CFTC COT | February 23, 2018

Commitments of Traders Report – February 23, 2018

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended February 20. We provide all Legacy and Disaggregated trader positions for natural gas, WTI , Brent, gasoline, heating oil and gasoil. Non-commercials increased net length in WTI , but decreased in Brent, gasoline, natural gas, gasoil and heating oil during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas fell by -13.8k to +186.9k in futures and decreased by -17......


NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | February 23, 2018

February 23, 2018

US: Baker Hughes shows 978 active rigs as of February 23, 2018, higher by +3 from the previous week. Oil rigs increased by +1 to 799 (ht: +1; vt-dir: unch), and gas-directed rigs increased by +2 to 179 (ht: +2; vt-dir: unch). Horizontal oil rigs increased by +2 in Eagle Ford (TX), by +1 in Anadarko (TX), by +1 in Bakken (ND) and by +1 in Permian (NM), while declining by -1 in Permian (TX) and by -3 in Other areas not associated with a specific play. Horizontal gas rigs increased by +1 in Eagle .....


NGL MARKET RECAP | February 22, 2018

February 22, 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 | February 22, 2018

February 22, 2018

U.S. crude oil inventories decreased by -1616k bbl in the week ended February 16, while Cushing stocks declined by -2664k bbl. Distillate inventories fell by -2422k bbl and gasoline inventories rose by +261k 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 : Decreased .....


CFTC COT | February 16, 2018

Commitments of Traders Report – February 16, 2018

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended February 13. 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 -32.9k to +94.9k in futures and decreased by -36.9k to +118.5k i.....


NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | February 16, 2018

North American Rig Watch: February 16, 2018

US: Baker Hughes shows 975 active rigs as of February 16, 2018, unchanged from the previous week. Oil rigs increased by +7 to 798 (ht: +10; vt-dir: -3), and gas-directed rigs decreased by -7 to 177 (ht: -3; vt-dir: -4). Horizontal oil rigs increased by +6 in Anadarko (OK), by +2 in Eagle Ford (TX) and by +8 in Other areas not associated with a specific play, while declining by -3 in Permian (NM), by -1 in Anadarko (TX), by -1 in Bakken (ND) and by -1 in Permian (TX). Horizontal gas rigs increas.....


NGL MARKET RECAP | February 14, 2018

February 14, 2018


DOE CRUDE STATS | February 14, 2018

February 14, 2018

U.S. crude oil inventories increased by +1841k bbl in the week ended February 09, while Cushing stocks declined by -3642k bbl. Distillate inventories fell by -459k bbl and gasoline inventories rose by +3599k 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 .....


CFTC COT | February 09, 2018

Commitments of Traders Report – February 09, 2018

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended February 06. We provide all Legacy and Disaggregated trader positions for natural gas, WTI , Brent, gasoline, heating oil and gasoil. Non-commercials increased net length in gasoil , but decreased in Brent, gasoline, natural gas, heating oil and WTI during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas declined by -6.5k to +127.8k in futures and fell by -19.0k.....


NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | February 09, 2018

February 9, 2018

US: Baker Hughes shows 975 active rigs as of February 09, 2018, higher by +29 from the previous week. Oil rigs increased by +26 to 791 (ht: +18; vt-dir: +8), and gas-directed rigs increased by +3 to 184 (ht: +6; vt-dir: -3). Horizontal oil rigs increased by +7 in Permian (TX), by +4 in Bakken (ND), by +4 in Eagle Ford (TX), by +2 in Permian (NM) and by +2 in Other areas not associated with a specific play, while declining by -1 in Anadarko (OK). Horizontal gas rigs increased by +3 in Haynesvill.....