CFTC COT
| August 31, 2015
Commitments of Traders Report – August 31, 2015
Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended August 25. 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 and gasoil , but decreased in Brent, natural gas, heating oil and WTI during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas fell by -12.9k to -6.4k in futures and declined by -16.8k.....
OIL PRICE MONITOR
| August 29, 2015
August 28, 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
| August 28, 2015
August 28, 2015
Baker Hughes shows 877 active rigs as of August 28, 2015, lower by -8 from the previous week. Oil rigs were unchanged at 675 (ht: +2; vt-dir: -2) while gas-directed rigs decreased by -8 to 202 (ht: -7; vt-dir: -1). Horizontal oil rigs increased by +2 in Eagle Ford (TX), while declining by -2 in Permian (TX) and Permian (NM). Vertical/Directional oil rigs increased by +4 in Permian (TX). Gas-directed horizontal rigs declined by -4 to 11 rig in Eagle Ford (TX).
NGL MARKET RECAP
| August 26, 2015
August 26, 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
| August 26, 2015
August 26, 2015
U.S. crude oil inventories declined by -5452k bbl in the week ended August 21, while Cushing stocks grew by +256k bbl. Distillate inventories increased by +1436k bbl and gasoline inventories rose by +1660k 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 -5.4.....
CFTC COT
| August 24, 2015
Commitments of Traders Report – August 24, 2015
Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended August 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 gasoline and gasoil , but decreased in Brent, natural gas, heating oil and WTI during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas declined by -26.8k to +6.5k in futures and decreased by -.....
OIL PRICE MONITOR
| August 23, 2015
August 21, 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
| August 21, 2015
August 21, 2015
Baker Hughes shows 885 active rigs as of August 21, 2015, higher by +2 from the previous week. Oil rigs increased by +3 to 675 (ht: +1; vt-dir: +2) while gas-directed rigs decreased by -1 to 210 (ht: unch; vt-dir: -1). Horizontal oil rigs increased by +2 in Anadarko (OK) and Bakken (ND), while declining by -2 in Eagle Ford (TX). Vertical/Directional oil rigs declined by -3 in Permian (TX). Gas-directed horizontal rigs increased by +2 in Eagle Ford (TX).
NGL MARKET RECAP
| August 19, 2015
August 19, 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
| August 19, 2015
August 19, 2015
U.S. crude oil inventories increased by +2620k bbl in the week ended August 14, while Cushing stocks rose by +326k bbl. Distillate inventories grew by +594k bbl and gasoline inventories decreased by -2708k 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 +2.6.....