CFTC COT | March 08, 2013

Commitment of Traders Report - March 8, 2013

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended March 5, 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 reduced net length across the petroleum complex this week. Non-commercials cut net length in WTI by -525 to 314.3k in futures and by -6.3k to 358.5k in fut.....


OIL PRICE MONITOR | March 08, 2013

March 8, 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 | March 08, 2013

March 8, 2013

STATS shows 1,635 active rigs as of March 8, 2013, higher by +2 for the week. Rigs drilling for oil increased by +4 to 1,281 (ht: +6; vt-dir: -2) and gas rigs declined by -2 to 354 (ht: -1; vt-dir: -1). Horizontal oil rigs increased by +4 to 103 in the Anadarko (OK), while horizontal gas rigs drilling in the Eagle Ford (TX) fell by -2 to 19. Total horizontal gas rigs in the Marcellus increased by +1 to 79. Baker Hughes shows 1,748 active rigs as of March 8, 2013, lower by -5 from the previous.....


DOE CRUDE STATS | March 06, 2013

March 6, 2013

U.S. crude oil inventories built by +3833k bbl in the week ended March 1, while Cushing stocks grew by +257k bbl. Distillate inventories declined by -3830k bbl and gasoline inventories decreased by -616k 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 +3.83m b.....


OIL PRICE MONITOR | March 01, 2013

March 1, 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.


CFTC COT | March 01, 2013

Commitment of Traders Report - March 1, 2013

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended February 26. 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 reduced net length across the petroleum complex this week. Non-commercials cut net length in WTI by -28.3k to 314.8k in futures and by -30.9k to 364.8k in fu.....


NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | March 01, 2013

March 1, 2013

STATS shows 1,633 active rigs as of March 1, 2013, lower by -13 for the week. Rigs drilling for oil decreased by -6 to 1,277 (ht: -12; vt-dir: +6) and gas rigs declined by -7 to 356 (ht: -7; vt-dir: unchanged). Horizontal oil rigs fell by -13 to 172 in Eagle Ford (TX), while vertical/direction rigs in the same play increased by +9 to 37. Meanwhile, horizontal gas rigs drilling in the Marcellus ( SWPA ) fell by -4 to 20. Baker Hughes shows 1,753 active rigs as of March 1, 2013, lower by -4 fro.....


DOE CRUDE STATS | February 27, 2013

February 27, 2013

U.S. crude oil inventories rose by +1130k bbl in the week ended February 22, while Cushing stocks fell by -75k bbl. Distillate inventories grew by +557k bbl and gasoline inventories decreased by -1857k 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 +1.13m bbl.....


CFTC COT | February 24, 2013

Commitment of Traders Report - February 22, 2013

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended February 19. 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 decreased net length for the first time since December 11, when the price of WTI was $85.79. Yet net length still remains at its highest level since Februar.....


OIL PRICE MONITOR | February 24, 2013

February 24, 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.