Update On Alberta Natural Gas -- RBN Energy -- May 1, 2017

Active rigs:

	5/1/2017	05/01/2016	05/01/2015	05/01/2014	05/01/2013
Active Rigs	49	29	86	187	189

RBN Energy: update on Alberta, Canada, natural gas.

Scott Adams: solving the news bubble problem.

Refinery update: update regarding that new refinery going up near south unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.  Data points:

• Meridian Energy Group
• two-phase project
• construction not yet begun 
• to be located between Belfield and Fryburg in Billings County, about 3 miles from the park

Paddlefish: season opens in North Dakota today. [Update, May 8, 2017: season matches shortest on record; will close this weekend -- in less than a week; the largest fish taken as of Friday was 115 pounds and the smallest 13; area stores where paddlefishing tags had reported selling more than 3,000 tags at the beginning of the season, but more were being purchased as anglers arrived in the area.]