NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | October 24, 2014
October 24, 2014
Baker Hughes shows 1,927 active rigs as of October 24, 2014, higher by +9 from the previous week. Oil rigs increased by +5 to 1,595 (ht: +7; vt-dir: -2) while gas-directed rigs increased by +4 to 332 (ht: -5; vt-dir: +9). Horizontal oil rigs increased by +8 to 205 in the Eagle Ford (TX) and vertical/directional oil rigs increased by +2 to 18 in the Permian (NM). Gas-directed horizontal rigs decreased by -3 to 14 in Eagle Ford (TX).
DOE CRUDE STATS | October 22, 2014
October 22, 2014
U.S. crude oil inventories increased by +7111k bbl in the week ended October 17, while Cushing stocks rose by +953k bbl. Distillate inventories grew by +1049k bbl and gasoline inventories declined by -1299k 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 20, 2014
Commitments of Traders Report – October 20, 2014
Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended October 14. 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 gasoline , but decreased in natural gas, heating oil and WTI during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas declined by -24.0k to +54.5k in futures and fell by -17.6k to +132.2k in.....
NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | October 17, 2014
October 17, 2014
Baker Hughes shows 1,918 active rigs as of October 17, 2014, lower by -11 from the previous week. Oil rigs decreased by -19 to 1,590 (ht: -9; vt-dir: -10) while gas-directed rigs increased by +8 to 328 (ht: +9; vt-dir: -1). Horizontal oil rigs decreased by -7 to 143 in the Anadarko (OK) and vertical/directional oil rigs decreased by -3 to 16 in the Permian (NM). Gas-directed horizontal rigs increased by +3 to 17 in Eagle Ford (TX).
DOE CRUDE STATS | October 16, 2014
October 16, 2014
U.S. crude oil inventories increased by +8923k bbl in the week ended October 10, while Cushing stocks grew by +716k bbl. Distillate inventories declined by -1518k bbl and gasoline inventories decreased by -3995k 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 b.....
CFTC COT | October 13, 2014
Commitments of Traders Report – October 13, 2014
Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended October 07. 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 gasoline , but decreased in natural gas, heating oil and WTI during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas declined by -41.3k to +78.5k in futures and fell by -41.3k to +149.8k in.....
NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | October 10, 2014
October 10, 2014
Baker Hughes shows 1,929 active rigs as of October 10, 2014, higher by +8 from the previous week. Oil rigs increased by +18 to 1,609 (ht: +11; vt-dir: +7) while gas-directed rigs decreased by -10 to 320 (ht: +1; vt-dir: -11). Horizontal oil rigs increased by +4 to 242 in Permian (TX), and gas-directed horizontal rigs increased by +4 to 28 in Marcellus (WV).
DOE CRUDE STATS | October 08, 2014
October 8, 2014
U.S. crude oil inventories grew by +5015k bbl in the week ended October 03, while Cushing stocks decreased by -1576k bbl. Distillate inventories rose by +439k bbl and gasoline inventories grew by +1180k 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 +5.....
CFTC COT | October 07, 2014
UPDATED: Commitments of Traders Report – October 07, 2014
ICE posted its COT report earlier today and this file includes ICE Brent contracts. There are no other changes in charts or data. Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended September 30. 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 and WTI , but decreased in heating oil, Brent and gasoline duri.....
CFTC COT | October 06, 2014
PRODUCT UPDATE: Commitments of Traders Report – October 06, 2014
PRODUCT UPDATE : Starting today, the COT Report will include the data along with the charts. Please contact us at info@lcmc-research.com if you require any additional information. Our Commitments of Traders report does not include the ICE Brent Data today as ICE delayed the release its COT report “due to position reporting issues experienced by a Member.” The ICE circular about the issue can be found here. We will publish an updated COT report once Brent data becomes availabl.....