CFTC COT | July 04, 2016

Commitments of Traders Report – July 04, 2016

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended June 28. 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 gasoil , but decreased in Brent, heating oil and WTI during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas increased by +19.3k to +152.2k in futures and grew by +15.2.....


NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | July 01, 2016

July 1, 2016

Baker Hughes shows 430 active rigs as of July 1, 2016, higher by +10 from the previous week. Oil rigs increased by +11 to 341 (ht: +8; vt-dir: +3), while gas-directed rigs decreased by -1 to 89 (ht: -1; vt-dir: unch). Horizontal oil rigs increased by +4 in Permian (TX), by +3 in Anadarko (OK) and by +2 in Colorado. Horizontal gas rigs decreased by -1 in Haynesville (TX).


NGL MARKET RECAP | June 29, 2016

June 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 | June 29, 2016

DOE Report: June 29, 2016

U.S. crude oil inventories declined by -4053k bbl in the week ended June 24, while Cushing stocks decreased by -951k bbl. Distillate inventories fell by -1801k bbl and gasoline inventories rose by +1367k 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 | June 27, 2016

Commitments of Traders Report – June 27, 2016

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended June 21. 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, gasoil and heating oil , but decreased in Brent and WTI during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas increased by +16.9k to +132.9k in futures and rose by +22.7.....


NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | June 24, 2016

June 24, 2016

Baker Hughes shows 420 active rigs as of June 24, 2016, lower by -3 from the previous week. Oil rigs decreased by -7 to 330 (ht: -1; vt-dir: -6), while gas-directed rigs increased by +4 to 90 (ht: unch; vt-dir: +4). Horizontal oil rigs decreased by -2 in Anadarko (OK), while increasing by +2 in Permian (TX). Vertical/directional oil rigs decreased by -4 in areas of LA not associated with any major play. Horizontal gas rigs increased by +2 in Haynesville (TX).


NGL MARKET RECAP | June 22, 2016

June 22, 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 | June 22, 2016

DOE Report: June 22, 2016

U.S. crude oil inventories declined by -917k bbl in the week ended June 17, while Cushing stocks fell by -1280k bbl. Distillate inventories increased by +151k bbl and gasoline inventories grew by +627k 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 | June 20, 2016

Commitments of Traders Report – June 20, 2016

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended June 14. 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 and heating oil , but decreased in Brent, gasoline, gasoil and WTI during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas increased by +26.9k to +116.0k in futures and rose by +37.7.....


NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | June 17, 2016

June 17, 2016

Baker Hughes shows 423 active rigs as of June 17, 2016, higher by +10 from the previous week. Oil rigs increased by +9 to 337 (ht: +3; vt-dir: +6), while gas-directed rigs increased by +1 to 86 (ht: unch; vt-dir: +1). Horizontal oil rigs increased by +4 in Permian (TX) and by +2 in Anadarko (OK). Vertical/directional oil rigs increased by +6 in areas of TX not associated with any major play. Horizontal gas rigs increased by +1 in Eagle Ford (TX) and Marcellus (WV), while decreasing by -1 in Hayn.....