CFTC COT | November 17, 2014

Commitments of Traders Report – November 17, 2014

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended November 11. 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, heating oil, Brent, gasoline and WTI during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas increased by +37.8k to +79.9k in futures and grew by +40.5k to +144.1k in futures and option.....

NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | November 14, 2014

November 14, 2014

Baker Hughes shows 1,928 active rigs as of November 14, 2014, higher by +4 from the previous week. Oil rigs increased by +10 to 1,578 (ht: +9; vt-dir: +1) while gas-directed rigs decreased by -6 to 350 (ht: -2; vt-dir: -4). Horizontal oil rigs increased by +6 to 259 whereas vertical/directional oil rigs decreased by -4 to 183 in the Permian (TX). Gas-directed horizontal rigs decreased by -3 to 15 in Eagle Ford (TX).

DOE CRUDE STATS | November 13, 2014

November 13, 2014

U.S. crude oil inventories fell by -1735k bbl in the week ended November 07, while Cushing stocks rose by +1704k bbl. Distillate inventories decreased by -2803k bbl and gasoline inventories rose by +1805k 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 -1.74.....

CFTC COT | November 10, 2014

Commitments of Traders Report – November 10, 2014

Due to a delay in ICE’s COT data, our CFTC COT report is published later than its usual time. Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended November 04. 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 , but decreased in heating oil, Brent, gasoline and WTI during the reference week. Non-commerc.....

NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | November 07, 2014

November 7, 2014

Baker Hughes shows 1,924 active rigs as of November 7, 2014, lower by -4 from the previous week. Oil rigs decreased by -14 to 1,568 (ht: +2; vt-dir: -16) while gas-directed rigs increased by +10 to 356 (ht: +7; vt-dir: +3). Horizontal oil rigs decreased by -7 to 197 and vertical/directional oil rigs decreased by -7 to 13 in the Eagle Ford (TX). Gas-directed horizontal rigs increased by +1 to 26 in Marcellus ( SWPA ).

DOE CRUDE STATS | November 05, 2014

November 05, 2014

U.S. crude oil inventories increased by +460k bbl in the week ended October 31, while Cushing stocks declined by -551k bbl. Distillate inventories fell by -724k bbl and gasoline inventories declined by -1378k 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.....

CFTC COT | November 03, 2014

Commitments of Traders Report – November 03, 2014

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended October 28. We provide all Legacy and Disaggregated trader positions for natural gas, WTI , Brent, gasoline and heating oil. Non-commercials increased net length in gasoline , but decreased in natural gas, heating oil, Brent and WTI during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas decreased by -15.0k to +0.2k in futures and declined by -31.9k to +62.9k in.....

NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | October 31, 2014

October 31, 2014

Baker Hughes shows 1,928 active rigs as of October 31, 2014, higher by +1 from the previous week. Oil rigs decreased by -13 to 1,582 (ht: -13) while gas-directed rigs increased by +14 to 346 (ht: +11; vt-dir: +3). Horizontal oil rigs decreased by -7 to 138 in the Anadarko (OK) and vertical/directional oil rigs decreased by -5 to 187 in the Permian (TX). Gas-directed horizontal rigs increased by +3 to 25 in Marcellus ( SWPA ).

DOE CRUDE STATS | October 29, 2014

October 29, 2014

U.S. crude oil inventories increased by +2061k bbl in the week ended October 24, while Cushing stocks rose by +776k bbl. Distillate inventories fell by -5294k bbl and gasoline inventories declined by -1236k 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 b.....

CFTC COT | October 27, 2014

Commitments of Traders Report – October 27, 2014

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended October 21. We provide all Legacy and Disaggregated trader positions for natural gas, WTI , Brent, gasoline and heating oil. Non-commercials increased net length in gasoline and WTI , but decreased in natural gas, heating oil and Brent during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas fell by -39.2k to +15.2k in futures and decreased by -37.3k to +94.9k in.....