The report from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) shows that total crude oil and petroleum products (ex. SPR) stocks surged +14.64 mmb to 1270.26 mmb in the week ended May 10. Crude oil inventory rose 5.43 mmb to...
Trump's announcement of raising tariff of Chinese imports to 25%, from 10%, has renewed concerns over the US-China trade war, and its impacts on global economic outlook. The uncertainty has dampened energy prices. According to the CFTC Commitments of...
One year after US withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal, Donald Trump has signed an executive order to impose sanction on Iran’s base metal sector. The sanction covers iron, steel, aluminum and copper. While the move might further cripple...
According to the CFTC Commitments of Traders report for the week ended April 30, NET LENGTH for crude oil futures plunged -23 256 contracts to 524 103 for the week. Speculative long positions fell -6 372 contracts while shorts...
The report from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) shows that total crude oil and petroleum products (ex. SPR) stocks surged +12.73 mmb to 1257.33 mmb in the week ended April 26. Crude oil inventory soared +9.93 mmb to...
According to the CFTC Commitments of Traders report for the week ended April 23, NET LENGTH for crude oil futures jumped +32 101 contracts to 557 359 for the week. Speculative long positions roas +28 560 contracts while shorts...
The report from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) shows that total crude oil and petroleum products (ex. SPR) stocks surged +8.82 mmb to 1244.6 mmb in the week ended April 19. Crude oil inventory soared +5.48 mmb to...
According to the CFTC Commitments of Traders report for the week ended April 16, NET LENGTH for crude oil futures dropped -1 404 contracts to 515 258 for the week. Speculative long positions fell -5 656 contracts while shorts...
The report from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) shows that total crude oil and petroleum products (ex. SPR) stocks surged +7.22 mmb to 1229.13 mmb in the week ended April 12. Crude oil inventory surprisingly dropped -1.4 mmb...
According to the CFTC Commitments of Traders report for the week ended April 9, NET LENGTH for crude oil futures jumped +35 301 contracts to 516 662 for the week. Speculative long positions rose +31 454 contracts while shorts...
According to the CFTC Commitments of Traders report for the week ended April 2, NET LENGTH for crude oil futures jumped +32 742 contracts to 481 361 for the week. Speculative long positions rose +29 760 contracts while shorts...
The report from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) shows that total crude oil and petroleum products (ex. SPR) stocks surged +7.22 mmb to 1229.13 mmb in the week ended March 29. Crude oil inventory surprisingly soared +7.24 mmb...
According to the CFTC Commitments of Traders report for the week ended March 26, NET LENGTH for crude oil futures jumped +33 873 contracts to 448 619 for the week. Speculative long positions rose +25 989 contracts while shorts...
The report from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) shows that total crude oil and petroleum products (ex. SPR) stocks climbed +0.06 mmb to 1221.91 mmb in the week ended March 22. Crude oil inventory increased +2.8 mmb to...
According to the CFTC Commitments of Traders report for the week ended March 19, NET LENGTH for crude oil futures jumped +52 481 contracts to 414 746 for the week. Speculative long positions rose +34 394 contracts while shorts...
The report from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) shows that total crude oil and petroleum products (ex. SPR) stocks declined 12.64 mmb to 1221.85 mmb in the week ended March 15. Crude oil inventory plunged -9.59 mmb to...
At the OPEC+ meeting over the weekend, the members hoorayed for the compliance to the production cut deal, which is expected to reduced output by 1.2M bpd for 6 months through June. As noted in the accompanied statement, “overall...
According to the CFTC Commitments of Traders report for the week ended March 12, NET LENGTH for crude oil futures gained +13 464 contracts to 362 265 for the week. Speculative long positions added +2 513 contracts while shorts...
According to the CFTC Commitments of Traders report for the week ended March 5, NET LENGTH for crude oil futures soared +21 130 contracts to 348 801 for the week. Speculative long positions rose +11 421 contracts while shorts...
The report from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) shows that total crude oil and petroleum products (ex. SPR) stocks fell -2.49 mmb to 1263.03 mmb in the week ended February 22. Crude oil inventory plunged -8.65 mmb to...