NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | November 09, 2012

November 9, 2012

Starting this week, LCMC Research will publish a single rig report (US_RigWatch_combined_20121109.pdf). This report contains both STATS and Baker Hughes data, comparing and contrasting the activity posted by the two sources. Reports and data files generated in the old format will continue to be attached to this report. STATS shows 1,731 active rigs as of November 9, 2012, down -15 rigs from a week ago. Oil rigs decreased by -4 (ht: -8, vt-dir: +4.) and total gas rigs decreased by -11 (h.....


EIA NG STORAGE REPORT | November 08, 2012

November 8, 2012

EIA reported a +21 bcf injection for the week ended November 1 (Bloomberg median +26 bcf, Bloomberg Whisper +25 bcf). The 23 estimates submitted to Bloomberg varied from +16 bcf to +34 bcf with a standard deviation of 5 bcf. Our model showed +26 bcf. Nationwide cooling degree days reported by NOAA decreased to 3 CDDs from 12 CDDs the prior week. Nationwide HDDs increased to 101 from 56 in the prior week. Total US: +21 bcf ( LCMC +26 bcf; Bloomberg median +26 bcf) East: +5 bcf West: +8 b.....


CFTC COT | November 02, 2012

Commitment of Traders Report - November 2

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended October 30. 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 in WTI during the week ended October 30, a third consecutive decline. Non-commercials decreased WTI net length by -14.9k to 226.9k in futu.....


NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | November 02, 2012

Baker Hughes

Baker Hughes shows 1,797 active rigs as of November 2, 2012, down -27 from a week ago. Oil rigs decreased by -35 (ht: -8, vt-dir: -27) and total gas rigs increased by +8 (ht: +8., vt-dir: unch). Horizontal oil rigs decreased by -5 in Bakken (ND). Vertical/Directional oil rigs decreased by -6 in Permian (TX), -5 in Texas outside established shale plays and -4 in Permian (NM). Horizontal gas rigs decreased by -4 in Eagle Ford (TX) and -2 in Marcellus ( NEPA ). Horizontal gas rigs increased by.....


NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | November 02, 2012

Schlumberger (Smith) STATS

STATS shows 1,746 active rigs as of November 2, 2012, down -17 rigs from a week ago. Oil rigs decreased by -11 (ht: -8, vt-dir: -3.) and total gas rigs decreased by -6 (ht: +1, vt-dir: -7). Horizontal oil rigs decreased by -6 in Eagle Ford (TX), and by -4 in Oklahoma area outside of Anadarko. Horizontal oil rigs increased by +4 to 30 in Anadarko (TX). Vertical/Directional oil rigs decreased by -3 nationwide. Horizontal gas rigs increased by +3 to 51 in Eagle Ford (TX) and +2 to 26 in Marcel.....


EIA NG STORAGE REPORT | November 01, 2012

November 1, 2012

In this Special Edition of EIA NG Storage Report, we provide a power outage breakdown by state and by utility. EIA reported a +65 bcf injection for the week ended October 26 (Bloomberg median +68 bcf, Bloomberg Whisper +69 bcf). The 23 estimates submitted to Bloomberg varied from +64 bcf to +78 bcf with a standard deviation of 4 bcf. Our model showed +69 bcf. Nationwide cooling degree days reported by NOAA decreased to 12 CDDs from 15 CDDs the prior week. Nationwide HDDs decreased to 56.....


CFTC COT | October 26, 2012

Commitment of Traders Report - October 26

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended October 23. 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 in WTI during the week ended October 23 for a second week in a row. Non-commercials decreased WTI net length by -16.3k to 241.8k in futu.....


NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | October 26, 2012

Schlumberger (Smith) STATS

Irion County, TX has been moved from “Other – Texas” to “Permian (TX)” within oil rig groupings. Historical values in the attached .xlsx file have been updated to reflect that change. STATS shows 1,763 active rigs as of October 26, 2012, down -21 rigs from a week ago. Oil rigs decreased by -36 (ht: -26, vt-dir: -10.) and total gas rigs increased by +15 (ht: +13, vt-dir: +2). STATS horizontal gas drilling activity differs sharply from this week’s Baker Hughes data which indicated a decreas.....


NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | October 26, 2012

Baker Hughes

Irion County, TX has been moved from “Other – Texas” to “Permian (TX)” within oil rig groupings. Historical values in the attached .xlsx file have been updated to reflect that change. Baker Hughes shows 1,824 active rigs as of October 26, 2012, down -13 from a week ago. Oil rigs decreased by -2 (ht: +3, vt-dir: -5) and total gas rigs decreased by -11 (ht: -12., vt-dir: +1). Horizontal oil rigs in the Anadarko basin across three states (TX, OK, KS) increased by a total of +5 this week, with.....


EIA NG STORAGE REPORT | October 25, 2012

October 25, 2012

EIA reported a +67 bcf injection for the week ended October 19 (Bloomberg median +67 bcf, Bloomberg Whisper +66 bcf). The 26 estimates submitted to Bloomberg varied from +55 bcf to +72 bcf with a standard deviation of 4 bcf. Our model showed +65 bcf. Nationwide cooling degree days reported by NOAA increased to 15 CDDs from 11 CDDs the prior week. Nationwide HDDs decreased to 62 from 81 in the prior week. Total US: +67 bcf ( LCMC +65 bcf; Bloomberg median +67 bcf) East: +28 bcf West: +11.....