DOE CRUDE STATS | May 03, 2017

May 3, 2017

U.S. crude oil inventories declined by -930k bbl in the week ended April 28, while Cushing stocks fell by -728k bbl. Distillate inventories decreased by -562k bbl and gasoline inventories grew by +191k 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 -0.9.....

CFTC COT | May 01, 2017

Commitments of Traders Report – May 01, 2017

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended April 25. 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 grew by +2.0k to +440.9k in futures and decreased by -7.1k to +528.9k in future.....

NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | April 28, 2017

April 28, 2017

Baker Hughes shows 868 active rigs as of April 28, 2017, higher by +13 from the previous week. Oil rigs increased by +9 to 697 (ht: +11; vt-dir -2), and gas-directed rigs increased by +4 to 171 (ht: +1; vt-dir: +3). Horizontal oil rigs increased by +5 in Eagle Ford (TX), by +4 in Permian (TX) and by +3 in Anadarko (OK), while decreasing by -1 in Permian (NM). Horizontal gas rigs increased by +1 in Haynesville (LA).

NGL MARKET RECAP | April 26, 2017

April 26, 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 | April 26, 2017

April 26, 2017

U.S. crude oil inventories decreased by -3.64m bbl in the week ended April 21, while Cushing stocks fell by -1.20m bbl. Distillate inventories rose by +2.65m bbl and gasoline inventories grew by +3.37m 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 -3......

CFTC COT | April 24, 2017

Commitments of Traders Report – April 24, 2017

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended April 18. 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, natural gas, gasoil, heating oil and WTI during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas rose by +13.2k to +439.0k in futures and increased by +15.3k to +536.0k in futu.....

NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | April 21, 2017

April 13, 2017

Baker Hughes shows 855 active rigs as of April 21, 2017, higher by +10 from the previous week. Oil rigs increased by +5 to 688 (ht: +9; vt-dir -4), and gas-directed rigs increased by +5 to 167 (ht: +3; vt-dir: +2). Horizontal oil rigs increased by +1 in Permian (TX), by +2 in the Bakken (ND), by +2 in Eagle Ford (TX) and by +5 in other, while decreasing by -1 in Anadarko (OK). Horizontal gas rigs increased by +1 in the Barnett (TX), by +1 in the Marcellus ( NEPA ) and by +1 in Other.

DOE CRUDE STATS | April 19, 2017

April 19, 2017

U.S. crude oil inventories fell by -1034k bbl in the week ended April 14, while Cushing stocks declined by -778k bbl. Distillate inventories decreased by -1955k bbl and gasoline inventories rose by +1542k 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 -1.03.....

CFTC COT | April 17, 2017

Commitments of Traders Report – April 17, 2017

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended April 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, natural gas, gasoil, heating oil and WTI , but decreased in gasoline during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas rose by +8.9k to +425.8k in futures and increased by +32.5k t.....

NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | April 13, 2017

April 13, 2017

Baker Hughes shows 845 active rigs as of April 13, 2017, higher by +8 from the previous week. Oil rigs increased by +11 to 683 (ht: +11; vt-dir: unch), and gas-directed rigs decreased by -3 to 162 (ht: unch; vt-dir: -3). Horizontal oil rigs increased by +7 in Permian (NM), by +3 in Anadarko (OK), by +3 in Eagle Ford (TX), by +1 in Bakken (ND) and by +1 in Monterey (CA), while decreasing by -1 in Anadarko (TX) and by -3 in Other. Horizontal gas rigs increased by +2 in Other, while decreasing by -.....