NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | June 26, 2015

June 26, 2015

Baker Hughes shows 856 active rigs as of June 26, 2015, higher by +2 from the previous week. Oil rigs decreased by -3 to 628 (ht: -7; vt-dir: +4) while gas-directed rigs increased by +5 to 228 (ht: -1; vt-dir: +6). Horizontal oil rigs decreased by -4 to 132 in Permian (TX) and by -2 to 71 in Bakken (ND). Gas-directed horizontal rigs increased by +2 to 2 in Woodford (Arkoma) and vertical/directional rigs increased by +2 to 20 in Louisiana.


NGL MARKET RECAP | June 24, 2015

June 24, 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 | June 24, 2015

June 24, 2015

U.S. crude oil inventories decreased by -4934k bbl in the week ended June 19, while Cushing stocks declined by -1870k bbl. Distillate inventories grew by +1837k bbl and gasoline inventories rose by +680k 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 : Decreased by -.....


CFTC COT | June 22, 2015

Commitments of Traders Report – June 22, 2015

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended June 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 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 +28.2k to -26.2k in futures and grew by +29.1k to +.....


OIL PRICE MONITOR | June 19, 2015

June 19, 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 | June 19, 2015

June 19, 2015

Baker Hughes shows 854 active rigs as of June 19, 2015, lower by -2 from the previous week. Oil rigs decreased by -4 to 631 (ht: -3; vt-dir: -1) while gas-directed rigs increased by +2 to 223 (ht: +2; vt-dir: unch). Horizontal oil rigs decreased by -3 to 72 in Eagle Ford (TX) and by -2 to 31 in Permian (NM). Gas-directed horizontal rigs increased by +2 to 18 in Eagle Ford (TX).


NGL MARKET RECAP | June 17, 2015

June 17, 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 | June 17, 2015

DOE Report: June 17, 2015

U.S. crude oil inventories declined by -2676k bbl in the week ended June 12, while Cushing stocks grew by +112k bbl. Distillate inventories increased by +114k bbl and gasoline inventories rose by +460k 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 -2.68m b.....


CFTC COT | June 15, 2015

Commitments of Traders Report – June 15, 2015

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended June 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 heating oil , but decreased in Brent, gasoline, natural gas, gasoil and WTI during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas fell by -16.4k to -54.4k in futures and declined by -15.1k to .....


OIL PRICE MONITOR | June 14, 2015

June 12, 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.