NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | December 30, 2011

Schlumberger (Smith) Rigs

STATS shows 1,875 active rigs as of December 30, 2011, up +2 rigs from a week ago. Oil rigs rose by +1 (ht: +5, vt-dir: -4) and total gas rigs rose by +1 (ht: unch, vt-dir: +1).


EIA NG STORAGE REPORT | December 29, 2011

-81 bcf

EIA reported a slightly smaller-than-expected 81 bcf withdrawal for the week ended December 23 (Bloomberg median -85 bcf, Bloomberg Whisper -84 bcf). This is the second consecutive week that the EIA announcement has been bearish relative to market expectation. However, while this week’s build came in below market expectation, weather adjusted, we view this week’s storage withdrawal as in line with last week. And while making balances appear tighter compared to the same week last year, this .....


CFTC COT | December 23, 2011

Commitment of Traders Report - December 23, 2011

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended December 20. 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-commercial net length declined in WTI , gasoline and heating oil during the week ended December 20. Non-commercials decreased net length in WTI by 11.4k to 189.6k in .....


NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | December 23, 2011

Schlumberger (Smith) Rigs

STATS shows 1,873 active rigs as of December 23, 2011, up +10 rigs from a week ago. Oil rigs rose by +10 (ht: +14, vt-dir: -4) and total gas rigs remained unchanged (ht: +4, vt-dir: -4).


EIA NG STORAGE REPORT | December 22, 2011

-100 bcf

EIA reported a smaller-than-expected -100 bcf withdrawal for the week ended December 16 (Bloomberg median -105 bcf, Bloomberg Whisper -106 bcf). This is the first time in six weeks that the EIA announcement has come in bearish compared to expectation. And simply weather-adjusted, this build would make balances appear slightly looser week on week, but much of this loosening can be explained by the nearly 1 bcf/d increase in net imports during the reference week. And much of this increase in .....


CFTC COT | December 16, 2011

Commitment of Traders Report - December 16, 2011

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended December 13. 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-commercial net length climbed in WTI and gasoline but declined in heating oil during the week ended December 13. Non-commercials decreased net length in WTI by 1.4k .....


NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | December 16, 2011

Schlumberger (Smith) Rigs

STATS shows 1,863 active rigs as of December 16, 2011, down -4 rigs from a week ago. Oil rigs rose by +8 (ht: +4, vt-dir: +4) and gas rigs fell by -12 (ht: -4, vt-dir: -8).


EIA NG STORAGE REPORT | December 15, 2011

-102 bcf

EIA reported a larger-than-expected -102 bcf withdrawal for the week ended December 9 (Bloomberg median -92 bcf, Bloomberg Whisper -97 bcf). Price response – or rather the lack of it – to the release makes it difficult to call this a bullish number. The first triple-digit withdrawal of the season clearly marks the end of shoulder season-like pulls, but is still well below the -154 bcf draw during the reference week last year. Total US: -102 bcf ( LCMC -98 bcf; Bloomberg median -92 bcf) East.....


CFTC COT | December 09, 2011

Commitment of Traders Report - December 9, 2011

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended December 6. 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-commercial net length increased in WTI and gasoline and decreased in heating oil during the week ended December 6. Non-commercials reduced net length in WTI by 1.6k to .....


NORTH AMERICAN RIG WATCH | December 09, 2011

Schlumberger (Smith) STATS

STATS shows 1,867 active rigs as of December 9, 2011, up +4 rigs from a week ago. Oil rigs rose by +8 (ht: +10, vt-dir: -2) and gas rigs fell by -4 (ht: -2, vt-dir: -2).