CFTC COT
| May 02, 2016
Commitments of Traders Report – May 02, 2016
Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended April 26. 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, gasoil, heating oil and WTI , but decreased in Brent and gasoline during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas grew by +17.3k to +82.1k in futures and rose by +28.9k to .....
NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH
| April 29, 2016
April 29, 2016
Baker Hughes shows 419 active rigs as of April 29, 2016, lower by -12 from the previous week. Oil rigs decreased by -11 to 332 (ht: -8; vt-dir: -3), while gas-directed rigs decreased by -1 to 87 (ht: unch; vt-dir: -1). Horizontal oil rigs decreased by -3 in Eagle Ford (TX) and by -2 in Anadarko (OK). Horizontal gas rigs decreased by -2 in Marcellus (WV), but increased by +1 in Eagle Ford (TX).
U.S. COAL DELIVERIES TO POWER PLANTS
| April 28, 2016
May 2016
Revised formulas for the 6-mo rolling averages. Please find attached U.S. Coal Deliveries to Electric Power Plants with data through February 2016. The report contains volume and price data where available.
EIA NG STORAGE REPORT
| April 28, 2016
April 28, 2016
The EIA reported a +73 bcf injection for the week ending April 21, coming in higher than our own number at +68 bcf and the Bloomberg median at +70 bcf. Regionally the East and South Central salt domes injected more than expected. Warmer than normal weather pushed the East to a net injection, but wide front spreads are probably still responsible for the very strong salt dome injections. A +10 bcf injection for salt domes is higher than the 5-yr average of +8 bcf and is especially impressive.....
NGL MARKET RECAP
| April 27, 2016
April 27, 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
| April 26, 2016
April 26, 2016
Please find attached data and charts detailing U. S. gas imports and power demand for the week ended April 21, 2016. Total net imports for the reference week averaged 1.04 bcf/d, lower by -0.07 bcf/d week-on-week. During the same week last year, U.S. net imports averaged 2.56 bcf/d. Average natural gas demand in the power sector was 23.5 bcf/d, higher by +0.4 bcf/d week-over-week. During the reference week, the contiguous US observed 23 electric-weighted HDDs, lower by -39 from the previou.....
CFTC COT
| April 25, 2016
Commitments of Traders Report – April 25, 2016
Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended April 19. 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, natural gas, gasoil and WTI , but decreased in gasoline and heating oil during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas increased by +9.5k to +64.8k in futures and rose by +7.3k .....
NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH
| April 22, 2016
April 22, 2016
Baker Hughes shows 431 active rigs as of April 22, 2016, lower by -9 from the previous week. Oil rigs decreased by -8 to 343 (ht: -2; vt-dir: -6), while gas-directed rigs decreased by -1 to 88 (ht: -1; vt-dir: unch). Horizontal oil rigs decreased by -4 in Permian (TX) and by -3 in Eagle Ford (TX), but increased by +4 in areas of Texas not associated with any major play. On the gas side, Barnett (TX) lost its last rig, but there were no changes in other plays.
EIA NG STORAGE REPORT
| April 21, 2016
April 21, 2016
The EIA reported a +7 bcf injection for the week ending April 14, coming in-line with our own number at +6 bcf, but higher than the Bloomberg median at +3 bcf. Regionally the East draw was stronger than expected, while the Midwest experienced no change in inventory levels compared to expectations for a draw. Salt-domes also injected more than expected and that is putting pressure on front spreads given the already high salt-dome inventory level of 342 bcf. Colder than normal weather through.....
NGL MARKET RECAP
| April 20, 2016
April 20, 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.