CFTC COT | January 04, 2018

[REVISED] Commitments of Traders Report – January 04, 2018

CFTC Published corrections for NYMEX contract market Eur Style Natural Gas Options ( CFTC ID 02365U) in the options and futures combined Legacy and Disaggregated commitment reports dated December 26, 2017. We are republishing the report to coordinate the revisions and no other changes were made to this report. Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended December 26. We provide all Legacy and Disaggregated trader position.....


DOE CRUDE STATS | January 04, 2018

January 4, 2018

U.S. crude oil inventories decreased by -7419k bbl in the week ended December 29, while Cushing stocks fell by -2441k bbl. Distillate inventories rose by +8899k bbl and gasoline inventories grew by +4813k 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 by .....


NGL MARKET RECAP | January 04, 2018

January 4, 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 | January 02, 2018

Commitments of Traders Report – January 02, 2018

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended December 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 Brent, gasoline, gasoil, heating oil and WTI , but decreased in natural gas during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas rose by +7.8k to +98.6k in futures and fell by -2.6k to +1.....


NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | December 29, 2017

December 29, 2017

US: Baker Hughes shows 929 active rigs as of December 29, 2017, lower by -2 from the previous week. Oil rigs were unchanged at 747 (ht: -3; vt-dir: +3), and gas-directed rigs decreased by -2 to 182 (ht: -2; vt-dir: unch). Horizontal oil rigs increased by +1 in Permian (NM) and by +1 in Other areas not associated with a specific play, while declining by -3 in Bakken (ND) and by -2 in Permian (TX). Horizontal gas rigs decreased by -1 in Haynesville (TX) and by -1 in Other areas not associated wit.....


NGL MARKET RECAP | December 28, 2017

December 28, 2017

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 28, 2017

December 28, 2017

U.S. crude oil inventories decreased by -4609k bbl in the week ended December 22, while Cushing stocks fell by -1584k bbl. Distillate inventories rose by +1090k bbl and gasoline inventories grew by +591k 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 by -.....


CFTC COT | December 22, 2017

Commitments of Traders Report – December 22, 2017

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended December 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 gasoline, gasoil and heating oil , but decreased in Brent, natural gas and WTI during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas fell by -21.9k to +100.3k in futures and declined by -1.....


NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | December 22, 2017

December 22, 2017

US: Baker Hughes shows 931 active rigs as of December 22, 2017, higher by +1 from the previous week. Oil rigs were unchanged at 747 (ht: +1; vt-dir: -1), and gas-directed rigs increased by +1 to 184 (ht: -1; vt-dir: +2). Horizontal oil rigs increased by +3 in Permian (NM), by +1 in Bakken (ND) and by +1 in Permian (TX), while declining by -4 in Other areas not associated with a specific play. Horizontal gas rigs decreased by -1 in Other areas not associated with a specific play. Canada: Bake.....


NGL MARKET RECAP | December 20, 2017

December 20, 2017

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.