CFTC COT | January 03, 2017

Commitments of Traders Report – January 03, 2017

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended December 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 Brent, gasoline, natural gas, gasoil, heating oil and WTI during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas grew by +18.6k to +415.5k in futures and increased by +1.8k to +436.6k in fu.....

NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | December 30, 2016

December 30, 2016

Baker Hughes shows 657 active rigs as of December 23, 2016, higher by +5 from the previous week. Oil rigs increased by +2 to 532 (ht: +4; vt-dir: -2), and gas-directed rigs increased by +3 to 132 (ht: +2; vt-dir: +1). Horizontal oil rigs increased by +3 in Permian (TX), by +2 in Anadarko (OK), by +1 in Anadarko (TX), by +1 in Bakken (ND) and by +1 in Permian (NM), while deceasing by -4 in Other. Horizontal gas rigs increased by +1 in Eagle Ford (TX), and by +1 in Other.

NGL MARKET RECAP | December 29, 2016

December 29, 2016

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 29, 2016

December 29, 2016

U.S. crude oil inventories rose by +614k bbl in the week ended December 23, while Cushing stocks grew by +172k bbl. Distillate inventories decreased by -1881k bbl and gasoline inventories declined by -1593k 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 +0......

CFTC COT | December 27, 2016

Commitments of Traders Report – December 27, 2016

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended December 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 natural gas, gasoil and WTI , but decreased in Brent, gasoline and heating oil during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas increased by +21.0k to +396.9k in futures and grew by +.....

NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | December 23, 2016

December 23, 2016

Baker Hughes shows 652 active rigs as of December 23, 2016, higher by +16 from the previous week. Oil rigs increased by +13 to 523 (ht: +12; vt-dir: +1), and gas-directed rigs increased by +3 to 129 (ht: +2; vt-dir: +1). Horizontal oil rigs increased by +5 in Anadarko (OK), +2 in Permian (TX), and by +1 in the Eagle Ford (TX). Horizontal gas rigs increased by +1 in Haynesville (TX), +2 in Marcellus ( SWPA ), -3 in Marcellus (WV) and +3 in areas not associated with named plays. Vertical/Direction.....

NGL MARKET RECAP | December 21, 2016

December 21, 2016

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 21, 2016

December 21, 2016

U.S. crude oil inventories grew by +2256k bbl in the week ended December 16, while Cushing stocks decreased by -245k bbl. Distillate inventories declined by -2420k bbl and gasoline inventories decreased by -1309k 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":http://www.lcmc-research.com).

CFTC COT | December 19, 2016

Commitments of Traders Report – December 19, 2016

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended December 13. 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 increased by +72.6k to +375.9k in futures and grew by +75......

NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | December 16, 2016

December 16, 2016

Baker Hughes shows 636 active rigs as of December 16, 2016, higher by +13 from the previous week. Oil rigs increased by +12 to 510 (ht: +12; vt-dir: unch), and gas-directed rigs increased by +1 to 126 (ht: -3; vt-dir: +4). Horizontal oil rigs increased by +9 in Permian (TX), by +3 in Eagle Ford (TX), and by +1 in Permian (NM). Vertical/Directional gas rigs increased by +3 in Haynesville (TX) and by +1 in Granite Wash (TX), while horizontal gas rigs decreased by -2 in Haynesville (TX) and by -1 i.....