CFTC COT | October 13, 2014

Commitments of Traders Report – October 13, 2014

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended October 07. 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 -41.3k to +78.5k in futures and fell by -41.3k to +149.8k in.....

NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | October 10, 2014

October 10, 2014

Baker Hughes shows 1,929 active rigs as of October 10, 2014, higher by +8 from the previous week. Oil rigs increased by +18 to 1,609 (ht: +11; vt-dir: +7) while gas-directed rigs decreased by -10 to 320 (ht: +1; vt-dir: -11). Horizontal oil rigs increased by +4 to 242 in Permian (TX), and gas-directed horizontal rigs increased by +4 to 28 in Marcellus (WV).

DOE CRUDE STATS | October 08, 2014

October 8, 2014

U.S. crude oil inventories grew by +5015k bbl in the week ended October 03, while Cushing stocks decreased by -1576k bbl. Distillate inventories rose by +439k bbl and gasoline inventories grew by +1180k 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 +5.....

CFTC COT | October 07, 2014

UPDATED: Commitments of Traders Report – October 07, 2014

ICE posted its COT report earlier today and this file includes ICE Brent contracts. There are no other changes in charts or data. Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended September 30. 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 duri.....

CFTC COT | October 06, 2014

PRODUCT UPDATE: Commitments of Traders Report – October 06, 2014

PRODUCT UPDATE : Starting today, the COT Report will include the data along with the charts. Please contact us at info@lcmc-research.com if you require any additional information. Our Commitments of Traders report does not include the ICE Brent Data today as ICE delayed the release its COT report “due to position reporting issues experienced by a Member.” The ICE circular about the issue can be found here. We will publish an updated COT report once Brent data becomes availabl.....

NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | October 03, 2014

October 3, 2014

Baker Hughes shows 1,921 active rigs as of October 3, 2014, lower by -9 from the previous week. Oil rigs decreased by -1 to 1,591 (ht: -7; vt-dir: +6) while gas-directed rigs decreased by -8 to 330 (ht: +1; vt-dir: -9). Horizontal oil rigs decreased by -6 to 197 in Eagle Ford (TX) and vertical/directional oil rigs increased by +1 to 189 in the Permian (TX). Gas-directed horizontal rigs increased by +2 to 24 in Marcellus (WV).

DOE CRUDE STATS | October 01, 2014

October 1, 2014

U.S. crude oil inventories declined by -1363k bbl in the week ended September 26, while Cushing stocks increased by +315k bbl. Distillate inventories fell by -2894k bbl and gasoline inventories declined by -1836k 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 : Decre.....

CFTC COT | September 29, 2014

Commitments of Traders Report – September 29, 2014

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended September 23. 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 declined by -7.3k to +88.1k in futures and fell by -4.7k to +186.3k in fu.....

NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | September 26, 2014

September 26, 2014

Baker Hughes shows 1,930 active rigs as of September 26, 2014, total number of oil & gas rigs remained unchanged from previous week. Oil rigs decreased by -9 to 1,592 (ht: +8; vt-dir: -17) while gas-directed rigs increased by +9 to 338 (ht: -2; vt-dir: +11). Horizontal oil rigs increased by +3 to 203 in the Eagle Ford (TX) and vertical/directional oil rigs decreased by -7 to 188 in the Permian (TX). Gas-directed horizontal rigs decreased by -1 to 27 in Marcellus ( SWPA ).

DOE CRUDE STATS | September 24, 2014

September 24, 2014

U.S. crude oil inventories fell by -4273k bbl in the week ended September 19, while Cushing stocks rose by +191k bbl. Distillate inventories increased by +823k bbl and gasoline inventories fell by -414k 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 -4......