NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | December 24, 2015

December 24, 2015

Baker Hughes shows 700 active rigs as of December 24, 2015, lower by -9 from the previous week. Oil rigs decreased by -3 to 538 (ht: unch; vt-dir: -3) while gas-directed rigs decreased by -6 to 162 (ht: -5; vt-dir: -1). Horizontal oil rigs decreased by -4 in Bakken (ND), while increasing by +2 in Anadarko (OK). Gas-directed horizontal rigs decreased by -2 to 1 in Fayetteville (AR).


DOE CRUDE STATS | December 23, 2015

DOE Report: December 23, 2015

U.S. crude oil inventories declined by -5877k bbl in the week ended December 18, while Cushing stocks grew by +2045k bbl. Distillate inventories decreased by -661k bbl and gasoline inventories grew by +1111k 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 : Declined b.....


CFTC COT | December 21, 2015

December 21, 2015

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended December 15. 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, heating oil and WTI , but decreased in Brent and gasoil during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas rose by +7.8k to -93.6k in futures and grew by +6.8k to.....


OIL PRICE MONITOR | December 18, 2015

December 18, 2015

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 | December 18, 2015

December 18, 2015

Baker Hughes shows 709 active rigs as of December 18, 2015, unchanged from the previous week. Oil rigs increased by +17 to 541 (ht: +10; vt-dir: +7) while gas-directed rigs decreased by -17 to 168 (ht: -5; vt-dir: -12). Horizontal oil rigs increased by +2 in Eagle Ford (TX) and Permian (TX). Gas-directed horizontal rigs decreased by -4 in Marcellus ( SWPA ), while increasing by +3 in Marcellus (WV).


NGL MARKET RECAP | December 16, 2015

December 16, 2015

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.


DOE CRUDE STATS | December 16, 2015

DOE Report: December 16, 2015

U.S. crude oil inventories rose by +4801k bbl in the week ended December 11, while Cushing stocks increased by +607k bbl. Distillate inventories grew by +2563k bbl and gasoline inventories increased by +1731k 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 +.....


CFTC COT | December 14, 2015

Commitments of Traders Report – December 14, 2015

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended December 08. 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, natural gas, gasoil and heating oil , but decreased in gasoline and WTI during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas decreased by -2.3k to -101.5k in futures and rose by +1.....


OIL PRICE MONITOR | December 11, 2015

December 11, 2015

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 | December 11, 2015

December 11, 2015

Baker Hughes shows 709 active rigs as of December 11, 2015, lower by -28 from the previous week. Oil rigs decreased by -21 to 524 (ht: -11; vt-dir: -10) while gas-directed rigs decreased by -7 to 185 (ht: -4; vt-dir: -3). Horizontal oil rigs decreased by -4 in Permian (TX) and by -2 in Bakken (ND) and Permian (NM). Gas-directed horizontal rigs increased by +2 to 19 in Marcellus ( SWPA ).