NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | March 20, 2015

March 20, 2015

Baker Hughes shows 1,067 active rigs as of March 20, 2015, lower by -56 from the previous week. Oil rigs decreased by -41 to 825 (ht: -21; vt-dir: -20) while gas-directed rigs decreased by -15 to 242 (ht: +1; vt-dir: -16). Horizontal oil rigs decreased by -13 to 156 and vertical/directional oil rigs decreased by -2 to 66 in the Permian (TX). Gas-directed horizontal rigs increased by +2 to 30 in Marcellus ( SWPA ).


NGL MARKET RECAP | March 18, 2015

March 18, 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 | March 18, 2015

DOE Report: March 18, 2015

U.S. crude oil inventories rose by +9622k bbl in the week ended March 13, while Cushing stocks grew by +2865k bbl. Distillate inventories increased by +380k bbl and gasoline inventories fell by -4473k 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 +9.62m bb.....


CFTC COT | March 16, 2015

Commitments of Traders Report – March 16, 2015

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended March 10. We provide all Legacy and Disaggregated trader positions for natural gas, WTI , Brent, gasoline and heating oil. Non-commercials increased net length in natural gas and WTI , but decreased in heating oil, Brent and gasoline during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas rose by +15.5k to -1.6k in futures and increased by +14.7k to +46.0k in fu.....


OIL PRICE MONITOR | March 13, 2015

March 13, 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 | March 13, 2015

March 13, 2015

Baker Hughes shows 1,123 active rigs as of March 13, 2015, lower by -67 from the previous week. Oil rigs decreased by -56 to 866 (ht: -38; vt-dir: -18) while gas-directed rigs decreased by -11 to 257 (ht: -8; vt-dir: -3). Horizontal oil rigs decreased by -13 to 169 and vertical/directional oil rigs decreased by -7 to 68 in the Permian (TX). Gas-directed horizontal rigs decreased by -3 to 17 in Haynesville (TX).


NGL MARKET RECAP | March 11, 2015

March 11, 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 | March 11, 2015

DOE Report: March 11, 2015

U.S. crude oil inventories rose by +4512k bbl in the week ended March 06, while Cushing stocks grew by +2322k bbl. Distillate inventories increased by +2527k bbl and gasoline inventories fell by -187k 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 +4.51m bb.....


CFTC COT | March 09, 2015

Commitments of Traders Report – March 09, 2015

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended March 03. We provide all Legacy and Disaggregated trader positions for natural gas, WTI , Brent, gasoline and heating oil. Non-commercials increased net length in heating oil, Brent and gasoline , but decreased in natural gas and WTI during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas declined by -23.3k to -17.1k in futures and fell by -21.2k to +31.3k in fu.....


OIL PRICE MONITOR | March 06, 2015

March 6, 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.