NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | December 19, 2014

December 19, 2014

Baker Hughes shows 1,874 active rigs as of December 19, 2014, lower by -18 from the previous week. Oil rigs decreased by -10 to 1,536 (ht: -5; vt-dir: -5) while gas-directed rigs decreased by -8 to 338 (ht: -6; vt-dir: -2). Horizontal oil rigs decreased by -5 to 159 in the Bakken (ND) whereas increased by +5 to 259 in the Permian (TX). Vertical/directional oil rigs decreased by -5 to 147 in the Permian (TX). Gas-directed horizontal rigs decreased by -3 to 24 in Marcellus (WV).

DOE CRUDE STATS | December 17, 2014

December 17, 2014

U.S. crude oil inventories decreased by -847k bbl in the week ended December 12, while Cushing stocks grew by +2920k bbl. Distillate inventories declined by -207k bbl and gasoline inventories increased by +5250k 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 b.....

CFTC COT | December 15, 2014

Commitments of Traders Report – December 15, 2014

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended December 09. 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 -27.1k to +48.6k in futures and fell by -31.1k to +71.9k in.....

NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | December 12, 2014

December 12, 2014

Baker Hughes shows 1,892 active rigs as of December 12, 2014, lower by -27 from the previous week. Oil rigs decreased by -29 to 1,546 (ht: -6; vt-dir: -23) while the total number of gas-directed rigs increased by +2 to 346 (ht: +5; vt-dir: -3). Vertical/directional oil rigs decreased by -16 to 162 and horizontal oil rigs decreased by -6 to 254 in the Permian (TX). Gas-directed horizontal rigs increased by +3 to 19 in Ohio.

DOE CRUDE STATS | December 10, 2014

December 10, 2014

U.S. crude oil inventories increased by +1454k bbl in the week ended December 05, while Cushing stocks rose by +1020k bbl. Distillate inventories grew by +5577k bbl and gasoline inventories rose by +8197k 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 : Increased by .....

CFTC COT | December 08, 2014

Commitments of Traders Report – December 08, 2014

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended December 02. We provide all Legacy and Disaggregated trader positions for natural gas, WTI , Brent, gasoline and heating oil. Non-commercials increased net length in Brent , but decreased in natural gas, heating oil, gasoline and WTI during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas declined by -56.1k to +75.6k in futures and fell by -66.4k to +103.0k in f.....

NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | December 05, 2014

December 05, 2014

Baker Hughes shows 1,919 active rigs as of December 05, 2014, higher by +3 from the previous week. Oil rigs increased by +3 to 1,575 (ht: -4; vt-dir: +7) while the total number of gas-directed rigs remained unchanged at 344 (ht: +1; vt-dir: -1). Horizontal oil rigs decreased by -4 to 198 in the Eagle Ford (TX) and vertical/directional oil rigs decreased by -1 to 178 in the Permian (TX). Gas-directed horizontal rigs increased by +2 to 19 in Haynesville (TX).

DOE CRUDE STATS | December 03, 2014

DOE Report: December 03, 2014

U.S. crude oil inventories decreased by -3689k bbl in the week ended November 28, while Cushing stocks fell by -694k bbl. Distillate inventories rose by +3028k bbl and gasoline inventories increased by +2143k 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 -.....

CFTC COT | December 01, 2014

Commitments of Traders Report – December 01, 2014

Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, the CFTC COT Report was published at 3.30pm today rather than Friday, November 28th. Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended November 25. 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, heating oil, Brent, gasoline and WTI during the reference week. Non-comme.....

NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | November 26, 2014

November 26, 2014

Baker Hughes shows 1,916 active rigs as of November 26, 2014, lower by -13 from the previous week. Oil rigs decreased by -2 to 1,572 (ht: +7; vt-dir: -9) while gas-directed rigs decreased by -11 to 344 (ht: -9; vt-dir: -2). Horizontal oil rigs increased by +3 to 167 in the Bakken (ND) and vertical/directional oil rigs decreased by -3 to 179 in the Permian (TX). Gas-directed horizontal rigs decreased by -2 to 7 in Fayetteville (AR).