CFTC COT | January 26, 2015

Commitments of Traders Report – January 26, 2015

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended January 20. We provide all Legacy and Disaggregated trader positions for natural gas, WTI , Brent, gasoline and heating oil. Non-commercials increased net length in natural gas, gasoline and WTI , but decreased in heating oil and Brent during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas grew by +21.0k to +14.2k in futures and increased by +26.0k to +47.7k in.....

NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | January 23, 2015

January 23, 2015

Baker Hughes shows 1,633 active rigs as of January 23, 2015, lower by -43 from the previous week. Oil rigs decreased by -49 to 1,317 (ht: -27; vt-dir: -22) while gas-directed rigs increased by +6 to 316 (ht: +3; vt-dir: +3). Horizontal oil rigs decreased by -6 to 1179 in Eagle Ford (TX) and by -9 to 135 in the Bakken (ND). Gas-directed horizontal rigs increased by +2 to 25 in Marcellus ( SWPA ).

DOE CRUDE STATS | January 22, 2015

DOE Report: January 22, 2015

U.S. crude oil inventories rose by +10071k bbl in the week ended January 16, while Cushing stocks increased by +2909k bbl. Distillate inventories fell by -3272k bbl and gasoline inventories rose by +588k 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 | January 19, 2015

Commitments of Traders Report – January 19, 2015

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended January 13. 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 decreased by -7.1k to -6.8k in futures and fell by -10.5k to +21.7k in f.....

NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | January 16, 2015

January 16, 2015

Baker Hughes shows 1,676 active rigs as of January 16, 2015, lower by -74 from the previous week. Oil rigs decreased by -55 to 1,366 (ht: -34; vt-dir: -21) while gas-directed rigs fell by -19 to 310 (ht: -14; vt-dir: -5). Horizontal oil rigs decreased by -6 to 185 in Eagle Ford (TX) and vertical/directional oil rigs decreased by -5 to 116 in the Permian (TX). Gas-directed horizontal rigs decreased by -3 to 10 in Eagle Ford (TX).

DOE CRUDE STATS | January 14, 2015

DOE Report: January 14, 2015

U.S. crude oil inventories rose by +5389k bbl in the week ended January 09, while Cushing stocks increased by +1776k bbl. Distillate inventories grew by +2925k bbl and gasoline inventories rose by +3171k 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 | January 12, 2015

Commitments of Traders Report – January 12, 2015

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended January 06. 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, Brent, gasoline and WTI , but decreased in natural gas during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas rose by +7.8k to +0.4k in futures and decreased by -0.5k to +32.2k in futur.....

NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | January 09, 2015

January 9, 2015

Baker Hughes shows 1,750 active rigs as of January 9, 2015, lower by -60 from the previous week. Oil rigs decreased by -61 to 1,421 (ht: -34; vt-dir: -27) while gas-directed rigs increased by +1 to 329 (vt-dir: +1). Horizontal oil rigs decreased by -7 to 150 in Bakken (ND) and vertical/directional oil rigs decreased by -14 to 121 in the Permian (TX). Gas-directed horizontal rigs increased by +2 to 24 in Marcellus (WV).

DOE CRUDE STATS | January 07, 2015

DOE Report: January 07, 2015

U.S. crude oil inventories fell by -3062k bbl in the week ended January 02, while Cushing stocks increased by +1305k bbl. Distillate inventories rose by +11205k bbl and gasoline inventories increased by +8115k 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 | January 05, 2015

Commitments of Traders Report – January 05, 2015

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended December 30. 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 and Brent , but decreased in natural gas, gasoline and WTI during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas decreased by -28.4k to -7.4k in futures and declined by -6.8k to +32.7k.....