NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | April 20, 2012
Baker Hughes
Baker Hughes shows 1,968 active rigs as of April 20, 2012, up +22 from a week ago. Oil rigs went up by +15 (ht: +10, vt-dir: +5) and total gas rigs went up by +7 (ht: unch, vt-dir: +7). Horizontal oil rigs went up by +4 in Eagle Ford (TX), while going down by -2 in Permian (NM). Vertical/Directional oil rigs went up by +7 in Permian (TX) and +2 in Permian (NM). Horizontal gas rigs went down by -3 in Marcellus ( NEPA ), while going up by +2 in Woodford (Arkoma)
NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | April 20, 2012
Schlumberger (Smith) STATS
STATS shows 1,897 active rigs as of April 20, 2012, up +5 rigs from a week ago. Oil rigs went up by +23 (ht: +11, vt-dir: +12) and total gas rigs went down by -18 (ht: -11, vt-dir: -7). Horizontal oil rigs went up by +5 in Monterey (CA) and by +3 in Bakken (ND), Eagle Ford (TX) and Permian (NM). Horizontal oil rigs fell by -3 in Anadarko (TX) and by -2 in Permian (TX). Horizontal gas rigs went down by -4 in Marcellus ( NEPA ) and by -2 in Fayetteville (AR) and Granite Wash (OK). Vertical/Di.....
DOE CRUDE STATS | April 18, 2012
April 18, 2012
U.S. crude oil inventories increased by +3,856k bbl in the week ended April 13, while Cushing stocks built +592k bbl. Distillate inventories drew -2,908k bbl and gasoline inventories dropped by -3,671k bbl. Please find attached this week’s detailed statistical report. Major data points: Crude oil inventories : Built +3.86m bbl (vs. the API estimate of +3.4m bbl), driven by an increase in PADD V of +3.38m bbl that offset a draw of -1.61m bbl in PADD I. Stocks in Cushing rose by +0.59m.....
CFTC COT | April 13, 2012
Commitment of Traders Report - April 13, 2012
Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended April 10. 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 in WTI for the fourth consecutive week during the week ended April 10. They curtailed WTI net length by 22.2k to 236.6k in futures and by.....
OIL PRICE MONITOR | April 13, 2012
April 13, 2012
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 weekly DOE EIA data.
NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | April 13, 2012
Baker Hughes
Baker Hughes shows 1,946 active rigs as of April 13, 2012, down -30 from a week ago. Oil rigs went down by -7 (ht: -5, vt-dir: -2) and total gas rigs went down by -23 (ht: -15, vt-dir: -8). Horizontal oil rigs went down by -2 in Bakken (ND) and by -2 in Permian (NM), while going up by +2 in Eagle Ford (TX). Vertical/Directional oil rigs went up by +3 in Permian (TX) and +2 in Permian (NM). Horizontal gas rigs went down by -9 in Haynesville (TX), followed by -7 in Haynesville (LA) and -3 in Gr.....
NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | April 13, 2012
Schlumberger (Smith) STATS
STATS shows 1,892 active rigs as of April 13, 2012, down -1 rig from a week ago. Oil rigs went down by -1 (ht: -4, vt-dir: +3) and total gas rigs were unchanged (ht: +2, vt-dir: -2). Horizontal oil rigs went up by +8 in Eagle Ford (TX), followed by +2 in Permian (TX), while falling by -4 in Bakken (ND) and -3 in Anadarko (TX). Horizontal gas rigs went up by +5 in Barnett (TX), followed by +3 in Eagle Ford (TX), while falling by -3 in Haynesville (LA) and -3 in Marcellus ( NEPA ).
DOE CRUDE STATS | April 11, 2012
April 11, 2012
U.S. crude oil inventories increased by +2,791k bbl in the week ending April 6, while Cushing stocks built +292k bbl. Distillate inventories drew -4,000k bbl and gasoline inventories dropped by -4,277k bbl. Please find attached this week’s detailed statistical report. Major data points: Crude oil inventories : Built +2.79m bbl (vs. the API estimate of +6.6m bbl), driven by an increase in PADD III of +2.14m bbl that offset small draws in PADDs I, II, and IV. Stocks in Cushing rose by .....
CFTC COT | April 09, 2012
Commitment of Traders Report - April 9, 2012
Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended April 3. 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 cut net length in WTI (at the sharpest pace since August 9, 2011) during the week ended April 3 as the price of WTI fell -3% w-o-w to reach $104.01 on April 3......
NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | April 09, 2012
Schlumberger (Smith) STATS
STATS shows 1,893 active rigs as of April 6, 2012, down -9 rigs from a week ago. Oil rigs went up by +18 (ht: +8, vt-dir: +10) and total gas rigs fell by -27 (ht: -20, vt-dir: -7). Horizontal oil rigs went up by +4 in Eagle Ford (TX), followed by +3 in Anadarko (OK) and +3 in Anadarko (TX), while falling by -4 in Bakken (ND) and -2 in Barnett Combo (TX) and -2 in Monterey (CA). Vertical/directional oil rigs went down by -4 in Monterey (CA), and went up by +2 in Eagle Ford (TX) and +2 in Perm.....