Global Macro Perspectives
(For The Week Ending August 20, 2010) Working gas in storage rose 40 Bcf from previous week. The price has fallen a lot, given macro-economic data we could see more downside, but I will follow this carefully as I thing great opportunity is developing here. The storage before winter will not be so high as last […]
(For The Week Ending August 20, 2010) Crude oil stocks rose 4.1 million barrels for week ending August 20; Gasoline stocks increased 2.3 million barrels; Distillate stocks rose 1.8 million barrels; Propane/propylene stocks were 1.1 million barrels higher; Other oils stocks were up 2.2 million barrels; Total crude oil and petroleum stocks were 8.9 million […]
U.S. railroads originated 295,948 carloads for the week ending August 13, up 7.8% compared with the same week in 2009, but down 6.6% compared with 5-year average. Week over week change was +4.0%. Chart 1. Association of American Railroads U.S. Freight Carloads Total
Number of crude oil drilling rigs rose for 19 for the week ending August 20, 2010; Number of natural gas drilling rigs fell for 7 rigs in the same time frame. Chart 1. Baker Hughes U.S. Rig Count Change Chart 2. Baker Hughes Weekly U.S. Rig Count Chart 3. Baker Hughes Monthly World Rig Count
Baltic dry index rose 11.7% last week; Capesize Index gained 11.5%; Panamax Index rose 7.9%; Supramax and Handysize Indexes gained 13.4% and 5.3% respectively. Chinese steel mills resumed with iron ore purchases. Indian ore exports have effectively stopped because of export tariffs / rain season / illegal mining inquiries so Indian ore is being substituted with Australian and Brazilian. With the twist of speculative euphoria and unwarranted […]
Working gas in storage rose 27 Bcf from previous week. Consensus was at 31 Bcf. Additions to storage are slowing down and the total storage is getting more and more closer to the pre-crisis averages. Very, very interesting… Chart 1. Natural Gas Futures Chart 2. Working Gas in Underground Storage Compared with 5 Year Average Chart 3. […]
Crude oil stocks fell 0.8 million barrels for week ending August 13; Gasoline stocks remained unchanged; Distillate stocks increased 1.1 million barrels; Propane/propylene stocks rose 2.4 million barrels; Other oils stocks were up 2.3 million barrels; Total crude oil and petroleum stocks were 5.3 million barrels higher than the week before. Refinery utilization rose 1.9% […]
U.S. railroads originated 284,507 carloads for the week ending August 6, up 3.7% compared with the same week in 2009, but down 11.3% compared with 5-year average. Week over week change was -5.3%. Chart 1. Association of American Railroads U.S. Freight Carloads Total
Number of crude oil drilling rigs rose for 25 for the week ending August 13, 2010; Number of natural gas drilling rigs rose for 9 rigs in the same time frame. Chart 1. Baker Hughes U.S. Rig Count Change Chart 2. Baker Hughes Weekly U.S. Rig Count Chart 3. Baker Hughes Monthly World Rig Count
Baltic dry index rose 21.6% last week; Capesize Index gained 46.3%; Panamax Index rose 11.0%; Supramax and Handysize Indexes gained 4.7% and 4.1% respectively. Chinese steel mills resumed with iron ore purchases. Chart 1. Baltic Dry Indexes Relative Performance Chart 2. Baltic Dry Index Chart 3. Baltic Dry Index Components
Baltic Dirty Tanker Index rose 4.7%; Baltic Clean Tanker Index fell 6.7%. Again clean/dirty rates moving in opposite directions. Chart 1. Baltic Tanker Indexes Relative Performance Chart 2. Baltic Tanker Indexes
Working gas in storage rose 37 Bcf from previous week. Consensus was at 36 Bcf. Chart 1. Natural Gas Futures Chart 2. Working Gas in Underground Storage Compared with 5 Year Average Chart 3. Natural Gas Futures Curve
Crude oil stocks fell 3.0 million barrels for week ending August 6; Gasoline stocks rose 0.4 million barrels; Distillate stocks increased 3.5 million barrels; Propane/propylene stocks rose 2.3 million barrels; Other oils stocks fell 2.4 million barrels; Total crude oil and petroleum stocks were 0.1 million barrels higher than the week before. Refinery utilization fell […]
U.S. railroads originated 300,292 carloads for the week ending July 30, up 9.4% compared with the same week in 2009, but down 6.4% compared with 5-year average. Chart 1. Association of American Railroads U.S. Freight Carloads Total
Number of crude oil drilling rigs rose for 8 for the week ending August 6, 2010; Number of natural gas drilling rigs rose for 11 rigs in the same time frame. On world scale number of drilling rigs rose for 52 rigs in July. Chart 1. Baker Hughes U.S. Rig Count Change Chart 2. Baker Hughes Weekly […]