In the Pipeline

Crude Oil: 59.24   (-1.28).Nymex MTD AVG:  58.1590.Natural Gas: 3.069   (-0.013).Gasoline: 1.8069   (+0.0126).Spreads: March/April   (-0.02)   April/May   (+0.20).Plains WTI Posting: 55.72   (-1.28).

EDITOR'S NOTE: The Dennis Elam and Ray Perryman columns were incorrectly labeled in Sunday's paper. We apologize for the mistake.The presence of widespread positive...

Crude Oil: 56.23   (+0.54).Nymex MTD AVG:  55.0575.Natural Gas: 2.935   (+0.146).Gasoline: 1.6448   (-0.0038).Spreads: March/April   (+0.16)   April/May   (+0.27).Plains WTI Posting: 52.71   (+0.54).

Crude Oil: 55.69   (+0.93).Nymex MTD AVG:  54.6667.Natural Gas: 2.789   (-0.056).Gasoline: 1.6486   (+0.0326).Spreads: March/April   (+0.15)   April/May   (+0.26).Plains WTI Posting: 52.17   (+0.93).

Crude Oil: 48.52   (+0.12).Nymex MTD AVG:  47.2274.Natural Gas: 2.539   (+0.117).Gasoline: 1.4084   (-0.0036).Spreads: February/March   (-0.11)   March/April   (-0.06).Plains WTI Posting: 45.00   (0.00).

Crude Oil: 48.40   (+0.40).Nymex MTD AVG:  47.1843.Natural Gas: 2.422   (-0.022).Gasoline: 1.4120   (+0.0241).Spreads: February/March   (-0.10)   March/April   (-0.07).Plains WTI Posting: 45.00   (+0.50).

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The rig count in the Permian Basin was down one this week, the latest count Wednesday by Baker Hughes shows, with 173 rigs active...