CFTC COT | October 12, 2015

Commitments of Traders Report – October 12, 2015

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended October 06. 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, heating oil and WTI , but decreased in natural gas and gasoil during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas fell by -26.9k to -74.1k in futures and declined by -35......


OIL PRICE MONITOR | October 09, 2015

October 9, 2015

Attached is this week’s Oil Price Monitor, which provides an overview of global oil market activity across a range of dimensions, from spot crude and product prices to forward curves, refining margins, product arbitrage, and freight rates.


NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | October 09, 2015

October 9, 2015

Baker Hughes shows 795 active rigs as of October 9, 2015, lower by -14 from the previous week. Oil rigs decreased by -8 to 614 (ht: -7; vt-dir: -1) while gas-directed rigs decreased by -6 to 189 (ht: -4; vt-dir: -2). Horizontal oil rigs decreased by -5 in Anadarko (OK), by -1 in Bakken (ND) and Permian (TX). Gas-directed horizontal rigs decreased by -5 in Woodford (Arkoma) and by -2 in Haynesville (LA).


NGL MARKET RECAP | October 07, 2015

October 7, 2015

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 | October 07, 2015

October 7, 2015

U.S. crude oil inventories increased by +3073k bbl in the week ended October 02, while Cushing stocks grew by +98k bbl. Distillate inventories declined by -2458k bbl and gasoline inventories increased by +1910k 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.....


CFTC COT | October 05, 2015

Commitments of Traders Report – October 05, 2015

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended September 29. 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 , but decreased in gasoline, natural gas, gasoil, heating oil and WTI during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas declined by -26.5k to -47.2k in futures and fell by -36.2.....


OIL PRICE MONITOR | October 02, 2015

October 2, 2015

Attached is this week’s Oil Price Monitor, which provides an overview of global oil market activity across a range of dimensions, from spot crude and product prices to forward curves, refining margins, product arbitrage, and freight rates.


NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | October 02, 2015

October 2, 2015

Baker Hughes shows 809 active rigs as of October 2, 2015, lower by -29 from the previous week. Oil rigs decreased by -27 to 614 (ht: -23; vt-dir: -4) while gas-directed rigs decreased by -2 to 195 (ht: +3; vt-dir: -5). Horizontal oil rigs decreased by -7 in Anadarko (OK), by -3 in Permian (NM) and by -8 in other regions of Texas not associated with a specific shale play. Gas-directed horizontal rigs increased by +3 in Granite Wash (OK) and by +2 in Eagle Ford (TX), while decreasing by -2 in Marc.....


NGL MARKET RECAP | September 30, 2015

September 30, 2015

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 | September 30, 2015

September 30, 2015

U.S. crude oil inventories rose by +3955k bbl in the week ended September 25, while Cushing stocks decreased by -1068k bbl. Distillate inventories fell by -267k bbl and gasoline inventories increased by +3254k 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 : Rose by .....