DOE CRUDE STATS | April 13, 2016

DOE Report: April 13, 2016

U.S. crude oil inventories rose by +6634k bbl in the week ended April 08, while Cushing stocks decreased by -1767k bbl. Distillate inventories grew by +505k bbl and gasoline inventories declined by -4237k 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 .....


CFTC COT | April 11, 2016

Commitments of Traders Report – April 11, 2016

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended April 05. We provide all Legacy and Disaggregated trader positions for natural gas, WTI , Brent, gasoline, heating oil and gasoil. Non-commercials increased net length in Brent and natural gas , but decreased in gasoline, gasoil, heating oil and WTI during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas rose by +37.9k to +61.9k in futures and grew by +39.6k to .....


OIL PRICE MONITOR | April 08, 2016

April 8, 2016

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 freight rates.


NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | April 08, 2016

April 8, 2016

Baker Hughes shows 443 active rigs as of April 8, 2016, lower by -7 from the previous week. Oil rigs decreased by -8 to 354 (ht: -5; vt-dir: -3) while gas-directed rigs increased by +1 to 89 (ht: unch; vt-dir: +1). Horizontal oil rigs decreased by -3 in Permian (TX) and by -2 in Bakken (ND), but increased by +2 in Anadarko (OK). On the gas side, horizontal gas rigs decreased by -1 to 2 in Haynesville (TX), but increased by +1 to 4 in Eagle Ford (TX).


CRUDE LOADINGS REPORT | April 07, 2016

UPDATED: April 7, 2016

CORRECTION : Total Equatorial Guinea crude loadings in the report published earlier today did not include volumes for the Aseng field. Data for the Aseng field was not available through our primary data source and was manually updated with data obtained through secondary sources. The total number did not incorporate that adjustment and incorrectly showed 161 kb/d for Equatorial Guinea instead of 184 kb/d. The updated row is highlighted in yellow (page 3). No other changes were made. Overal.....


DOE CRUDE STATS | April 06, 2016

DOE Report: April 06, 2016

U.S. crude oil inventories fell by -4937k bbl in the week ended April 01, while Cushing stocks increased by +357k bbl. Distillate inventories rose by +1799k bbl and gasoline inventories increased by +1438k 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 -4.9.....


CFTC COT | April 04, 2016

Commitments of Traders Report – April 04, 2016

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended March 29. We provide all Legacy and Disaggregated trader positions for natural gas, WTI , Brent, gasoline, heating oil and gasoil. Non-commercials increased net length in natural gas , but decreased in Brent, gasoline, gasoil, heating oil and WTI during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas rose by +26.0k to +24.0k in futures and grew by +4.0k to +0.8.....


OIL PRICE MONITOR | April 01, 2016

April 1, 2016

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 freight rates.


NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | April 01, 2016

April 1, 2016

Baker Hughes shows 450 active rigs as of April 1, 2016, lower by -14 from the previous week. Oil rigs decreased by -10 to 362 (ht: -8; vt-dir: -2) while gas-directed rigs decreased by -4 to 88 (ht: -5; vt-dir: +1). Horizontal oil rigs increased by +3 in Eagle Ford (TX), but decreased by -5 in Permian (TX), -2 in Bakken (ND), and -5 in other areas not associated with any major shale play. On the gas side, horizontal gas rigs dropped by -2 to 0 in Granite Wash (TX), and a single rig remains in Gra.....


NGL MARKET RECAP | March 31, 2016

March 30, 2016

Attached is this week’s NGL Market Recap, which provides an overview of U.S. propane statistics as well as global LPG prices, ratios and fractionation spreads.