Packin' Up and Goin' Home; Winter's Coming -- Active Rigs Down To 194 In North Dakota; 5/7 Wells Go To DRL Status Wednesday; Starbucks In Williston? Cash Wise Grocery Coming To Dickinson -- September 23, 2014

This could be the "Bakken Economy" story of the year: there are reports that a Starbucks is coming to Williston. I believe Minot has 1; Bismarck has 4; Dickinson, 0. See comments; it looks like it will be located very near where Applebee's is; perfect location.

The earlier post regarding "field development" and the question Jane Smith asked has been updated with a great explanation to her question. 

Active rigs:

	9/23/2014	09/23/2013	09/23/2012	09/23/2011	09/23/2010
Active Rigs	194	187	185	195	142

Wells coming off the confidential list today were posted earlier; see sidebar at the right.

Wells coming off the confidential list Wednesday:

• 25173, drl, WPX, Morsette 35-26HZ, Spotted Horn, no production data,
• 25174, drl, WPX, Morsette 35-26HD, Spotted Horn, no production data,
• 26067, 780, Whiting, Oukrop 24-34PH, St Anthony, t3/14; cum 24K 7/14;
• 26068, 725, Whiting, Oukrop 44-34PH, St Anthony, t3/14; cum 24K 7/14;
• 26683, drl, HRC, Hagbos 2-25-36H, Stockyard Creek, no production data, in a sundry form received in August, 2014, things seem back on track, but there may have been some hiccups in drilling this well;
• 27624, drl, SM Energy, Dixie 12X-35H, Camp, no production data,
• 27910, drl, Hess, LK-M Elisabeth-LW-147-97-1522H-1, Little Knife, no production data,

Six (6) new permits --

• Operators: XTO (4), Whiting, KOG
• Fields: Tobacco Garden (McKenzie), Sanish (Mountrail), Poe (McKenzie)
• Comments: the four XTO permits will be for wells on one pad

One (1) producing well completed:

• 26407, 1,884, BR, Raider 31-5TFH, Corral Creek, t8/14; cum --

This is interesting: operator transfer, almost a page and a half, from HRC to Energyquest II, LLC. I had not heard of the latter company, but it has been in North Dakota for decades (or at least it has wells dating from decades ago). The transferred wells were all in Bottineau County and Renville County, certainly not in HRC's "prime" locations

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Cash Wise Grocery

The Dickinson Press is reporting that Cash Wise will be coming to Dickinson. Cash Wish now has stores in Williston, Tioga, Stanley, Watford City, and Minot.  Cash Wise did not have any stores in this part of the state prior to 2012, prior to the Bakken boom.

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Fifth Inning

Extremely poor quality video and audio but great for the memories. Texas Rangers slip by the Houston Astros 4 -3. We were sitting in the "All You Can Eat Corner." The seats were selected by the younger granddaughter -- who is about as slender as one can be -- who had a hot dog, peanuts, some popcorn, a large drink, and Cotton Candy. Their dad, working late that night, watched the first four innings before having to go back to work.

Deep in the Heart of Texas  

The highlight of the game was seeing Guilder Rodriguez get his first MLB hit. I knew it was a big deal for the fans last night but did not know it had national interest. It was at the bottom of the national news on both NBC and ABC. ESPN is reporting:

This was a rare treat for a baseball team that's been on hard times for the bulk of the season.

Guilder Rodriguez, a career minor leaguer, got his second big league start on Monday night for the Texas Rangers and delivered for his dad by getting his first big league hit, RBI and run scored in a 4-3 win over the Houston Astros.

Rodriguez, 31, was excited about the opportunity to play because his father, Guillermo, hadn't seen him participate in a baseball game in the States since Low-A ball in 2004.
Yeah, 2004.

The biggest hit of the game came from Rodriguez who singled over the head of shortstop Jonathan Villar for his second hit of the game, breaking a 3-3 tie in the bottom of the seventh inning.

"This is one of the best moments of my life," said Rodriguez, who ended an 0-for-6 spell.

"My first big league hit, my first RBI, my father in the stands, my wife. This is my second-best moment, after my two daughters were born."

Rodriguez has played for just two organizations, Milwaukee and the Rangers. His home ballpark has been in minor league cities such as Helena, Beloit (where his dad saw him), Huntsville, Frisco, Oklahoma City and Round Rock. He's played in the Dominican Republic when the season was over, where his dad would travel from Venezuela to see him.

He was in in the minor leagues for 13 years.