CFTC COT
| February 15, 2013
Commitment of Traders Report - February 15, 2013
Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended February 12. 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 to the highest position since April 26, 2011 when the price of WTI was $112.21. Non-commercial WTI net length has climbed by +109k fro.....
OIL PRICE MONITOR
| February 15, 2013
February 15, 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
| February 15, 2013
February 15, 2013
STATS shows 1,653 active rigs as of February 15, 2013, lower by -14 for the week. Oil rigs decreased by -9 to 1,285 (ht: -26; vt-dir: +17) and gas rigs decreased by -5 to 368 (ht: -5; vt-dir: unchanged). Horizontal oil rigs fell by -5 to 187 in the Eagle Ford (TX) and fell by -7 to 179 in the Bakken (ND). Vertical/directional rigs increased by +4 to 221 in the Permian (TX) and by +13 to 216 in the “Other” category. Although horizontal gas rigs drilling in the Eagle Ford (TX) fell by -6 to 24, t.....
DOE CRUDE STATS
| February 13, 2013
February 13, 2013
U.S. crude oil inventories increased by +560k bbl in the week ended February 8, while Cushing stocks declined by -1118k bbl. Distillate inventories fell by -3677k bbl and gasoline inventories drew -803k 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 : Rose by +0.56m bb.....
CFTC COT
| February 08, 2013
Commitment of Traders Report - February 8, 2013
Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended February 5. 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 boosted WTI length again this week. The total expansion in non-commercial WTI net length is now +92k over the past eight weeks while the price of WTI has .....
OIL PRICE MONITOR
| February 08, 2013
February 8, 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
| February 08, 2013
February 8, 2013
STATS shows 1,667 active rigs as of February 8, 2013, lower by -5 for the week. Oil rigs decreased by -1 to 1,294 (ht: +5; vt-dir: -6) and gas rigs decreased by -4 to 373 (ht: -8; vt-dir: +4). Horizontal oil rigs jumped by +8 to 192 in the Eagle Ford (TX) but fell by -4 to 102 in the Anadarko (OK). Meanwhile, gas-directed horizontal rigs decreased by -4 to 30 in the Eagle Ford (TX) and by -3 in both the Fayetteville (AR) and Marcellus ( NEPA ) to 16 and 35, respectively, but increased by +3 to .....
DOE CRUDE STATS
| February 06, 2013
February 6, 2013
U.S. crude oil inventories grew by +2623k bbl in the week ended February 1, while Cushing stocks declined by -315k bbl. Distillate inventories fell by -1042k bbl and gasoline inventories increased by +1738k 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 by +2.62.....
CFTC COT
| February 01, 2013
Commitment of Traders Report - February 1, 2013
Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended January 29. 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 expanded net length across the petroleum complex this week. WTI net length has increased by +86k over the last seven weeks. Non-commercials advanced net lengt.....
OIL PRICE MONITOR
| February 01, 2013
February 1, 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.