DOE CRUDE STATS | November 05, 2014

November 05, 2014

U.S. crude oil inventories increased by +460k bbl in the week ended October 31, while Cushing stocks declined by -551k bbl. Distillate inventories fell by -724k bbl and gasoline inventories declined by -1378k 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.....

CFTC COT | November 03, 2014

Commitments of Traders Report – November 03, 2014

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended October 28. We provide all Legacy and Disaggregated trader positions for natural gas, WTI , Brent, gasoline and heating oil. Non-commercials increased net length in gasoline , but decreased in natural gas, heating oil, Brent and WTI during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas decreased by -15.0k to +0.2k in futures and declined by -31.9k to +62.9k in.....

NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | October 31, 2014

October 31, 2014

Baker Hughes shows 1,928 active rigs as of October 31, 2014, higher by +1 from the previous week. Oil rigs decreased by -13 to 1,582 (ht: -13) while gas-directed rigs increased by +14 to 346 (ht: +11; vt-dir: +3). Horizontal oil rigs decreased by -7 to 138 in the Anadarko (OK) and vertical/directional oil rigs decreased by -5 to 187 in the Permian (TX). Gas-directed horizontal rigs increased by +3 to 25 in Marcellus ( SWPA ).

DOE CRUDE STATS | October 29, 2014

October 29, 2014

U.S. crude oil inventories increased by +2061k bbl in the week ended October 24, while Cushing stocks rose by +776k bbl. Distillate inventories fell by -5294k bbl and gasoline inventories declined by -1236k 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 b.....

CFTC COT | October 27, 2014

Commitments of Traders Report – October 27, 2014

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended October 21. We provide all Legacy and Disaggregated trader positions for natural gas, WTI , Brent, gasoline and heating oil. Non-commercials increased net length in gasoline and WTI , but decreased in natural gas, heating oil and Brent during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas fell by -39.2k to +15.2k in futures and decreased by -37.3k to +94.9k in.....

NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | October 24, 2014

October 24, 2014

Baker Hughes shows 1,927 active rigs as of October 24, 2014, higher by +9 from the previous week. Oil rigs increased by +5 to 1,595 (ht: +7; vt-dir: -2) while gas-directed rigs increased by +4 to 332 (ht: -5; vt-dir: +9). Horizontal oil rigs increased by +8 to 205 in the Eagle Ford (TX) and vertical/directional oil rigs increased by +2 to 18 in the Permian (NM). Gas-directed horizontal rigs decreased by -3 to 14 in Eagle Ford (TX).

DOE CRUDE STATS | October 22, 2014

October 22, 2014

U.S. crude oil inventories increased by +7111k bbl in the week ended October 17, while Cushing stocks rose by +953k bbl. Distillate inventories grew by +1049k bbl and gasoline inventories declined by -1299k 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 b.....

CFTC COT | October 20, 2014

Commitments of Traders Report – October 20, 2014

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended October 14. We provide all Legacy and Disaggregated trader positions for natural gas, WTI , Brent, gasoline and heating oil. Non-commercials increased net length in Brent and gasoline , but decreased in natural gas, heating oil and WTI during the reference week. Non-commercials net length in natural gas declined by -24.0k to +54.5k in futures and fell by -17.6k to +132.2k in.....

NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | October 17, 2014

October 17, 2014

Baker Hughes shows 1,918 active rigs as of October 17, 2014, lower by -11 from the previous week. Oil rigs decreased by -19 to 1,590 (ht: -9; vt-dir: -10) while gas-directed rigs increased by +8 to 328 (ht: +9; vt-dir: -1). Horizontal oil rigs decreased by -7 to 143 in the Anadarko (OK) and vertical/directional oil rigs decreased by -3 to 16 in the Permian (NM). Gas-directed horizontal rigs increased by +3 to 17 in Eagle Ford (TX).

DOE CRUDE STATS | October 16, 2014

October 16, 2014

U.S. crude oil inventories increased by +8923k bbl in the week ended October 10, while Cushing stocks grew by +716k bbl. Distillate inventories declined by -1518k bbl and gasoline inventories decreased by -3995k 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 : Grew b.....