OIL PRICE MONITOR | November 18, 2011

November 18, 2011

Attached is this week’s Oil Price Monitor, which provides an overview of global oil market activity across a range of dimensions, from spot crude and product prices to forward curves, refining margins, product arbitrage, and weekly DOE EIA data.


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).


DOE CRUDE STATS | November 17, 2011

November 16, 2011

U.S. crude oil inventories declined by -1056k bbl in the week ending November 11, while Cushing stocks added +890k bbl. Distillate inventories declined by -2136k bbl and gasoline inventories posted an increase of +992k bbl.


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.....


OIL PRICE MONITOR | November 11, 2011

November 11, 2011

Attached is this week’s Oil Price Monitor, which provides an overview of global oil market activity across a range of dimensions, from spot crude and product prices to forward curves, refining margins, product arbitrage, and weekly DOE EIA data.


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).


DOE CRUDE STATS | November 09, 2011

November 9, 2011

U.S. crude oil inventories declined by -1370k bbl in the week ending November 4, while Cushing stocks drew -932k bbl. Distillate inventories declined by -6020k bbl and gasoline inventories posted a decrease of -2107k bbl.


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.....


OIL PRICE MONITOR | November 04, 2011

November 4, 2011

Attached is this week’s Oil Price Monitor, which provides an overview of global oil market activity across a range of dimensions, from spot crude and product prices to forward curves, refining margins, product arbitrage, and weekly DOE EIA data.


NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | November 04, 2011

Schlumberger (Smith) STATS

STATS shows 1,859 active rigs as of November 4, 2011, up +4 rigs from a week ago. Oil rigs rose by +17 (ht: +12, vt-dir: +5) and gas rigs fell by -13 (ht: +6, vt-dir: -7).