CFTC COT | February 22, 2016

Commitments of Traders Report – February 22, 2016

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended February 16. 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, gasoline, natural gas, gasoil and heating oil , but decreased in WTI during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas decreased by -4.7k to +15.4k in futures and grew by +2.2k .....


OIL PRICE MONITOR | February 19, 2016

February 19, 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 | February 19, 2016

February 19, 2016

Baker Hughes shows 514 active rigs as of February 19, 2016, lower by -27 from the previous week. Oil rigs decreased by -26 to 413 (ht: -18; vt-dir: -8) while gas-directed rigs dropped by -1 to 101 (ht: unch; vt-dir: -1). Horizontal oil rigs decreased by -4 in Anadarko (OK) and Bakken (ND) and by -3 in Eagle Ford (TX) and Permian (TX). Gas-directed horizontal rigs increased by +2 in Granite Wash (TX) and by +1 in Granite Wash (OK).


DOE CRUDE STATS | February 18, 2016

DOE Report: February 18, 2016

U.S. crude oil inventories rose by +2147k bbl in the week ended February 12, while Cushing stocks grew by +36k bbl. Distillate inventories increased by +1399k bbl and gasoline inventories rose by +3036k 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 +2.15m .....


CFTC COT | February 16, 2016

Commitments of Traders Report – February 15, 2016

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended February 09. We provide all Legacy and Disaggregated trader positions for natural gas, WTI , Brent, gasoline, heating oil and gasoil. Non-commercials increased net length in gasoline, natural gas, gasoil, heating oil and WTI , but decreased in Brent during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas grew by +22.5k to +20.1k in futures and rose by +14.1k to .....


CFTC COT | February 15, 2016

Commitments of Traders Report – February 15, 2016

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended February 09. We provide all Legacy and Disaggregated trader positions for natural gas, WTI , Brent, gasoline, heating oil and gasoil. Non-commercials increased net length in gasoline, natural gas, gasoil, heating oil and WTI , but decreased in Brent during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas grew by +22.5k to +20.1k in futures and rose by +14.1k to .....


OIL PRICE MONITOR | February 12, 2016

February 12, 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 | February 12, 2016

February 12, 2016

Baker Hughes shows 541 active rigs as of February 12, 2016, lower by -30 from the previous week. Oil rigs decreased by -28 to 439 (ht: -23; vt-dir: -5) while gas-directed rigs dropped by -2 to 102 (ht: -2; vt-dir: unch). Horizontal oil rigs decreased by -3 in Anadarko (OK), Bakken (ND), Permian (TX) and Permian (NM). Gas-directed horizontal rigs decreased by -2 in Marcellus ( NEPA ) and by -1 in Eagle Ford (TX) and Haynesville (TX).


DOE CRUDE STATS | February 10, 2016

DOE Report: February 10, 2016

U.S. crude oil inventories fell by -754k bbl in the week ended February 05, while Cushing stocks increased by +523k bbl. Distillate inventories rose by +1281k bbl and gasoline inventories increased by +1258k 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.....


CFTC COT | February 08, 2016

Commitments of Traders Report – February 08, 2016

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended February 02. 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 gasoline , but decreased in natural gas, gasoil, heating oil and WTI during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas fell by -15.4k to -2.5k in futures and decreased by -3......