NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | May 23, 2014

May 23, 2014

Baker Hughes shows 1,853 active rigs as of May 23, 2014, lower by -4 from the previous week. Oil rigs decreased by -3 to 1,528 (ht: -8; vt-dir: +5) while gas-directed rigs decreased by -1 to 325 (ht: +3; vt-dir: -4). Horizontal oil rigs decreased by -6 to 186 in Eagle Ford (TX) and vertical/directional oil rigs increased by +3 to 216 in the Permian (TX). Gas-directed horizontal rigs decreased by -2 to 23 in Haynesville (TX).


EIA NG STORAGE REPORT | May 22, 2014

May 22, 2014

EIA reported a +106 bcf injection for the week ending May 16 (Bloomberg median +103 bcf, Bloomberg whisper: +103 bcf). The 22 estimates submitted to Bloomberg varied from +100 bcf to +111 bcf with a standard deviation of 3 bcf. Our model showed +100 bcf. Nationwide natural gas-weighted HDDs decreased by -20 to 30, while nationwide electricity-weighted cooling degree days reported by NOAA increased by +10 to reach 29 CDDs. Total US: +106 bcf ( LCMC : +100 bcf, Bloomberg median: +103 bcf) E.....


NGL MARKET RECAP | May 21, 2014

May 21, 2014

In Focus: Incremental LPG exports Although U.S. propane production increased +88 kb/d w-o-w to hit a new high and as PADD 3 inventories continue to exhibit strong builds, a review of planned LPG export facilities – both large and small – suggest the market could tighten in late 1Q and 2Q 2015.


CFTC COT | May 19, 2014

Commitments of Traders Report – May 19, 2014

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended May 13. We provide all Legacy and Disaggregated trader positions for natural gas, WTI , Brent, gasoline and heating oil. Non-commercials increased net length in Brent and WTI , but decreased in natural gas, heating oil and gasoline during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas fell by -23.7k to +354.8k in futures and decreased by -47.6k to +461.4k in f.....


NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | May 16, 2014

May 16, 2014

Baker Hughes shows 1,857 active rigs as of May 16, 2014, higher by +6 from the previous week. Oil rigs increased by +3 to 1,531 (ht: +3; vt-dir: 0) while gas-directed rigs increased by +3 to 326 (ht: +2; vt-dir: +1). Horizontal oil rigs increased by +4 to 119 in Anadarko (OK) and vertical/directional oil rigs increased by +4 to 213 in the Permian (TX). Gas-directed horizontal rigs increased by +3 to 26 in Marcellus ( SWPA ).


EIA NG STORAGE REPORT | May 15, 2014

May 15, 2014

EIA reported a +105 bcf injection (implied flow +97 bcf) for the week ending May 9 (Bloomberg median +99 bcf, Bloomberg whisper: +106 bcf). The 24 estimates submitted to Bloomberg varied from +89 bcf to +108 bcf with a standard deviation of 5 bcf. Our model showed +104 bcf. Nationwide natural gas-weighted HDDs decreased by -22 to 50, while nationwide electricity-weighted cooling degree days reported by NOAA increased by +5 to reach 19 CDDs. Total US: +105 bcf ( LCMC : +104 bcf, Bloomberg m.....


NGL MARKET RECAP | May 14, 2014

May 14, 2014

Propane: US propane inventories increased by +2.5m bbl to 37.7m bbl for the week ended May 9, 2014. PADD 3 inventories increased +7%, or +1.4m bbl, to 20.8m bbl. PADD 2 stocks increased by +7%, or +830k bbl, to 12.5m bbl. In PADD 1, stocks increased by +6% or +166k bbl to 3.0m bbl. Implied demand increased +22% to 849 kb/d; imports decreased -24% to 55 kb/d and production fell -1% to 1.46 mb/d last week. This week we have included our expanded charts, including Canadian LPG inventori.....


CFTC COT | May 12, 2014

Commitments of Traders Report – May 12, 2014

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended May 06. We provide all Legacy and Disaggregated trader positions for natural gas, WTI , Brent, gasoline and heating oil. Non-commercials decreased net length in natural gas, heating oil, Brent, gasoline and WTI during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas fell by -6.1k to +378.6k in futures and declined by -6.7k to +509.0k in futures and options. The .....


NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | May 09, 2014

May 9, 2014

Baker Hughes shows 1,851 active rigs as of May 9, 2014, higher by +1 from the previous week. Oil rigs increased by +1 to 1,528 (ht: -2; vt-dir: +3) while gas-directed rigs stayed the same at 323 (ht: -2; vt-dir: +2). Horizontal oil rigs decreased by -4 to 160 in the Bakken (ND) and vertical/directional oil rigs increased by +2 to 3 in Anadarko (KS). Gas-directed horizontal rigs increased by +3 to 14 in Granite Wash (TX).


EIA NG STORAGE REPORT | May 08, 2014

May 8, 2014

EIA reported a +74 bcf injection for the week ending May 2 (Bloomberg median +71 bcf, Bloomberg whisper: +70 bcf). The 24 estimates submitted to Bloomberg varied from +62 bcf to +79 bcf with a standard deviation of 4 bcf. Our model showed +75 bcf. Nationwide natural gas-weighted HDDs decreased by -1 to 72, while nationwide electricity-weighted cooling degree days reported by NOAA increased by +7 to reach 14 CDDs. Total US: +74 bcf ( LCMC : +75 bcf, Bloomberg median: +71 bcf) East: +35 bcf.....