CFTC COT | August 10, 2015

Commitments of Traders Report – August 10, 2015

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended August 04. We provide all Legacy and Disaggregated trader positions for natural gas, WTI , Brent, gasoline, heating oil and gasoil. Non-commercials increased net length in gasoil and WTI , but decreased in Brent, gasoline, natural gas and heating oil during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas grew by +6.9k to +27.5k in futures and declined by -0.1k .....


OIL PRICE MONITOR | August 07, 2015

August 7, 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 | August 07, 2015

August 7, 2015

Baker Hughes shows 883 active rigs as of August 7, 2015, higher by +10 from the previous week. Oil rigs increased by +6 to 670 (ht: +6; vt-dir: +0) while gas-directed rigs increased by +4 to 213 (ht: +2; vt-dir: +2). Horizontal oil rigs increased by +4 in Permian (TX) and by +2 in Anadarko (OK). Gas-directed horizontal rigs increased by +4 in Marcellus (WV) and decreased by -2 in Marcellus ( SWPA ).


NGL MARKET RECAP | August 06, 2015

August 6, 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 | August 05, 2015

August 05, 2015

U.S. crude oil inventories declined by -4407k bbl in the week ended July 31, while Cushing stocks decreased by -542k bbl. Distillate inventories grew by +709k bbl and gasoline inventories increased by +811k 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 by.....


CFTC COT | August 03, 2015

Commitments of Traders Report – July 31, 2015

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended July 28. 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, heating oil and WTI , but decreased in gasoline , and unchanged in Brent and Brent during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas rose by +22.5k to +20.7k in futures and in.....


OIL PRICE MONITOR | July 31, 2015

July 31, 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 | July 31, 2015

July 31, 2015

Baker Hughes shows 873 active rigs as of July 31, 2015, lower by -2 from the previous week. Oil rigs increased by +5 to 664 (ht: +4; vt-dir: +1) while gas-directed rigs decreased by -7 to 209 (ht: -2; vt-dir: -5). Horizontal oil rigs increased by +2 in Permian (NM) and by +1 in Permian (TX). Gas-directed horizontal rigs decreased by -2 in Marcellus ( SWPA ) and Eagle Ford (TX).


NGL MARKET RECAP | July 29, 2015

July 29, 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 | July 29, 2015

July 29, 2015

U.S. crude oil inventories decreased by -4203k bbl in the week ended July 24, while Cushing stocks fell by -212k bbl. Distillate inventories rose by +2588k bbl and gasoline inventories decreased by -363k 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 -4.2m .....