CFTC COT | May 24, 2019

Commitments of Traders Report – May 24, 2019

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended May 21. 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, gasoil and heating oil , but decreased in gasoline, natural gas and WTI during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas decreased by -13.0k to +49.7k in futures and declined by -8......


NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | May 24, 2019

May 24, 2019

US: Baker Hughes shows 983 active rigs as of May 24, 2019, lower by -4 from the previous week. Oil rigs decreased by -5 to 797 (ht: -5; vt-dir: unch), and gas-directed rigs increased by +1 to 186 (ht: +2; vt-dir: -1). Horizontal oil rigs increased by +1 in Anadarko (OK), by +1 in Bakken (ND), by +1 in Eagle Ford (TX) and by +1 in Monterey (CA), while declining by -2 in Permian (NM), by -2 in Permian (TX), by -1 in Anadarko (TX) and by -4 in Other areas not associated with a specific play. Horiz.....


NGL MARKET RECAP | May 22, 2019

May 22, 2019

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.


DOE CRUDE STATS | May 22, 2019

May 22, 2019

U.S. crude oil inventories rose by +4740k bbl in the week ended May 17, while Cushing stocks increased by +1266k bbl. Distillate inventories grew by +768k bbl and gasoline inventories rose by +3716k bbl. We also remind our clients that in-depth analysis of DOE weekly petroleum statistical releases can be conducted using the “Commodities Analytical Toolkit” in the Data Portal section of our website ( www.lcmc-research.com ). Major data points: Crude oil inventories : Increased by +4.74m.....


NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | May 17, 2019

May 17, 2019

US: Baker Hughes shows 987 active rigs as of May 17, 2019, lower by -1 from the previous week. Oil rigs decreased by -3 to 802 (ht: -6; vt-dir: +3), and gas-directed rigs increased by +2 to 185 (ht: unch; vt-dir: +2). Horizontal oil rigs increased by +1 in Eagle Ford (TX), while declining by -3 in Permian (TX) and by -4 in Other areas not associated with a specific play. Horizontal gas rigs increased by +1 in Eagle Ford (TX) and by +3 in Other areas not associated with a specific play, while de.....


CFTC COT | May 17, 2019

Commitments of Traders Report – May 17, 2019

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended May 14. 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 , but decreased in Brent, natural gas, gasoil, heating oil and WTI during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas fell by -6.3k to +62.7k in futures and declined by -13.0k to +8.....


NGL MARKET RECAP | May 15, 2019

May 15, 2019

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.


DOE CRUDE STATS | May 15, 2019

May 15, 2019

U.S. crude oil inventories grew by +5431k bbl in the week ended May 10, while Cushing stocks increased by +1805k bbl. Distillate inventories rose by +84k bbl and gasoline inventories decreased by -1123k bbl. We also remind our clients that in-depth analysis of DOE weekly petroleum statistical releases can be conducted using the “Commodities Analytical Toolkit” in the Data Portal section of our website ( www.lcmc-research.com ). Major data points: Crude oil inventories : Grew by +5.43m .....


CFTC COT | May 10, 2019

Commitments of Traders Report – May 10, 2019

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended May 07. 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 and gasoil , but decreased in gasoline, heating oil and WTI during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas declined by -4.4k to +69.1k in futures and increased by +2.6.....


NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | May 10, 2019

May 10, 2019

US: Baker Hughes shows 988 active rigs as of May 10, 2019, lower by -2 from the previous week. Oil rigs decreased by -2 to 805 (ht: unch; vt-dir: -2), and gas-directed rigs were unchanged at 183 (ht: -1; vt-dir: +1). Horizontal oil rigs increased by +3 in Anadarko (OK) and by +2 in Permian (TX), while declining by -3 in Permian (NM), by -1 in Bakken (ND) and by -1 in Other areas not associated with a specific play. Horizontal gas rigs increased by +1 in Marcellus ( NEPA ), while declining by -1.....