CFTC COT | November 28, 2011

Commitment of Traders Report - November 22, 2011

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended November 22. 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 declined in WTI and gasoline, while the drop in heating oil was relatively small during the week ended November 22. WTI non-commercial net lengt.....


EIA NG STORAGE REPORT | November 23, 2011

+9 bcf

EIA reported a surprisingly bullish +9 bcf build for the week ended November 18. This build was well below expectations (Bloomberg median +19 bcf) for the second week in a row. However, the build was still greater than last year’s -7 bcf withdrawal and the prior 5-year average withdrawal of -7 bcf for the calendar week. In addition, a revision was issued that caused stocks to change from 3,850 to 3,843 bcf for the week ended November 11. Given the revision, this week’s build makes balances ap.....


NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | November 23, 2011

EARLY RELEASE - Schlumberger (Smith) STATS

Please note that due to the Thanksgiving holiday in the US, this week’s STATS numbers were released today with Friday’s date (November 25, 2011). STATS shows 1,867 active rigs as of November 25, 2011, down -6 rigs from a week ago. Oil rigs dropped by -1 (ht: 0, vt-dir: -1) and gas rigs fell by -5 (ht: -7, vt-dir: +2).


CFTC COT | November 18, 2011

Commitment of Traders Report - November 18, 2011

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended November 15. 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 and heating oil, and was almost unchanged in gasoline during the week ended November 15 (in line with last week). Non-commercials .....


NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | November 18, 2011

Schlumberger (Smith) STATS

STATS shows 1,873 active rigs as of November 18, 2011, up +17 rigs from a week ago. Oil rigs rose by +34 (ht: +26, vt-dir: +8) and gas rigs fell by -17 (ht: -2, vt-dir: -15).


EIA NG STORAGE REPORT | November 17, 2011

+19 bcf

EIA reported a surprisingly low +19 bcf build for the week ended November 11. This build was well below expectations (Bloomberg median +27 bcf), but still above the prior 5-year average build (+10 bcf) and the year-ago withdrawal (-1 bcf). After three consecutive weeks of the build exceeding expectations, this week’s bullish announcement sent the NYMEX front month contract up about 7 cents. But, while bullish relative to expectations, this build still pushed U.S. inventories to a new record o.....


CFTC COT | November 14, 2011

Commitment of Traders Report - November 14, 2011

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended November 8. 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 climbed in WTI and heating oil, and was flat in gasoline during the week ended November 8. Non-commercials increased net length by 6.1k to 205.3k in.....


NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | November 11, 2011

Schlumberger (Smith) STATS

STATS shows 1,856 active rigs as of November 11, 2011, down -3 rigs from a week ago. Oil rigs rose by +7 (ht: +12, vt-dir: -5) and gas rigs fell by -10 (ht: -17, vt-dir: +7).


EIA NG STORAGE REPORT | November 10, 2011

+37 bcf

EIA reported a +37 bcf build for the week ended November 4. This build was above expectations (Bloomberg median +32 bcf, Bloomberg whisper +33 bcf), the year-ago build (+26 bcf) and the prior 5-year average (+23 bcf). This was the third consecutive week that the build exceeded market expectations. But this week the bearish build was partly due to circumstances that could prove fleeting. Even so, there is little doubt now that inventory levels will surpass last year’s record 3,837 bcf before t.....


CFTC COT | November 04, 2011

Commitment of Traders Report - November 4, 2011

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended November 1. 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 declined in WTI (after three consecutive weekly increases) and gasoline, and was virtually unchanged in heating oil (for the second consecutive week.....