Wow, Wow, Wow -- Late Saturday Evening -- NDIC Posts 204 Active Drilling Rigs -- New Record -- The Bakken, North Dakota, USA

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A reader alerted me to this. I never would have thought of checking the NDIC site for active drilling rigs on a Saturday night!

It's two degrees below zero, or close to that -- maybe worse in the oil patch. Blowing wind. Light snow. And the folks in the oil patch are putting up a new rig. Plus working on 203 other rigs. Impressive.

I can't say enough about the crews working in North Dakota. I hope they all stay safe.

For folks out driving, give the trucks extra space.