Drudge Report DDOS: last night I blogged that I was unable to access Drudge and suspected DDOS; today that was confirmed.
Auto sales, the Trump rally continues: auto sales for December come in much higher than expected; once full numbers are reported it's possible December sales -- the Trump effect -- will push annual sales for 2016 at record pace.
Moves, from Albany (NY) Times Union, data points, for 2016:
- people from from New York state outnumber arrivals by two-to-one
- 59% of moves within the eastern US were outbound
- states where people are moving: mostly western states and the Carolinas, one exception, Vermont
- South Dakota: #1 in inbound moves -- 68% of moves in South Dakota are inbound
- #1 and #2 for outbound moves: New Jersey and Illinois
- #3 for outbound moves: New York state
- the top ten: inbound and outbound moves by state
- $800 million
- buyer: KKR's Venado Oil and Gas LLC
- assets operated by a third party
- 37,500 net acres, related pipeline, infrastructure
- SM Energy looking for cash to boost present in the Permian Basin
- plans to buy 35,700 net acres in Texas's Howard and Martin counties: $1.6 billion
- $21,000 / acres vs $43,000 / acre
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Back To The Bakken
Active rigs:
1/4/2017 | 01/04/2016 | 01/04/2015 | 01/04/2014 | 01/04/2013 | |
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Active Rigs | 40 | 59 | 171 | 184 | 179 |
RBN Energy: prepping crude for pipeline and a min-crisis in the Permian.
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The Market
- new highs, 135: CNP (a big whoop); Royal Dutch Shell;
- new lows, 4:
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Obama Makes A Rare Visit To Congress To Try To Save ObamaCare
Mainstream media is calling it a "rare visit." Other than state-of-the-union addresses has the president every visited Congress?
Which takes us to #4 of the 20 songs to be played in the transition countdown.
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