CFTC COT
| July 26, 2019
Commitments of Traders Report – July 26, 2019
Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended July 23. We provide all Legacy and Disaggregated trader positions for natural gas, WTI , Brent, gasoline, heating oil and gasoil. Non-commercials increased net length in gasoil and heating oil , but decreased in Brent, gasoline, natural gas and WTI during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas declined by -27.2k to -134.5k in futures and decreased by -.....
NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH
| July 26, 2019
July 26, 2019
US: Baker Hughes shows 945 active rigs as of July 26, 2019, lower by -8 from the previous week. Oil rigs decreased by -3 to 776 (ht: -5; vt-dir: +2), and gas-directed rigs decreased by -5 to 169 (ht: -1; vt-dir: -4). Horizontal oil rigs increased by +3 in Permian (TX), by +1 in Monterey (CA) and by +3 in Other areas not associated with a specific play, while declining by -7 in Bakken (ND), by -2 in Anadarko (OK), by -2 in Permian (NM) and by -1 in Eagle Ford (TX). Horizontal gas rigs increased .....
EIA NG STORAGE REPORT
| July 25, 2019
July 25, 2019
The EIA reported a +36 bcf increase in inventories this week. The build was in line with both our estimate and the Bloomberg median. Regionally, our largest misses were in the South Central and Midwest again. Overestimates of net South Central draws fortunately offset overestimates for Midwest builds. Our early estimate for next week’s number is an injection close to the 50 bcf mark. At the start of the summer, low inventories in California storage pools and ongoing constraints at the Topo.....
NGL MARKET RECAP
| July 24, 2019
July 24, 2019
Attached is this week’s NGL Market Recap, which provides an overview of U.S. propane statistics as well as global LPG prices and ratios.
U.S. NATURAL GAS TRADE AND POWER SECTOR DEMAND
| July 23, 2019
July 23, 2019
Note: We have added a missing point to our LNG feedgas estimates and changed historical data accordingly. For the week ending July 18, 2019, We are anticipating a +36 bcf injection for Thursday’s natural gas storage report as indicated by our models. E: +15; MW: +27; MTN : +5; PAC : +3; SC: -14 (S:-20, NS: +6). There are currently 7 analysts reporting on Bloomberg with an average of +40 bcf. Over the next four weeks (incl. this week) we are anticipating +36, +50, +44, +46, for a total.....
WEEKLY NG MARKET COMMENTARY
| July 21, 2019
July 21, 2019
Please follow the link below to find our weekly natural gas commentary report, highlighting key trends in this week’s natural gas market and our 4-week storage outlook. Included are the regional balances and flow analysis for the week ending July 18, 2019 (Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, Mountain and Pacific).
CFTC COT
| July 19, 2019
Commitments of Traders Report – July 19, 2019
Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended July 16. We provide all Legacy and Disaggregated trader positions for natural gas, WTI , Brent, gasoline, heating oil and gasoil. Non-commercials increased net length in Brent, gasoline, natural gas, gasoil, heating oil and WTI during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas grew by +6.6k to -107.3k in futures and increased by +17.7k to -78.9k in futures.....
NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH
| July 19, 2019
July 19, 2019
US: Baker Hughes shows 953 active rigs as of July 19, 2019, lower by -3 from the previous week. Oil rigs decreased by -5 to 779 (ht: -3; vt-dir: -2), and gas-directed rigs increased by +2 to 174 (ht: +1; vt-dir: +1). Horizontal oil rigs increased by +5 in Permian (NM), while declining by -3 in Eagle Ford (TX), by -2 in Permian (TX) and by -3 in Other areas not associated with a specific play. Horizontal gas rigs increased by +3 in Eagle Ford (TX) and by +2 in Marcellus ( SWPA ), while declining.....
EIA NG STORAGE REPORT
| July 18, 2019
July 18, 2019
The EIA reported a +62 bcf increase in inventories this week. The build was 3 bcf lower than our estimate and 7 bcf below the Bloomberg median. Regionally, our largest misses were in the South Central and Midwest, as we underestimated pulls from South Central salts while also underestimating builds in the Midwest. Coming in 2 bcf below the 5-year average, this week’s injection broke a 15 week streak of builds coming in above the 5-year average. Our early estimate for next week’s number is an.....
NGL MARKET RECAP
| July 17, 2019
July 17, 2019
Attached is this week’s NGL Market Recap, which provides an overview of U.S. propane statistics as well as global LPG prices and ratios.