NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | September 27, 2013

September 27, 2013

Baker Hughes shows 1,738 active rigs as of September 27, 2013, lower by -17 from the previous week. Oil rigs decreased by -7 to 1,362 (ht: -2; vt-dir: -5) and gas-directed rigs fell by -10 to 376 (ht: -4; vt-dir: -6). Horizontal oil rigs retreated by -2 in the Eagle Ford (TX) and the Permian (TX) to 176 and 125, respectively, but increased by +3 to 89 in the Anadarko (OK). Gas-directed horizontal rigs decreased by -3 in the Marcellus (WV) to 25 and by -2 to 18 in the Barnett (TX).

DOE CRUDE STATS | September 25, 2013

September 25, 2013

U.S. crude oil inventories increased by +2635k bbl in the week ended September 20, while Cushing stocks fell by -412k bbl. Distillate inventories declined by -234k bbl and gasoline inventories grew by +217k 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 | September 23, 2013

Commitments of Traders Report - September 23, 2013

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended September 17, 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, gasoline and heating oil, and increased in natural gas during the reference week. Non-commercials increased net length in natural gas by +13.3 to +243.4k in futures and by +4.9 to +300.8k in futur.....

OIL PRICE MONITOR | September 20, 2013

September 20, 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 | September 20, 2013

September 20, 2013

Baker Hughes shows 1,755 active rigs as of September 20, 2013, lower by -7 from the previous week. Oil rigs increased by +8 to 1,369 (ht: +23; vt-dir: -15) while gas-directed rigs fell by -15 to 386 (ht: -8; vt-dir: -7). Horizontal oil rigs increased by +10 in the Eagle Ford (TX) to 178 and by +7 in the Permian (TX) to 127, but fell by -3 to 35 in the Anadarko (TX). Gas-directed horizontal rigs decreased by -2 to 18 in the Marcellus ( SWPA ) and by -4 to 19 in the Eagle Ford (TX).

DOE CRUDE STATS | September 18, 2013

September 18, 2013

U.S. crude oil inventories declined by -4368k bbl in the week ended September 13, while Cushing stocks decreased by -861k bbl. Distillate inventories fell by -1079k bbl and gasoline inventories declined by -1627k 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 : Decreas.....

CFTC COT | September 16, 2013

Commitments of Traders Report - September 16, 2013

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended September 10, 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, natural gas, gasoline and heating oil during the reference week. Non-commercials decreased net length in natural gas by -12.1 to +230.1k in futures and by -6.6 to +295.9k in futures and options. T.....

OIL PRICE MONITOR | September 13, 2013

September 13, 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 | September 13, 2013

September 13, 2013

Baker Hughes shows 1,762 active rigs as of September 13, 2013, higher by +3 from the previous week. Oil rigs decreased by -4 to 1,361 (ht: -2; vt-dir: -2) while gas-directed rigs increased by +7 to 401 (ht: +3; vt-dir: +4). Horizontal oil rigs increased by +6 in the Eagle Ford (TX) to 168 and by +4 in the Permian (TX) to 120, but fell by -3 to 85 in the Anadarko (OK). Gas-directed horizontal rigs increased by +2 in the Marcellus ( NEPA ) and the Eagle Ford (TX) to 21 and 23, respectively.

DOE CRUDE STATS | September 11, 2013

September 11, 2013

U.S. crude oil inventories fell by -219k bbl in the week ended September 06, while Cushing stocks decreased by -639k bbl. Distillate inventories rose by +2586k bbl and gasoline inventories increased by +1658k 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 -0......