NGL MARKET RECAP | May 13, 2020

May 13, 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 | May 12, 2020

May 12, 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 May 7, 2020, We are anticipating a +110 bcf injection for Thursday’s natural gas storage report as indicated by our models. E: +27; MW: +26; MTN: +6; PAC: +11; SC: +40 (S:+12, NS: +28). There are currently 4 analysts reporting on Bloomberg with an average of +107 bcf. O.....


CFTC COT | May 08, 2020

May 8, 2020

Please find below the links to data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended May 05. 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, Brent, heating oil and gasoil , but decreased in WTI and gasoline during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas increased by +35.2k to +198.0k in futures and grew by +36.4k t.....


NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | May 08, 2020

May 8, 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 372 active rigs as of May 08, 2020, lower by -34 from the previous week. Oil rigs decreased by -33 to 292 (ht: -32; vt-dir: -1), and gas-directed rigs decreased by -1 to 80 (ht: -4; vt-dir: +3). Horizontal oil rigs increased by +5 in Permian (NM), while declining by -24 in Permian (TX), by -6 in Bakken (ND), b.....


EIA NG STORAGE REPORT | May 07, 2020

May 7, 2020

Dear , The EIA reported a +109 bcf injection into inventory for the reference week, 1 bcf higher than our call of +108 bcf and equal to Bloomberg median of +109 bcf. As oil producers shut in their wells, associated gas output may not fall as drastically as simple spreadsheet calculations suggest. We discuss underappreciated factors to consider in the analysis of production cuts. On the demand side, Dominion Energy's earnings call presentation highlights how different zones operated by the same .....


NGL MARKET RECAP | May 06, 2020

May 06, 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 | May 05, 2020

May 5, 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 April 30, 2020, We are anticipating a +108 bcf injection for Thursday’s natural gas storage report as indicated by our models. E: +21; MW: +23; MTN: +7; PAC: +10; SC: +47 (S:+15, NS: +32). There are currently 3 analysts reporting on Bloomberg with an average of +111 bcf.....


CFTC COT | May 01, 2020

May 1, 2020

Please find below the links to data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended April 28. 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, WTI, heating oil and gasoil , but decreased in Brent and gasoline during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas increased by +38.9k to +162.8k in futures and rose by +33.0k.....


NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | May 01, 2020

May 1, 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 406 active rigs as of May 01, 2020, lower by -57 from the previous week. Oil rigs decreased by -53 to 325 (ht: -50; vt-dir: -3), and gas-directed rigs decreased by -4 to 81 (ht: -2; vt-dir: -2). Horizontal oil rigs decreased by -21 in Permian (TX), by -5 in Anadarko (OK), by -4 in Eagle Ford (TX), by -4 in Per.....


EIA NG STORAGE REPORT | May 01, 2020

[EDITED] April 30, 2020

Note: We edited the report to contain the 4 week storage forecast absent during yesterday's issue. Dear , The EIA reported a +70 bcf injection into inventory for the reference week, 3 bcf higher than our call of +67 bcf and 2 bcf below the Bloomberg median of +72 bcf. Starting mid-March, we had been attempting to quantify the impact of shelter-in-place orders on electricity demand using ISO data in an effort to link that drop in power demand to the pandemic’s impact on economic activity. We no.....