CFTC COT | April 26, 2013

Commitment of Traders Report - April 26, 2013

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended April 23, 2013. We focus on net length of non-commercial traders as well as net length of money managers and swap dealers as indicated in the disaggregated data for WTI , natural gas, gasoline, and heating oil. Non-commercials increased net length in WTI and natural gas, but decreased length in gasoline and heating oil during the reference week. Non-commercials’ net length in W.....


NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | April 26, 2013

April 26, 2013

Baker Hughes shows 1,747 active rigs as of April 26, 2013, lower by -3 for the week. Oil rigs increased by +10 to 1,381 (ht: -1; vt-dir: +11) and gas-directed rigs decreased by -13 to 366 (ht: -12; vt-dir: -1). Horizontal oil rigs increased by +2 to 189 in the Eagle Ford (TX), by +2 to 100 in the Anadarko (OK) and by +2 to 60 in Texas (Other). Vertical/directional oil rigs increased by +4 to 251 in Permian (TX) and by +5 to 57 in parts of Texas not currently identified with established shale oil.....


EIA NG STORAGE REPORT | April 25, 2013

April 25, 2013

EIA reported a +30 bcf injection for the week ending April 19 (Bloomberg median +33 bcf, Bloomberg Whisper +33). The 26 estimates submitted to Bloomberg varied from +19 bcf to +41 bcf with a standard deviation of 4 bcf. Our model showed +36 bcf. Nationwide HDDs increased to 91, up by +5 week on week. Nationwide cooling degree days reported by NOAA were up by +3 to 12 CDDs. Total US: +30 bcf ( LCMC : +36 bcf; Bloomberg median: +33 bcf) East: +21 bcf West: -2 bcf Producing: +11 bcf (Salt:.....


CFTC COT | April 19, 2013

Commitment of Traders Report - April 19, 2013

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended April 16, 2013. We focus on net length of non-commercial traders as well as net length of money managers and swap dealers as indicated in the disaggregated data for WTI , natural gas, gasoline, and heating oil. Non-commercials once again increased net length in natural gas, but decreased length in WTI , gasoline and heating oil during the reference week. Non-commercials’ net leng.....


NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | April 19, 2013

April 19, 2013

STATS shows 1,661 active rigs as of April 19, 2013, lower by -14 for the week. Rigs drilling for oil decreased by -10 to 1,327 (ht: +1; vt-dir: -11) and gas rigs fell by -4 to 334 (ht: -5; vt-dir: +1). STATS showed that horizontal oil rigs jumped by +6 in the Eagle Ford (TX) to 197. Horizontal gas rigs declined by -2 to 34 in the Marcellus ( NEPA ) putting aggregate Marcellus rigs at 80 for the week, STATS shows. Baker Hughes shows 1,750 active rigs as of April 19, 2013, lower by -14 for .....


EIA NG STORAGE REPORT | April 18, 2013

April 18, 2013

EIA reported a +31 bcf injection for the week ending April 12 (Bloomberg median +38 bcf, Bloomberg Whisper +38). The 26 estimates submitted to Bloomberg varied from +20 bcf to +45 bcf with a standard deviation of 5 bcf. Our model showed +41 bcf. Nationwide HDDs decreased to 86, down by -40 week on week. Nationwide cooling degree days reported by NOAA were up by +5 to 9 CDDs. Total US: +31 bcf ( LCMC : +41 bcf; Bloomberg median: +38 bcf) East: +19 bcf West: -1 bcf Producing: +13 bcf (Sal.....


CFTC COT | April 12, 2013

Commitment of Traders Report - April 9, 2013

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended April 9, 2013. We focus on net length of non-commercial traders as well as net length of money managers and swap dealers as indicated in the disaggregated data for WTI , natural gas, gasoline, and heating oil. Non-commercials increased net length in natural gas, but decreased length in WTI , gasoline and heating oil this week. Non-commercials’ net length in WTI declined by -22......


NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | April 12, 2013

April 12, 2013

STATS shows 1,675 active rigs as of April 12, 2013, lower by -24 for the week. Rigs drilling for oil decreased by -2 to 1,337 (ht: -9; vt-dir: +7) and gas rigs fell by -22 to 338 (ht: -16; vt-dir: -8). STATS showed that horizontal oil rigs jumped by +6 and +5 in the Anadarko (OK) and Eagle Ford (TX) to 99 and 191, respectively, but declined by -3 to 188 in the Bakken (ND). Horizontal gas rigs declined in most US shale plays, including by -2 to 15 in the Eagle Ford (TX) and by -3 to 23 in the .....


EIA NG STORAGE REPORT | April 11, 2013

April 11, 2013

EIA reported a -14 bcf withdrawal for the week ending April 5 (Bloomberg median -13 bcf, Bloomberg Whisper -10). The 27 estimates submitted to Bloomberg varied from +3 bcf to -46 bcf with a standard deviation of 12 bcf. Our model showed -8 bcf. Nationwide HDDs decreased to 126, down by -42 week on week. Nationwide cooling degree days reported by NOAA were up by +2 to 4 CDDs. Total US: -14 bcf ( LCMC : -8 bcf; Bloomberg median: -13 bcf) East: -16 bcf West: +7 bcf Producing: -5 bcf (Salt:.....


CFTC COT | April 05, 2013

Commitment of Traders Report - April 2, 2013

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended April 2, 2013. We focus on net length of non-commercial traders as well as net length of money managers and swap dealers as indicated in the disaggregated data for WTI , natural gas, gasoline, and heating oil. Non-commercials increased net length in WTI , natural gas and heating oil this week, but reduced net positions in RBOB . Non-commercials’ net length in WTI grew by +4.1k.....