EIA NG STORAGE REPORT | December 23, 2010

-184 bcf

EIA NG STORAGE REPORT The EIA reported a -184 bcf storage withdrawal for the week ending December 17, slightly higher than the Bloomberg median expectation of a -180 bcf withdrawal. This storage withdrawal was larger than the 5-year average of -136 bcf and the -172 bcf withdrawal last year. This week’s storage report implies slightly tighter balances on a week-ago and year-ago basis. In addition, a revision was issued that caused stocks to change from 3,561 to 3,552 bcf for the week en.....


CFTC COT | December 17, 2010

December 17, 2010

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ending December 14. 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 was flat in WTI , while it registered slight declines in gasoline and heating oil this week. In WTI , net longs were virtually unchanged at 231.3k.....


EIA NG STORAGE REPORT | December 16, 2010

-164

EIA NG STORAGE REPORT The EIA reported a -164 bcf storage withdrawal for the week ending December 10, in line with the Bloomberg median expectation of a -165 bcf withdrawal. This storage withdrawal was larger than the five-year average of -153 bcf but lower than the -207 bcf withdrawal for the same calendar week last year. The story line has not changed much since last week. Year-ago comparisons make this week’s storage report balances appear very loose, but (like last week) this is onl.....


CFTC COT | December 10, 2010

December 10, 2010

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ending December 7. 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 rose across the petroleum complex again this week, with sharp increases in WTI and heating oil. Non-commercial net length climbed to reach a record.....


EIA NG STORAGE REPORT | December 09, 2010

-89

EIA NG STORAGE REPORT The EIA reported a -89 bcf storage withdrawal for the week ending December 3, a slightly larger withdrawal than the Bloomberg median expectation of a -85 bcf build. This storage withdrawal was larger than both the five-year average of -74 bcf and the year-ago -64 bcf net injection (for the calendar week). While our weather model indicated a withdrawal in line with -89 bcf, the holiday effect during the previous week would have implied a slightly higher withdrawal. .....


CFTC COT | December 03, 2010

December 03, 2010

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ending November 30. 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 rose across the petroleum complex this week, with a sharper jump in WTI . In WTI , net longs increased by 21.2k to 196.4k in futures only and by 2.....


EIA NG STORAGE REPORT | December 02, 2010

-23

The EIA reported a -23 bcf storage withdrawal for the week ending November 26, a slightly smaller withdrawal than the Bloomberg median expectation of a -29 bcf build. The storage withdrawal was lower than the five-year average of -36 bcf, while the same week last year managed a small +2 bcf net injection during the holiday week. Though the reported withdrawal was below consensus expectations, it implies that weather-adjusted balances have continued to tighten sequentially as the heating seas.....


CFTC COT | November 29, 2010

November 29, 2010

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ending November 23. 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 in WTI and heating oil declined sharply this week while it was almost unchanged in gasoline. In WTI , net longs fell by 31.1k to 175.2k in future.....


EIA NG STORAGE REPORT | November 24, 2010

-6 bcf

EIA NG STORAGE REPORT The EIA reported a -6 bcf withdrawal for the week ending November 19. This is a larger draw on storage than the Bloomberg median expectation of a -1 bcf withdrawal. The same calendar week last year saw a +5 bcf injection, but the 5-year average is for a -13 bcf withdrawal. This week’s storage report indicates balances roughly consistent with last week’s report and a pace of injections essentially on par with that of November last year. Overall, the past three stor.....


CFTC COT | November 19, 2010

November 19, 2010

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ending November 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. Non-commercial net length in WTI declined this week while it increased in gasoline and was virtually unchanged in heating oil. In WTI , net longs rose by 5.7k to 206.3k in.....