NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH
| August 26, 2011
Schlumberger (Smith) STATS
STATS shows 1,786 active rigs as of August 26, 2011, unchanged from a week ago. Oil rigs were down by -12, (ht: -12, vt-dir: 0), and gas rigs were up by +12 (ht: +14, vt-dir: -2). Statistical summary is attached.
DOE CRUDE STATS
| August 24, 2011
August 24, 2011
August 24, 2011 Even with the outflow of 4.8m bbl from the SPR , U.S. crude stocks drew -2.2m bbl on the week. Exceptionally low crude oil imports have contributed to recent stock draws, despite the outflow from government inventories. Not surprisingly, crude imports into Gulf of Mexico ports have posted the sharpest slowdown of any region of the country as SPR crude has been released into the PADD III market. PADD III imports have slipped 621 kb/d to 4.75 mb/d over the last 4 weeks.....
CFTC COT
| August 19, 2011
Commitment of Traders Report - August 19, 2011
Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended August 16. 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. Data for the week ended August 16 suggest a relatively calmer market but does not reflect Thursday’s sell-off. Non-commercial net length in WTI has been on a broad downward tr.....
OIL PRICE MONITOR
| August 19, 2011
August 19, 2011
Attached is this week’s Oil Price Monitor , which provides an overview of global oil price 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
| August 19, 2011
Schlumberger (Smith) STATS
STATS shows 1,786 active rigs as of August 19, 2011 compared to 1,800 a week ago. Oil rigs were down by -10, (ht: -5, vt-dir: -5), and gas rigs were down by -4 (ht: -6, vt-dir: +2). Statistical summary is attached.
DOE CRUDE STATS
| August 17, 2011
August 17, 2011
August 17, 2011 After a string of rather bleak readings this summer, US apparent product demand is beginning to show some signs of life. Total apparent product demand has jumped 688 kb/d to 19.44 mb/d (4wk avg) in the last three weeks, a healthy 3.7% bounce. A resurgence in apparent distillate demand has helped drive the upturn, with 4wk avg demand rising 257 kb/d (or 7.4%) over the last three weeks. A similarly promising story has played out in finished motor gasoline, which has rebounded 98 .....
CFTC COT
| August 12, 2011
Commitment of Traders Report - August 12, 2011
Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended August 9. 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. This week’s data reflects the recent sell-off in global markets across the petroleum complex, natural gas and index investment in commodities. Non-commercial net length in the pe.....
OIL PRICE MONITOR
| August 12, 2011
August 12, 2011
Attached is this week’s LCMC Oil Price Monitor , which provides an overview of global oil price 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
| August 12, 2011
Schlumberger (Smith) STATS
STATS shows 1,800 active rigs as of August 12, 2011, compared to 1,779 a week ago. Oil rigs were up by 12 (ht: +1, vt-dir: +11), and gas rigs were up by 9 (ht: +6, vt-dir: +3). Statistical summary is attached.
DOE CRUDE STATS
| August 10, 2011
August 10, 2011
August 10, 2011 Despite the release of a further 2.5m bbl of crude from the SPR , crude stocks drew a sizeable -5.2m bbl this week, with Cushing stocks down -1.4m bbl to 34.6m bbl. Cushing’s strong summertime draw owes much to near record-setting PADD II refining activity, which is pushing through crude at a rate not sustained since the summer of 2000. Meanwhile, although the weekly EIA data suggest that imports into PADD II are running at an all-time high, the picture is more complex t.....