NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | May 25, 2012

Schlumberger (Smith) STATS

STATS shows 1,861 active rigs as of May 25, 2012, down -11 rigs from a week ago. Oil rigs went up by +1 (ht: +4, vt-dir: -3) and total gas rigs went down by -12 (ht: -6, vt-dir: -6). Horizontal oil rigs went up by +5 in Anadarko (OK) and by +4 in Permian (TX), while going down by -9 in Eagle Ford (TX). Vertical/Directional oil rigs went down by -7 in Permian (TX). Horizontal gas rigs went down by -4 in Granite Wash (TX) and by -3 in Granite Wash (OK), while going up by +2 in Eagle Ford (TX) .....

DOE CRUDE STATS | May 23, 2012

May 23, 2012

U.S. crude oil inventories increased by +883k bbl in the week ended May 18, while Cushing stocks built +1,668k bbl. Distillate inventories drew -309k bbl and gasoline inventories dropped by -3,299k bbl. Please find attached this week’s detailed statistical report. Major data points: Crude oil inventories : Built +0.9m bbl (vs. the API estimate of +1.5m bbl), driven by an increase of +1.48m bbl in PADD II. Stocks in Cushing rose by +1.7m bbl (vs. the API estimate of +0.5m bbl) and n.....

CFTC COT | May 18, 2012

Commitment of Traders Report - May 18, 2012

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended May 15. 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-commercial net length declined across the petroleum complex during the week ended May 15 but at a relatively milder pace compared to last week. Non-commercials reduced net leng.....

OIL PRICE MONITOR | May 18, 2012

May 18, 2012

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 weekly DOE EIA data.

NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | May 18, 2012

Baker Hughes

Baker Hughes shows 1,982 active rigs as of May 18, 2012, up +12 from a week ago. Oil rigs went up by +10 (ht: +2, vt-dir: +8) and total gas rigs went up by +2 (ht: +4, vt-dir: -2). Horizontal oil rigs went up by +4 in Bakken (ND) and by +2 in Permian (NM), while going down by -3 in Anadarko (OK). Horizontal gas rigs went up by +6 in Eagle Ford (TX) and by +2 in Granite Wash (TX).

NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | May 18, 2012

Schlumberger (Smith) STATS

STATS shows 1,872 active rigs as of May 18, 2012, up +7 rigs from a week ago. Oil rigs went up by +14 (ht: -3, vt-dir: +17) and total gas rigs went down by -7 (ht: -8, vt-dir: +1). Horizontal oil rigs went up by +3 in Permian (TX), while going down by -3 in Monterey (CA) and by -2 in Anadarko (TX) and Eagle Ford (TX). Vertical/Directional oil rigs went up by +5 in Monterey (CA), followed by +3 in Eagle Ford (TX) and +2 in Permian (TX). Horizontal gas rigs went up by +2 in Marcellus ( SWPA ).....

DOE CRUDE STATS | May 16, 2012

May 16, 2012

U.S. crude oil inventories increased by +2,128k bbl in the week ended May 11, while Cushing stocks built +1,000k bbl. Distillate inventories drew -969k bbl and gasoline inventories dropped by -2,797k bbl. Please find attached this week’s detailed statistical report. Major data points: Crude oil inventories : Built +2.13m bbl (vs. the API estimate of +6.6m bbl), driven by an increase of +1.05m bbl in PADD III . Stocks in Cushing rose by +1.0m bbl and now stand at 45.1m bbl. Gasoline .....

CFTC COT | May 11, 2012

Commitment of Traders Report - May 11, 2012

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended May 8. 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. The price of WTI plunged -9% from May 1 to reach $97.01 on May 8 while WTI non-commercial net length experienced the sharpest drop (since data is available) during the week ende.....

OIL PRICE MONITOR | May 11, 2012

May 11, 2012

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 weekly DOE EIA data.

NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | May 11, 2012

Baker Hughes

Dear Clients, We are happy to announce that starting with next week’s report we will also be sending out an excel spreadsheet with historical values in addition to the latest week’s snapshot attached to this report. Please do not hesitate to contact us at info@lcmc-research.com if you require any additional information or would like to provide feedback. Sincerely, LCMC Research Baker Hughes shows 1,970 active rigs as of May 11, 2012, up +9 from a week ago. Oil rigs went up .....