CFTC COT | December 14, 2018

Commitments of Traders Report – December 14, 2018

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended December 11. 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, gasoline and heating oil , but decreased in natural gas, gasoil and WTI during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas declined by -10.4k to +304.5k in futures and fell by -3.....


NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | December 14, 2018

December 14, 2018

US: Baker Hughes shows 1071 active rigs as of December 14, 2018, lower by -4 from the previous week. Oil rigs decreased by -4 to 873 (ht: -4; vt-dir: unch), and gas-directed rigs were unchanged at 198 (ht: -2; vt-dir: +2). Horizontal oil rigs increased by +2 in Eagle Ford (TX), by +1 in Permian (TX) and by +2 in Other areas not associated with a specific play, while declining by -5 in Permian (NM), by -2 in Bakken (ND), by -1 in Anadarko (OK) and by -1 in Anadarko (TX). Horizontal gas rigs incr.....


NGL MARKET RECAP | December 12, 2018

December 12, 2018

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 | December 12, 2018

December 12, 2018

U.S. crude oil inventories fell by -1208k bbl in the week ended December 07, while Cushing stocks rose by +1148k bbl. Distillate inventories decreased by -1475k bbl and gasoline inventories grew by +2087k 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 : Declined by -.....


CFTC COT | December 10, 2018

Commitments of Traders Report – December 10, 2018

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended December 04. We provide all Legacy and Disaggregated trader positions for natural gas, WTI , Brent, gasoline, heating oil and gasoil. Non-commercials decreased net length in Brent, gasoline, natural gas, gasoil, heating oil and WTI during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas declined by -45.5k to +314.9k in futures and decreased by -47.0k to +288.6k .....


NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | December 07, 2018

December 7, 2018

US: Baker Hughes shows 1075 active rigs as of December 07, 2018, lower by -1 from the previous week. Oil rigs decreased by -10 to 877 (ht: -8; vt-dir: -2), and gas-directed rigs increased by +9 to 198 (ht: +7; vt-dir: +2). Horizontal oil rigs increased by +1 in Permian (NM), while declining by -2 in Anadarko (OK), by -1 in Anadarko (TX), by -1 in Eagle Ford (TX), by -1 in Permian (TX) and by -4 in Other areas not associated with a specific play. Horizontal gas rigs increased by +2 in Marcellus .....


DOE CRUDE STATS | December 06, 2018

December 6, 2018

U.S. crude oil inventories decreased by -7323k bbl in the week ended November 30, while Cushing stocks grew by +1729k bbl. Distillate inventories rose by +3811k bbl and gasoline inventories increased by +1699k 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 : Fell by .....


NGL MARKET RECAP | December 06, 2018

December 6, 2018

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.


CFTC COT | November 30, 2018

Commitments of Traders Report – November 30, 2018

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended November 27. 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 and WTI , but decreased in Brent, gasoline, gasoil and heating oil during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas grew by +11.5k to +360.4k in futures and rose by +31.5k.....


NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | November 30, 2018

November 30, 2018

US: Baker Hughes shows 1076 active rigs as of November 30, 2018, lower by -3 from the previous week. Oil rigs increased by +2 to 887 (ht: +5; vt-dir: -3), and gas-directed rigs decreased by -5 to 189 (ht: unch; vt-dir: -5). Horizontal oil rigs increased by +1 in Anadarko (OK), by +1 in Bakken (ND) and by +6 in Other areas not associated with a specific play, while declining by -2 in Eagle Ford (TX) and by -1 in Permian (TX). Horizontal gas rigs increased by +2 in Marcellus ( SWPA ) and by +1 in.....