CFTC COT | September 11, 2020
September 11, 2020
Please find below the links to data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended September 08. We provide all Legacy and Disaggregated trader positions for natural gas, WTI, Brent, gasoline, heating oil and gasoil. Non-commercials increased net length in natural gas , but decreased in WTI, Brent, gasoline, heating oil and gasoil during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas grew by +11.2k to +314.4k in futures and increased by +22.9.....
NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | September 11, 2020
September 11, 2020
Please find below the links to this week's detailed rig reports and a quick recap of the North American oil and gas drilling activity as reported by Baker Hughes. US: Baker Hughes shows 251 active rigs as of September 11, 2020, lower by -2 from the previous week. Oil rigs decreased by -1 to 180 (ht: -3; vt-dir: +2), and gas-directed rigs decreased by -1 to 71 (ht: -3; vt-dir: +2). Horizontal oil rigs increased by +1 in Anadarko (OK) and by +1 in Permian (TX), while declining by -2 in Permian .....
EIA NG STORAGE REPORT | September 10, 2020
September 10, 2020
Dear , Note: This week's report includes extended EIA and Canadian storage tables. The EIA reported a +70 bcf build for the reference week , 2 bcf lower than our call of +72 bcf and 2 bcf higher than the Bloomberg median of +68 bcf. The damage sustained by the electrical grid in Southwestern Louisiana is impeding other industrial operations in the region, such as refineries around Lake Charles, from resuming operations. The damage will continue to affect the Gulf Coast into early October, eviden.....
NGL MARKET RECAP | September 10, 2020
September 10, 2020
Dear , Please find below the link to this week’s NGL Market Recap, which provides an overview of North American NGL statistics as well as global LPG prices, spreads/arbitrages and ratios. Note: Data and charts of the Mont Belvieu non-LST to FEI, Propane Arbitrage and Butane Arbitrage are not available today, due to an issue with our data provider.
SPECTRUM | September 09, 2020
September 9, 2020
Dear , Please find below the link to this week's detailed inventory forecast, our 4-wk storage outlook, along with natural gas trade and power sector demand estimates and highlights of reference week balances. For the week ending September 3, 2020, LCMC 4-wk NG storage estimate: +72, +87, +91, +89. Total +339 vs +368 LY and +302 5-yr avg. This week by region: E: +19; MW: +25; MTN: +4; PAC: +2; SC: +22 (S:+8, NS: +14). BBG avg of 5 analysts at +65 bcf. Total net exports averaged 4.98 bcf/d, down .....
CFTC COT | September 04, 2020
September 4, 2020
Please find below the links to data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended September 01. We provide all Legacy and Disaggregated trader positions for natural gas, WTI, Brent, gasoline, heating oil and gasoil. Non-commercials increased net length in natural gas, gasoline and gasoil , but decreased in WTI, Brent and heating oil during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas increased by +4.7k to +303.3k in futures and rose by +11.....
NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | September 04, 2020
September 4, 2020
Please find below the links to this week's detailed rig reports and a quick recap of the North American oil and gas drilling activity as reported by Baker Hughes. US: Baker Hughes shows 253 active rigs as of September 04, 2020, higher by +1 from the previous week. Oil rigs increased by +1 to 181 (ht: unch; vt-dir: +1), and gas-directed rigs were unchanged at 72 (ht: -1; vt-dir: +1). Horizontal oil rigs increased by +1 in Permian (NM), while declining by -1 in Bakken (ND). Horizontal gas rigs .....
EIA NG STORAGE REPORT | September 03, 2020
September 3, 2020
Dear , The EIA reported a +35 bcf build for the reference week, 2 bcf higher than our call of +33 bcf and 1 bcf lower than the Bloomberg median of +36 bcf. As reports of the damage inflicted by Hurricane Laura came in, we focused on consumers of natural gas to estimate the extent of demand destruction. That caused us to be foolishly optimistic as it is the severe damage sustained by Entergy’s power transmission and distribution system that will ultimately determine the losses. Our models are cur.....
NGL MARKET RECAP | September 02, 2020
September 02, 2020
Dear , Please find below the link to this week’s NGL Market Recap, which provides an overview of North American NGL statistics as well as global LPG prices, spreads/arbitrages and ratios. Note: Data and charts of the Mont Belvieu non-LST to FEI, Propane Arbitrage and Butane Arbitrage are not available today, due to an issue with our data provider.
SPECTRUM | September 01, 2020
September 1, 2020
Dear , Please find below the link to this week's detailed inventory forecast, our 4-wk storage outlook, along with natural gas trade and power sector demand estimates and highlights of reference week balances. For the week ending August 27, 2020, LCMC 4-wk NG storage estimate: +33, +63, +74, +89. Total +259 vs +336 LY and +290 5-yr avg. This week by region: E: +16; MW: +17; MTN: +3; PAC: -2; SC: -1 (S:-3, NS: +2). BBG avg of 2 analysts at +36 bcf. Total net exports averaged 5.11 bcf/d, down by 0.....