NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | December 29, 2014

December 29, 2014

Baker Hughes shows 1,839 active rigs as of December 26, 2014, lower by -35 from the previous week. Oil rigs decreased by -37 to 1,499 (ht: -4; vt-dir: -33) while gas-directed rigs increased by +2 to 340 (ht: -2; vt-dir: +4). Horizontal oil rigs decreased by -3 to 196 in the Eagle Ford (TX) whereas increased by +5 to 264 in the Permian (TX). Vertical/directional oil rigs decreased by -16 to 11 in the Monterey (CA), reaching a low not seen since 2010. Gas-directed horizontal rigs decreased by -2 t.....


CFTC COT | December 29, 2014

Commitments of Traders Report – December 29, 2014

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended December 16. We provide all Legacy and Disaggregated trader positions for natural gas, WTI , Brent, gasoline and heating oil. Non-commercials increased net length in Brent, gasoline and WTI , but decreased in natural gas and heating oil during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas decreased by -7.2k to +41.3k in futures and fell by -4.6k to +67.3k in .....


CFTC COT | December 22, 2014

Commitments of Traders Report – December 22, 2014

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended December 16. We provide all Legacy and Disaggregated trader positions for natural gas, WTI , Brent, gasoline and heating oil. Non-commercials increased net length in Brent, gasoline and WTI , but decreased in natural gas and heating oil during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas declined by -7.2k to +41.3k in futures and decreased by -4.6k to +67.3k.....


NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | December 19, 2014

December 19, 2014

Baker Hughes shows 1,874 active rigs as of December 19, 2014, lower by -18 from the previous week. Oil rigs decreased by -10 to 1,536 (ht: -5; vt-dir: -5) while gas-directed rigs decreased by -8 to 338 (ht: -6; vt-dir: -2). Horizontal oil rigs decreased by -5 to 159 in the Bakken (ND) whereas increased by +5 to 259 in the Permian (TX). Vertical/directional oil rigs decreased by -5 to 147 in the Permian (TX). Gas-directed horizontal rigs decreased by -3 to 24 in Marcellus (WV).


EIA NG STORAGE REPORT | December 18, 2014

December 18, 2014

EIA reported a -64 bcf withdrawal for the week ending December 12 (Bloomberg median -60 bcf, Bloomberg whisper: -60 bcf). The 24 estimates submitted to Bloomberg varied from -78 bcf to -54 bcf with a standard deviation of 5 bcf. Our model showed -58 bcf. Nationwide natural gas-weighted heating degree days reported by NOAA decreased by -1 to 164 HDDs, while electricity-weighted cooling degree days remained flat at 2 CDDs. Total US: -64 bcf ( LCMC : -58 bcf, Bloomberg median: -60 bcf) East:.....


CFTC COT | December 15, 2014

Commitments of Traders Report – December 15, 2014

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended December 09. We provide all Legacy and Disaggregated trader positions for natural gas, WTI , Brent, gasoline and heating oil. Non-commercials increased net length in heating oil, Brent and gasoline , but decreased in natural gas and WTI during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas declined by -27.1k to +48.6k in futures and fell by -31.1k to +71.9k in.....


NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | December 12, 2014

December 12, 2014

Baker Hughes shows 1,892 active rigs as of December 12, 2014, lower by -27 from the previous week. Oil rigs decreased by -29 to 1,546 (ht: -6; vt-dir: -23) while the total number of gas-directed rigs increased by +2 to 346 (ht: +5; vt-dir: -3). Vertical/directional oil rigs decreased by -16 to 162 and horizontal oil rigs decreased by -6 to 254 in the Permian (TX). Gas-directed horizontal rigs increased by +3 to 19 in Ohio.


EIA NG STORAGE REPORT | December 11, 2014

December 11, 2014

Please note our extended U.S. and Canada tables covering the injection season are included in the attachment. We overwrite weekly estimates with monthly releases as monthly EIA data becomes available. EIA reported a -51 bcf withdrawal for the week ending December 4 (Bloomberg median -45 bcf, Bloomberg whisper: -44 bcf). The 23 estimates submitted to Bloomberg varied from -59 bcf to -23 bcf with a standard deviation of 6 bcf. Our model showed -46 bcf. Nationwide natural gas-weighted heatin.....


CFTC COT | December 08, 2014

Commitments of Traders Report – December 08, 2014

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended December 02. We provide all Legacy and Disaggregated trader positions for natural gas, WTI , Brent, gasoline and heating oil. Non-commercials increased net length in Brent , but decreased in natural gas, heating oil, gasoline and WTI during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas declined by -56.1k to +75.6k in futures and fell by -66.4k to +103.0k in f.....


NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | December 05, 2014

December 05, 2014

Baker Hughes shows 1,919 active rigs as of December 05, 2014, higher by +3 from the previous week. Oil rigs increased by +3 to 1,575 (ht: -4; vt-dir: +7) while the total number of gas-directed rigs remained unchanged at 344 (ht: +1; vt-dir: -1). Horizontal oil rigs decreased by -4 to 198 in the Eagle Ford (TX) and vertical/directional oil rigs decreased by -1 to 178 in the Permian (TX). Gas-directed horizontal rigs increased by +2 to 19 in Haynesville (TX).