OIL PRICE MONITOR | March 02, 2012

March 2, 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 | March 02, 2012

Schlumberger (Smith) Rigs

STATS shows 1,873 active rigs as of March 2, 2012, up +17 rigs from a week ago. Oil rigs went up by +34 (ht: +24, vt-dir: +10) and total gas rigs fell by -17 (ht: -20, vt-dir: +3). Eagle Ford (TX) horizontal oil rigs went up by +9, while Monterey (CA) vertical/directional oil rigs went up by 5 and Permian (TX) vertical/directional oil rigs went up by +4. Marcellus ( NEPA ) lost the most horizontal gas rigs at -7, followed by Haynesville (LA) and Marcellus (WV) where horizontal gas rigs fell b.....


DOE CRUDE STATS | February 29, 2012

February 29, 2012

U.S. crude oil inventories increased by +4,160k bbl in the week ending February 24, while Cushing stocks built +1,648k bbl. Distillate inventories declined by -2,069k bbl and gasoline inventories dropped by -1,600k bbl.


CFTC COT | February 24, 2012

Commitment of Traders Report - February 24, 2012

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended February 21. 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 advanced across the petroleum complex during the week ended February 21. Non-commercials boosted WTI net length (for the ninth consecutive week) as.....


OIL PRICE MONITOR | February 24, 2012

February 24, 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 24, 2012

February 24, 2012

STATS shows 1,856 active rigs as of February 24, 2012, up +7 rigs from a week ago. Oil rigs went up by +11 (ht: +10, vt-dir: +1) and total gas rigs fell by -4 (ht: +1, vt-dir: -5). Eagle Ford (TX) gained 11 horizontal oil rigs and Anadarko (OK) gained another 3 horizontal oil rigs. Marcellus (WV) regained 5 horizontal gas rigs and Haynesville lost another 5 horizontal gas rigs.


DOE CRUDE STATS | February 23, 2012

February 23, 2012

U.S. crude oil inventories increased by +1,633k bbl in the week ending February 17, while Cushing stocks drew -315k bbl. Distillate inventories declined by -208k bbl and gasoline inventories were down by -649k bbl.


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.