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In today's post please find:

• the natural gas review (in line build; look for a modestly smaller build next week as we start to cool off),
• comments on the SLB quarter,
• and some other odds and ends.

Ecodata Watch:

• We get the Markit flash PMI for manufacturing and services at 9:45 am EST.  Forecast is for 60.5 vs prior read of 60.7 and 55.5 and 54.9 prior read respectively.

In Today’s Post:

1. Holdings Watch
2. Commodity Watc​h
3. Natural Gas Inventory Review
4. Stuff We Care About Today - SLB
5. Odds & Ends

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In today's post please find:

• the oil inventory review (bullish as weeklies go but more importantly shaping up as expected on the net imports, throughput, and L48 production front and demand is shaping a little better than expected to boot),
• the natural gas preview (no change, number looks a little hefty to us; much smaller number next week either way as the injection season starts to wind down),
• comments on the VLO quarter,
• comments on a small cap Permian,
• and some other odds and ends. 

Ecodata Watch:

• We get jobless claims at 8:30 am EST (F = 300,000, last read was 293,000),
• We get Philly Fed at 8:30 am EST (F = 24.5, last read was 30.7),
• We get existing home sales at 10 am EST (F = 6.1 mm, last read was 5.88 mm),
• We get leading indicators at 10 am EST (F  = 0.4%, last read was 0.9%),
• We get the EIA Natural Gas Storage Report at 10:30 am EST. 
  

In Today’s Post:

1. Holdings Watch
2. Commodity Watc​h
3. Oil Inventory Review 
4. Stuff We Care About Today - VLO, a Permian minnow, the 3Q21 energy earnings calendar
   
6. Odds & Ends

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Market Sentiment Watch: 

• Energy segment's strong sentiment is broadening into Oil Service and potentially back into some portions of the renewables segment as well.

In today's post please find:

• the oil inventory preview (benign set of numbers expected),
• the natural gas inventory preview,
• comments on the BKR quarter
• and some other odds and ends.

Ecodata Watch:

• We get the EIA oil inventory report at 10:30 am EST.
• We get Beige Book at 2 pm EST.

In Today’s Post:

1. Holdings Watch
2. Commodity Watc​h - with oil and natural gas inventory previews
3. Stuff We Care About Today - BKR, 3Q21 Energy Earnings Calendar, HPK
4. Odds & Ends

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In today's post please find:

• the very early read on natural gas inventories (early consensus is slightly high to us),
• comments on EIA DPR,
• comments on the HAL quarter,
• and some other odds and ends.
  

Ecodata Watch:

• We get building permits at 8:30 am EST (F = 1.69 mm, last read was 1.72 mm), 
• We get housing starts at 8:30 am EST (F = 1.61 mm, last read was 1.62 mm),
• We get API Oil Inventories at 4:30 pm EST. 

In Today’s Post:

1. Holdings Watch
2. Commodity Watch
3. Stuff We Care About Today – HAL, 3Q21 Energy Earnings Calendar
4. Odds & Ends

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In today's post please find:

• The Week That Was,
• The Five Things,
• and some other odds and ends.

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Ecodata Watch:

• We get industrial production at 9:15 am EST (no forecast, last read was 0.4%),
• We get capacity utilization at 9:15 am EST (no forecast, last read was 76.4%),
• We get the NAHB index at 10 am EST (no forecast, last read was 76),
• We get the EIA Drilling Productivity Report around 1 pm EST (look for further DUC depletion, modest upward revisions for both oil and natural gas production for October with higher November forecasts).  

The Week Ahead: 

• Tuesday - Building permits, housing starts, ADP oil inventories, 
• Wednesday - Beige Book, EIA Oil Inventories, 
• Thursday - Jobless Claims, Philly Fed, existing home sales, leading indicators, EIA Natural Gas Storage,
• Friday - Markit manufacturing and service flash PMIs.  

In Today’s Post:

1. Holdings Watch
2. Commodity Watch
3. The Week That Was
4. Stuff We Care About Today – The Five Things, 3Q21 Energy Earnings Calendar, VWDRY, ENPH
5. Odds & Ends

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