CFTC COT | August 22, 2016

Commitments of Traders Report – August 22, 2016

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended August 16. 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, gasoil, heating oil and WTI , but decreased in gasoline and natural gas during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas declined by -20.1k to +151.1k in futures and fell by -10......


NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | August 19, 2016

August 19, 2016

Baker Hughes shows 489 active rigs as of August 19, 2016, higher by +10 from the previous week. Oil rigs increased by +10 to 406 (ht: +4; vt-dir: +6), while gas-directed rigs were unchanged at 83 (ht: +3; vt-dir: -3). Horizontal oil rigs increased by +5 in Permian (TX) and by +2 in Anadarko (OK), while decreasing by -2 in Bakken (ND) and by -1 in Eagle Ford (TX). Horizontal gas rigs increased by +2 in Marcellus ( SWPA ) and by +1 in Marcellus (WV).


NGL MARKET RECAP | August 17, 2016

August 17, 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 | August 17, 2016

August 17, 2016

U.S. crude oil inventories fell by -2508k bbl in the week ended August 12, while Cushing stocks declined by -724k bbl. Distillate inventories increased by +1939k bbl and gasoline inventories declined by -2724k 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 .....


CFTC COT | August 15, 2016

Commitments of Traders Report – August 15, 2016

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended August 09. 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 and gasoline , but decreased in natural gas, gasoil, heating oil and WTI during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas fell by -18.1k to +171.3k in futures and decreased by -15.....


NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | August 12, 2016

August 12, 2016

Baker Hughes shows 479 active rigs as of August 12, 2016, higher by +17 from the previous week. Oil rigs increased by +15 to 396 (ht: +12; vt-dir: +3), while gas-directed rigs decreased by +2 to 83 (ht: +1; vt-dir: +1). Horizontal oil rigs increased by +11 in Permian (TX). Horizontal gas rigs increased by +1 in Ohio.


NGL MARKET RECAP | August 10, 2016

August 10, 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 | August 10, 2016

August 10, 2016

U.S. crude oil inventories increased by +1055k bbl in the week ended August 05, while Cushing stocks grew by +1163k bbl. Distillate inventories declined by -1959k bbl and gasoline inventories fell by -2807k 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 b.....


CFTC COT | August 08, 2016

Commitments of Traders Report – August 08, 2016

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended August 02. 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, natural gas and heating oil , but decreased in Brent, gasoil and WTI during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas rose by +34.9k to +189.4k in futures and grew by +39.2k t.....


NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | August 05, 2016

August 5, 2016

Baker Hughes shows 462 active rigs as of August 5, 2016, higher by +2 from the previous week. Oil rigs increased by +7 to 381 (ht: +8; vt-dir: -1), while gas-directed rigs decreased by -5 to 81 (ht: unch; vt-dir: -5). Horizontal oil rigs increased by +4 in Eagle Ford (TX) and by +3 in Permian (NM). Horizontal gas rigs increased by +1 in Haynesville (TX) while decreasing by -1 in Marcellus (WV).