CFTC COT | February 16, 2015

Commitments of Traders Report – February 16, 2015

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended February 10. We provide all Legacy and Disaggregated trader positions for natural gas, WTI , Brent, gasoline and heating oil. Non-commercials increased net length in Brent and WTI , but decreased in natural gas, heating oil and gasoline during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas fell by -15.0k to -42.8k in futures and declined by -11.5k to +12.6k in.....

OIL PRICE MONITOR | February 13, 2015

February 13, 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 | February 13, 2015

February 13, 2015

Baker Hughes shows 1,356 active rigs as of February 13, 2015, lower by -98 from the previous week. Oil rigs decreased by -84 to 1,056 (ht: -52; vt-dir: -32) while gas-directed rigs decreased by -14 to 300 (ht: -11; vt-dir: -3). Horizontal oil rigs decreased by -30 to 191 and vertical/directional oil rigs decreased by -5 to 90 in the Permian (TX). Gas-directed horizontal rigs increased by +4 to 20 in the Eagle Ford (TX).

DOE CRUDE STATS | February 11, 2015

DOE Report: February 11, 2015

U.S. crude oil inventories rose by +4868k bbl in the week ended February 06, while Cushing stocks increased by +1214k bbl. Distillate inventories fell by -3252k bbl and gasoline inventories increased by +1977k 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 .....

CFTC COT | February 09, 2015

Commitments of Traders Report – February 09, 2015

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended February 03. We provide all Legacy and Disaggregated trader positions for natural gas, WTI , Brent, gasoline and heating oil. Non-commercials decreased net length in natural gas, heating oil, Brent, gasoline and WTI during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas decreased by -16.9k to -27.9k in futures and fell by -15.3k to +24.0k in futures and options.....

NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | February 06, 2015

February 6, 2015

Baker Hughes shows 1,454 active rigs as of February 06, 2015, lower by -88 from the previous week. Oil rigs decreased by -83 to 1,140 (ht: -79; vt-dir: -4) while gas-directed rigs decreased by -5 to 314 (ht: -1; vt-dir: -4). Horizontal oil rigs decreased by -9 to 145 in the Eagle Ford (TX) and vertical/directional oil rigs decreased by -2 to 95 in the Permian (TX). Gas-directed horizontal rigs decreased by -2 to 16 in Marcellus (WV).

DOE CRUDE STATS | February 04, 2015

DOE Report: February 04, 2015

U.S. crude oil inventories grew by +6333k bbl in the week ended January 30, while Cushing stocks increased by +2516k bbl. Distillate inventories rose by +1788k bbl and gasoline inventories grew by +2335k 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 by +.....

CFTC COT | February 02, 2015

Commitments of Traders Report – February 02, 2015

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended January 27. We provide all Legacy and Disaggregated trader positions for natural gas, WTI , Brent, gasoline and heating oil. Non-commercials increased net length in heating oil, gasoline and WTI , but decreased in natural gas and Brent during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas decreased by -25.2k to -11.0k in futures and declined by -8.4k to +39.4k.....

NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | January 30, 2015

January 30, 2015

Baker Hughes shows 1,542 active rigs as of January 30, 2015, lower by -91 from the previous week. Oil rigs decreased by -94 to 1,223 (ht: -66; vt-dir: -28) while gas-directed rigs increased by +3 to 319 (ht: +5; vt-dir: -2). Horizontal oil rigs decreased by -25 to 154 in the Eagle Ford (TX) and vertical/directional oil rigs decreased by -13 to 97 in the Permian (TX). Gas-directed horizontal rigs increased by +2 to 27 in Marcellus ( SWPA ).

DOE CRUDE STATS | January 28, 2015

January 28, 2015

U.S. crude oil inventories increased by +8874k bbl in the week ended January 23, while Cushing stocks grew by +2085k bbl. Distillate inventories declined by -3892k bbl and gasoline inventories decreased by -2587k 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 .....