U.S. NATURAL GAS TRADE AND POWER SECTOR DEMAND | August 16, 2016

August 16, 2016

Please find attached data and charts detailing U. S. gas imports and power demand for the week ended August 11, 2016. Total net imports for the reference week averaged 1.06 bcf/d, lower by -0.24 bcf/d week-on-week. During the same week last year, U.S. net imports averaged 1.62 bcf/d. Average natural gas demand in the power sector was 36.1 bcf/d, higher by +0.6 bcf/d week-over-week. During the reference week, the contiguous US observed 97 population-weighted CDDs, higher by +1 CDDs week over we.....


CFTC COT | August 15, 2016

Commitments of Traders Report – August 15, 2016

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended August 09. We provide all Legacy and Disaggregated trader positions for natural gas, WTI , Brent, gasoline, heating oil and gasoil. Non-commercials increased net length in Brent and gasoline , but decreased in natural gas, gasoil, heating oil and WTI during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas fell by -18.1k to +171.3k in futures and decreased by -15.....


NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | August 12, 2016

August 12, 2016

Baker Hughes shows 479 active rigs as of August 12, 2016, higher by +17 from the previous week. Oil rigs increased by +15 to 396 (ht: +12; vt-dir: +3), while gas-directed rigs decreased by +2 to 83 (ht: +1; vt-dir: +1). Horizontal oil rigs increased by +11 in Permian (TX). Horizontal gas rigs increased by +1 in Ohio.


NGL MARKET RECAP | August 10, 2016

August 10, 2016

Attached is this week’s NGL Market Recap, which provides an overview of U.S. propane statistics as well as global LPG prices, ratios and fractionation spreads.


U.S. NATURAL GAS TRADE AND POWER SECTOR DEMAND | August 09, 2016

August 9, 2016

Please find attached data and charts detailing U. S. gas imports and power demand for the week ended August 4, 2016. Total net imports for the reference week averaged 1.3 bcf/d, lower by -1.05 bcf/d week-on-week. During the same week last year, U.S. net imports averaged 2.61 bcf/d. Average natural gas demand in the power sector was 35.5 bcf/d, lower by -3.8 bcf/d week-over-week. During the reference week, the contiguous US observed 96 population-weighted CDDs, lower by -20 CDDs week over week.


CFTC COT | August 08, 2016

Commitments of Traders Report – August 08, 2016

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended August 02. We provide all Legacy and Disaggregated trader positions for natural gas, WTI , Brent, gasoline, heating oil and gasoil. Non-commercials increased net length in gasoline, natural gas and heating oil , but decreased in Brent, gasoil and WTI during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas rose by +34.9k to +189.4k in futures and grew by +39.2k t.....


NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | August 05, 2016

August 5, 2016

Baker Hughes shows 462 active rigs as of August 5, 2016, higher by +2 from the previous week. Oil rigs increased by +7 to 381 (ht: +8; vt-dir: -1), while gas-directed rigs decreased by -5 to 81 (ht: unch; vt-dir: -5). Horizontal oil rigs increased by +4 in Eagle Ford (TX) and by +3 in Permian (NM). Horizontal gas rigs increased by +1 in Haynesville (TX) while decreasing by -1 in Marcellus (WV).


EIA NG STORAGE REPORT | August 04, 2016

August 4, 2016

The EIA reported a -6 bcf withdrawal for the week ending July 28, coming in below our own number of -3 bcf and the Bloomberg median at -2 bcf. At a regional level, we underestimated the build in the East and the draw in South Central. Our model was also slightly off in the Mountain region. In last week’s storage report, we highlighted the factors that could push today’s draw beyond modeled values. As a policy, we publish the outcome of our models, but in hindsight, this was a week that called .....


NGL MARKET RECAP | August 03, 2016

August 3, 2016

Attached is this week’s NGL Market Recap, which provides an overview of U.S. propane statistics as well as global LPG prices, ratios and fractionation spreads.


U.S. NATURAL GAS TRADE AND POWER SECTOR DEMAND | August 02, 2016

August 2, 2016

Please find attached data and charts detailing U. S. gas imports and power demand for the week ended July 28, 2016. Total net imports for the reference week averaged 2.34 bcf/d, higher by +0.26 bcf/d week-on-week. During the same week last year, U.S. net imports averaged 2.27 bcf/d. Average natural gas demand in the power sector was 39.3 bcf/d, higher by +3.6 bcf/d week-over-week. During the reference week, the contiguous US observed 114 population-weighted CDDs, higher by 16 CDDs week over we.....