CFTC COT
| May 24, 2013
Commitment of Traders Report - May 22, 2013
Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended May 21, 2013. We focus on net length of non-commercial traders as well as net length of money managers and swap dealers as indicated in the disaggregated data for WTI , natural gas, gasoline, and heating oil. Non-commercials increased net length in WTI , gasoline and natural gas (futures and options), but decreased net length in heating oil during the reference week. Non-commerci.....
OIL PRICE MONITOR
| May 24, 2013
May 24, 2013
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 crude loadings.
NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH
| May 24, 2013
May 24, 2013
Baker Hughes shows 1,756 active rigs as of May 24, 2013, lower by -6 for the week. Oil rigs decreased by -6 to 1,402 (ht: -6; vt-dir: unchanged) while gas-directed rigs were unchanged at 354 (ht: -3; vt-dir: +3). Horizontal oil rigs fell by -9 in the Eagle Ford (TX) to 179 and by -4 in the Anadarko (OK) to 106, but increased by +4 to 110 in the Permian (TX), which is a continuation of last weeks’ trend. Gas-directed rigs were little changed.
DOE CRUDE STATS
| May 22, 2013
May 22, 2013
U.S. crude oil inventories decreased by -338k bbl in the week ended May 17, while Cushing stocks grew by +449k bbl. Distillate inventories declined by -1052k bbl and gasoline inventories increased by +3015k 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 -0.34.....
CFTC COT
| May 17, 2013
Commitment of Traders Report - May 17, 2013
Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended May 14, 2013. We focus on net length of non-commercial traders as well as net length of money managers and swap dealers as indicated in the disaggregated data for WTI , natural gas, gasoline, and heating oil. Non-commercials decreased net length in WTI (futures and options), heating oil and natural gas, but increased net length in gasoline during the reference week. Non-commerci.....
OIL PRICE MONITOR
| May 17, 2013
May 17, 2013
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 crude loadings.
NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH
| May 17, 2013
May 17, 2013
Baker Hughes shows 1,762 active rigs as of May 17, 2013, unchanged from the previous week. Oil rigs decreased by -4 to 1,408 (ht: -5; vt-dir: +1) and gas-directed rigs increased by +4 to 354 (ht: +2; vt-dir: +2). Horizontal oil rigs fell by -3 in the Eagle Ford (TX) and Anadarko (OK) to 188 and 110, respectively, but increased by +3 to 106 in the Permian (TX). Gas-directed horizontal rigs increased by +5 to 30 in the Eagle Ford (TX).
DOE CRUDE STATS
| May 15, 2013
May 15, 2013
U.S. crude oil inventories decreased by -624k bbl in the week ended May 10, while Cushing stocks grew by +575k bbl. Distillate inventories rose by +2300k bbl and gasoline inventories grew by +2588k 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 : Decreased by -0.62m bb.....
CFTC COT
| May 12, 2013
Commitment of Traders Report - May 10, 2013
Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended May 7, 2013. We focus on net length of non-commercial traders as well as net length of money managers and swap dealers as indicated in the disaggregated data for WTI , natural gas, gasoline, and heating oil. Non-commercials increased net length in WTI , but decreased length in gasoline, heating oil and natural gas during the reference week. Non-commercials’ net length in WTI gr.....
OIL PRICE MONITOR
| May 10, 2013
May 10, 2013
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 crude loadings.