NGL MARKET RECAP
| October 09, 2013
October 4, 2013
Please find attached this week’s NGL Market Recap, which provides an overview of the US natural gas liquids ( NGL ) market through news and analysis, propane statistics and price relationships. In Focus: Propane for heat As winter approaches, propane as a heating fuel returns to the fore. Although only about 5% of US households use propane as a primary heating fuel, nearly 40% of all residential propane demand is located in the Midwest. Those consumers are facing a very different set of ma.....
DOE CRUDE STATS
| October 09, 2013
October 9, 2013
U.S. crude oil inventories grew by +6807k bbl in the week ended October 04, while Cushing stocks decreased by -168k bbl. Distillate inventories declined by -3141k bbl and gasoline inventories grew by +149k 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 +.....
OIL PRICE MONITOR
| October 04, 2013
October 4, 2013
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 crude loadings. Please note that Bloomberg temporarily suspended publishing pricing information for the items below. We will update our Oil Price Monitor as data becomes available again. Crude benchmarks: Urals Mediterranean Bonny Light Refined products: Si.....
NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH
| October 04, 2013
REVISED: October 4, 2013
Updates charts on page 4 Baker Hughes shows 1,750 active rigs as of October 4, 2013, higher by +12 from the previous week. Oil rigs increased by +10 to 1,372 (ht: +9; vt-dir: +1) and gas-directed rigs increased by +2 to 378 (ht: +5; vt-dir: -3). Horizontal oil rigs increased by +2 in the Eagle Ford and Permian (TX) to 178 and 127, respectively, and rose by +3 to 37 in the Anadarko (TX). Gas-directed horizontal rigs were largely unchanged, but several plays posted slight increases, including th.....
NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH
| October 04, 2013
October 4, 2013
Baker Hughes shows 1,750 active rigs as of October 4, 2013, higher by +12 from the previous week. Oil rigs increased by +10 to 1,372 (ht: +9; vt-dir: +1) and gas-directed rigs increased by +2 to 378 (ht: +5; vt-dir: -3). Horizontal oil rigs increased by +2 in the Eagle Ford and Permian (TX) to 178 and 127, respectively, and rose by +3 to 37 in the Anadarko (TX). Gas-directed horizontal rigs were largely unchanged, but several plays posted increases of +1, including the Haynesville (LA & TX), Mar.....
NGL MARKET RECAP
| October 02, 2013
*New Report* — October 2, 2013
LCMC Research is launching a new weekly natural gas liquids ( NGL ) report that will be published following the release of the EIA Petroleum Statistics on Wednesdays. The publication seeks to shed light on a complex market that crosses natural gas, residential/commercial heating, refining and blending, waterborne exports and petrochemical production. Please find attached this week’s NGL Market Recap, which provides an overview of the US natural gas liquids ( NGL ) market through news and .....
DOE CRUDE STATS
| October 02, 2013
October 2, 2013
U.S. crude oil inventories increased by +5472k bbl in the week ended September 27, while Cushing stocks fell by -59k bbl. Distillate inventories declined by -1680k bbl and gasoline inventories increased by +3495k 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 by.....
CFTC COT
| September 30, 2013
Commitments of Traders Report - September 30, 2013
Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended September 24, 2013. We provide all Legacy and Disaggregated trader positions for WTI , Brent, natural gas, gasoline and heating oil. Non-commercials decreased net length in WTI , Brent and gasoline, and increased in natural gas and heating oil during the reference week. Non-commercials decreased net length in natural gas by -0.7k to +242.7k in futures but increased it by +4.1k t.....
OIL PRICE MONITOR
| September 27, 2013
September 27, 2013
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 crude loadings. Please note that Bloomberg temporarily suspended publishing pricing information for the items below. We will update our Oil Price Monitor as data becomes available again. Crude benchmarks: Urals Mediterranean Bonny Light Refined products: Si.....
DOE CRUDE STATS
| September 27, 2013
September 27, 2013
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 crude loadings. Please note that Bloomberg temporarily suspended publishing pricing information for the items below. We will update our Oil Price Monitor as data becomes available again. Crude benchmarks: Urals Mediterranean Bonny Light Refined products: Si.....