non-commercials’ net length in WT.....
OIL PRICE MONITOR
| July 12, 2013
July 12, 2013
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.