U.S. NATURAL GAS TRADE AND POWER SECTOR DEMAND | February 09, 2016

February 9, 2016

Please find attached data and charts detailing U. S. gas imports and power demand for the week ended February 4, 2016. Total net imports for the reference week averaged 1.82 bcf/d, lower by -1.12 bcf/d week-on-week. During the same week last year, U.S. net imports averaged 4.42 bcf/d. Average natural gas demand in the power sector was 22.3 bcf/d, lower by -2.7 bcf/d week-over-week. During the reference week, the contiguous US observed 106 electric-weighted HDDs, lower by -48 from the previ.....


CFTC COT | February 08, 2016

Commitments of Traders Report – February 08, 2016

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended February 02. 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 and gasoline , but decreased in natural gas, gasoil, heating oil and WTI during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas fell by -15.4k to -2.5k in futures and decreased by -3......


NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | February 05, 2016

February 5, 2016

Baker Hughes shows 571 active rigs as of February 5, 2016, lower by -48 from the previous week. Oil rigs decreased by -30 to 467 (ht: -22; vt-dir: -8) while gas-directed rigs dropped by -18 to 104 (ht: -7; vt-dir: -11). Horizontal oil rigs decreased by -9 in Eagle Ford (TX), by -5 in Anadarko (OK) and by -3 in Anadarko TX) and Permian (NM). Gas-directed horizontal rigs decreased by -3 in Haynesville (LA) and by -2 in Marcellus ( SWPA ), while increasing by +4 in Eagle Ford (TX).


EIA NG STORAGE REPORT | February 04, 2016

February 4, 2016

The EIA reported a -152 bcf withdrawal for the week ending January 28, coming in-line with our own number at -151 bcf, and stronger than the Bloomberg median at -150 bcf. The draw implies a looser balance versus the previous week as a result of the demand destruction brought on by superstorm Jonas. However, this weekend we saw a further loosening of the supply and demand balance driven primarily by weak power burns. Last week we said that the supply and demand balance implied by the EIA .....


U.S. NATURAL GAS TRADE AND POWER SECTOR DEMAND | February 02, 2016

February 2, 2016

Please find attached data and charts detailing U. S. gas imports and power demand for the week ended January 28, 2016. Total net imports for the reference week averaged 2.68 bcf/d, lower by -1.20 bcf/d week-on-week. During the same week last year, U.S. net imports averaged 3.69 bcf/d. Average natural gas demand in the power sector was 24.8 bcf/d, lower by -1.3 bcf/d week-over-week. During the reference week, the contiguous US observed 154 electric-weighted HDDs, lower by -14 from the previ.....


U.S. COAL DELIVERIES TO POWER PLANTS | February 01, 2016

February 2016

Please find attached U.S. Coal Deliveries to Electric Power Plants with data through November 2015. The report contains volume and price data where available.


CFTC COT | February 01, 2016

Commitments of Traders Report – February 01, 2016

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended January 26. 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, natural gas, gasoil, heating oil and WTI , but decreased in gasoline during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas declined by -0.4k to +13.0k in futures and grew by +13.9k t.....


NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | January 29, 2016

January 29, 2016

Baker Hughes shows 618 active rigs as of January 29, 2016, lower by -18 from the previous week. Oil rigs decreased by -13 to 497 (ht: -8; vt-dir: -5) while gas-directed rigs dropped by -5 to 122 (ht: -5; vt-dir: unch). Horizontal oil rigs decreased by -11 in Permian (TX) and by -4 in Permian (NM), while increasing by +3 in Anadarko (OK). Gas-directed horizontal rigs declined by -1 in Granite Wash (OK), Marcellus ( NEPA ) and Woodford (Arkoma).


EIA NG STORAGE REPORT | January 28, 2016

January 28, 2016

The EIA reported a -211 bcf withdrawal for the week ending January 21, coming in-line with our own number at -211 bcf, and stronger than the Bloomberg median at -207 bcf. The regional breakdown was also close to expectations once allowing for rounding errors. This implies another tightening of the balances compared to the previous week as the EIA number once again agrees with scrape models rather than the weather-driven supply and demand models. Last week we talked about the temporary na.....


U.S. NATURAL GAS TRADE AND POWER SECTOR DEMAND | January 26, 2016

January 26, 2016

Please find attached data and charts detailing U. S. gas imports and power demand for the week ended January 21, 2016. Total net imports for the reference week averaged 3.81 bcf/d, higher by +0.99 bcf/d week-on-week. During the same week last year, U.S. net imports averaged 3.95 bcf/d. Average natural gas demand in the power sector was 26.3 bcf/d, higher by +0.3 bcf/d week-over-week. During the reference week, the contiguous US observed 168 electric-weighted HDDs, higher by +13 from the pr.....