CFTC COT | February 17, 2012

Commitment of Traders Report - February 17, 2012

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended February 14. 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. WTI non-commercial net length increased at the sharpest pace since the week ended October 11 last year during the week ended February 14. It is now at the same level as the w.....


OIL PRICE MONITOR | February 17, 2012

February 17, 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 | February 17, 2012

Schlumberger (Smith) Rigs

STATS shows 1,849 active rigs as of February 17, 2012, up +6 rigs from a week ago. Oil rigs went up by +45 (ht: +25, vt-dir: +20) and total gas rigs fell by -39 (ht: -25, vt-dir: -14). Anadarko (OK) and Permian (TX) each gained 5 horizontal oil rigs and Monterey (CA) gained 7 vertical/directional oil rigs. Marcellus (WV) lost 7 horizontal gas rigs and Haynesville (LA) lost another 4 horizontal gas rigs. Marcellus ( SWPA ) also lost 4 vertical/directional gas rigs.


DOE CRUDE STATS | February 15, 2012

February 15, 2012

U.S. crude oil inventories decreased by -171k bbl in the week ending February 10, while Cushing stocks built +1,990k bbl. Distillate inventories declined by -2,867k bbl and gasoline inventories rose by +400k bbl.


OIL PRICE MONITOR | February 10, 2012

February 10, 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.


CFTC COT | February 10, 2012

Commitment of Traders Report - February 10, 2012

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended February 7. 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 expanded net length across the petroleum complex during the week ended February 7. Non-commercial net length in WTI is now -3k below the level seen during the.....


NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | February 10, 2012

Schlumberger (Smith) Rigs

STATS shows 1,843 active rigs as of February 10, 2012, up +3 rigs from a week ago. Oil rigs went up by +26 (ht: +23, vt-dir: +3) and total gas rigs fell by -23 (ht: -12, vt-dir: -11). Eagle Ford horizontal gas rigs fell by -4 and horizontal oil rigs went up by +3 likely due to reclassification. Horizontal oil rigs in the Anadarko play went up by +12 as horizontal gas rigs in the Granite Wash play fell by -9. The Texas Permian play also saw an increase of +5 vertical/directional oil rigs, whi.....


DOE CRUDE STATS | February 08, 2012

February 8, 2012

U.S. crude oil inventories increased by +304k bbl in the week ending February 3, while Cushing stocks built +367k bbl. Distillate inventories grew by +1,174k bbl and gasoline inventories rose by +1,629k bbl.


CFTC COT | February 03, 2012

Commitment of Traders Report - February 3, 2012

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended January 31. 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-commercial net length increased in WTI (for the sixth week in a row) and gasoline, and was flat in heating oil during the week ended January 31. Non-commercial net length.....


OIL PRICE MONITOR | February 03, 2012

February 3, 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.