Saturday, April 11, 2020

Notes From All Over, Late Afternoon / Early Evening Edition -- April 11, 2020

Depression. Back on March 22, 2020, I wrote:
"You say tomâto, I say tomāto: JPMorgan Chase --purely coincidental. The other day I was talking about the difference between and economic recession and an economic depression. The former (recession) has a pretty good definition; the latter (depression), no one agrees on except in very, very general terms. 
It is simply said that a depression lasts years and has an unemployment rate of 20%. 
That's what I posted based on a financial site that discussed the difference between recessions and depressions. Current first time claims for unemployment insurance are about 300,000. 
JPM Chase on Friday said this next week unemployment would hit 20% from the current 3.5%. I'll post the screenshot later today. A 20% unemployment rate next week will get folks' attention. And 20% unemployment is one-half of the "depression" equation. The other is time.
I thought I was getting ahead of my headlights -- talking about depression -- no one else had mentioned it, and I still haven't see it in mainstream press .... until today. 
The point is, even if 80 percent of the pre-crisis economy comes back by mid-summer, you’re still looking at a major recession, if not a near depression. Mauldin, by the way, has been predicting for the last couple years that a recession would see the federal budget deficit soar to $2 trillion. Now that would be regarded as “the good old days.” This year’s federal budget deficit is more likely to be over $4 trillion. And that may be optimistic.
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Twilight Zone
OPEC+ deal. I would never have guessed it but apparently Mexico really is holding the better cards. The OPEC+ agreement remains on hold -- Mexico refuses to "give in." Who would have ever guessed? Bloomberg has the story. Archived.
As Mexico and Saudi Arabia fight over a deal to bring the oil-price war to an end, Mexico has a powerful defense: a massive Wall Street hedge shielding it from low prices.
With talks well into their third day, the Mexican sovereign oil hedge, which insures the Latin American country against low prices and is considered a state secret, is a factor that may make the country less inclined to accept the OPEC+ agreement.
For the last two decades, Mexico has bought so-called Asian style put options from a small group of investment banks and oil companies, in what’s considered Wall Street’s largest -- and most closely guarded -- annual oil deal.
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Atmospheric CO2

Atmospheric C02 hits record high. They're reading the blog.

Folks are eagerly waiting for the April / May / June atmospheric CO2 levels. Regardless of they "come in," it will speak volumes about human contribution to atmospheric CO2.

Links of interest:
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Renewables

Capacity doesn't equal generation: Speaking of atmospheric CO2, more propaganda from the faux environmentalists, notalotofpeopleknowthat, April 7, 2020;

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FBI Collusion

Russia: FBI has information that the Steele dossier was part of a "Russian disinformation campaign,"a and one thing the FBI knows well: "disinformation campaigns."

Information hidden in redacted footnotes.

Link: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/declassified-footnotes-show-fbi-knew-christopher-steele-may-have-been-part-of-russian-disinformation-campaign.

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The Apple Page

Smartphone activations. Apple's best single quarter since 2016 --Apple (iOS) devices accounted for 44 percent of all US smartphone activations during the first calendar quarter of 2020, the high number of activations Apple has seen in a single quarter since 2016. Link here. Apple closed its retail stores on March 13, 2020, and they remain closed.

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Daily Wuhan Flu Thermal Check

 

Bruin Fort Berthold Well, #24739, Antelope-Sanish -- Just Went Over 500K Bbls Crude Oil Cumulative -- April 11, 2020

See this post also.
  • 24739, 2,397, Bruin, Fort Berthold 152-94-15B-22-5H, Antelope-Sanish, t10/13; cum 502K 2/20:
Production (note: well has just come off line). Note the dreaded Bakken decline -- 30K in November, 2013; then six years later, 43K in February, 2019; and, 38K in March, 2019:
PoolDateDaysBBLS OilRunsBBLS WaterMCF ProdMCF SoldVent/Flare
SANISH2-20207202017727876130605839
SANISH1-202030111971144546483381533218373
SANISH12-2019319330928931502436323653547
SANISH11-2019206136586920141588115286499
SANISH10-201992190251861763766032235
SANISH9-20193097819873364432525276124196
SANISH8-2019311229012479481454228450398310
SANISH7-20193115416153186795606232908530795
SANISH6-20193018174182227577623402344938181
SANISH5-20193122307222379210605292668533150
SANISH4-201930297612974115918792603201346546
SANISH3-201926376103809116837819144125340013
SANISH2-201928425044214930362826735799423544
SANISH1-201917218412124226488312711012120739
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SANISH1-20167693256545535155
SANISH12-2015313605376958347064385104
SANISH11-2015294046373382543383990145
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SANISH4-20153040693891466465504445
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Enerplus Action -- "ND Winter Pad" -- One Well With Huge Jump In Production -- April 11, 2020

Wells are tracked here.

Note jump in production of this well:
  • 25737, 1,278, Enerplus, Wind 149-93-07D-12H TF, t9/14; cum 360K 2/20; was off line 3/19 - 9/19; huge jump in production;
PoolDateDaysBBLS OilRunsBBLS WaterMCF ProdMCF SoldVent/Flare
BAKKEN2-20202984386042442996394625
BAKKEN1-2020311032101439051135954116
BAKKEN12-201930870873431995789425
BAKKEN11-20192899610405278118711240
BAKKEN10-2019291983820501256621822306818590
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BAKKEN3-20195354716949529969
BAKKEN2-201928309531861432433313112530
BAKKEN1-2019302210195874230946411886
BAKKEN12-20183120762217109329069401454
BAKKEN11-2018231631178454622831063910

Bruin Activity In Four Bears -- April 11, 2020

Maybe I'll complete this post someday ... but probably not.

Most of these wells have been off line for the past two months. These wells are tracked here:
  • 22090, 1,085, t1/13; cum 289K 1/20; remains off line 2/20;
  • 21807, 1,349, t5/14; cum 229K 1/20; remains off line 2/20;
  • 21805, 1,362, t5/14; cum 293K 1/20; remains off line 2/20;
  • 21803, 1,467, t5/14; cum 398K 10/19; remains off line 2/20;
  • 21802, IA/741, t11/12; cum 266K 11/19; remains off line 2/20;
  • 21801, 1,206, t11/12; cum 320K 1/20; remains off line 2/20;
  • 21800, 1,584, t11/12; cum 316K 1/20; remains off line 2/20;
  • 21653, 502, t9/12; cum 404K 2/20; only 17 days 2/20;
So, what's going on?

It looks like a bit of action just to the north. These wells are all on drl status:
  • 36653, drl, Bruin, FB Bonita 152-93-9B-10-9T, Four Bears,
  • 36654, drl, Bruin, FB Bonita 152-93-9B-10-10B, Four Bears,
  • 36655, drl, Bruin, FB Bonita 152-93-9B-10-12T, Four Bears,
  • 36656, drl, Bruin, FB Bonita 152-93-9B-10-13B, Four Bears,
  • 36657, drl, Bruin, FB Bonita 152-93-9B-10-14T, Four Bears,
  • 36658, drl, Bruin, FB Bonita 152-93-9B-10-15B, Four Bears, 
File report for #36658:
  • spud date: September 27, 2019
  • landing point: October 24, 2019
  • intermediate casing point: October 24, 2019
  • total depth reached: October 29, 2019
  • on a 14-well pad;
  • the target formation was 57' thick (one of the thicker middle Bakken seams I've seen)
  • total lateral length: 10,107'
  • above drilling target footage: 2,968 feet (29.1%)
  • in drilling target footage: 5,872' (57.5%)
  • below drilling target footage: 1,376' (13.4%)
  • lateral, gas: max at 2,504 units
File report for #36657:
  • spud date: September 28, 2019 (one day later)
  • landing point: November 5, 2019
  • intermediate casing point: November 6, 2019
  • total depth reached: November 11, 2019
  • on a 14-well pad;
  • the target formation, the first bench of the Three Forks; 45 feet thick (again, fairly thick)
  • total lateral length: 10,106' (exactly one foot shorter than the middle Bakken next to it)
  • above drilling target footage: 386 feet (3.82%)
  • in drilling target footage: 8,522' (84.33%)
  • below drilling target footage: 1,198' (11.85%)
  • lateral, gas: max at 3,868 units


"Modeling" NYC Beds -- April 11, 2020

Link here.

The dotted line on the chart below indicates the current trend of beds needed for COVID-19 in New York.


At present, only 18,279 are in use.

The professional forecasters all projected that beds would be a multiple of the beds actually needed.

Notice not one model came in under the actual number.

These are all professional fearmongers who alarmed the country about a virus that appears to be in line with a severe flu season.

Can they really be that incompetent?

Some may be but I called the evil Tony Fauci out a month ago on his phony projections: Why is Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Lying to Congress and the American People?

He knows better.

What have we learned?

Saturday Morning -- What Could Be Finer -- April 11, 2020

Sitting outside, on the lawn, under the trees, watching the robins, enjoying lox and cream cheese on a bagel, Keurig coffee, no wind, bright sunny morning, surfing, blogging, and reading Aristotle's Lagoon.

I won't post the top stories of the week until later today.

I hear there's now a bacon glut.

I'm playing "Monopoly" at our local grocery store. I have any number of instant winners for bagels or donuts. This a.m. I rode my bike next door to Tom Thumb (a regional grocery store), walked in with an instant winner, and walked out with my free bagel. Back home in a New York minute, toasted it, put lox and cream cheese on it and all in about fifteen minutes.

I'm waiting for a smoked salmon glut.

I can't even imagine being anywhere else right now if I had to drive or fly to get there.

On television last night, there was something called "Free Form." I had not seen that before. The feature movie was shown with limited commercial interruption. I like that better than TCM. On TCM there are no opportunities to fix a snack, etc. With "limited commercial interruption" it's the best of both worlds. The feature last night: "Back to the Future." The original. Why is watching something on television always seem better than watching the same thing on DVD?

I was blown away this morning when I realized it costs more to ship hand sanitizer than it costs to produce it. And there's now a glut of that also.

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Word For The Day

Test. No, this is not a "test." The word for the day is "test":
In biology, a test is the hard shell of some spherical marine animals, notably sea urchins and microorganisms such as testate foraminiferans, radiolarians, and testate amoebae.
The term is also applied to the covering of scale insects. The related Latin term testa is used for the hard seed coat of plant seeds.
As part of our curriculum, I am working with Sophia on the five main groups of animals (those with spines -- she says, "like spines on a book") -- she knows the five as: fish, birds, frogs (amphibians), turtles (reptiles) and people (mammals). I was quite impressed that she could recall the five groups.

When you get right down to it, among the amphibians, there are only three "groups": frogs, salamander, and caecelians. So, for her to say "frogs" instead of amphibians, good for her.

Same with reptiles: lizards, snakes, crocodiles/alligators, and turtles. That's about it. I'll probably have to spend a bit more time with her on reptiles -- that's a real grab bag of odds and ends.

Back to test.

I know the word for a turtle's shell: carapace, but I only learned recently that "carapace" only applies to that part of the shell we normally associate with the turtle, the top 90% of the shell.

Quick: the proper name for the bottom ninth of the turtle's shell?

I am with Sophia from 9:30 a.m. to about 8:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 2:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, and I find there is not enough time to do all the things we want to do.


Of course, between 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. weekdays she is over at her friend's house (something she would not be allowed to do if she lived in Detroit). By the way, her friend's mom wears a corona surgical mask even when in the house, though lately she has been wearing it less.

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The Apple Page

I assume I am the only iPhone user that did not know about "Voice Memos."

I discovered the app today; built into every iPhone; no need to download.

The app syncs across all Apple devices.

"Voice Memos" was hiding in the "Folder" icon on my iPhone SE "desktop." Along with the compass; "Find My"; and, "Contacts."

That Crushing Moment -- The Meme -- April 11, 2020

From What's Up With That:


Does this mean St Greta won't be honored with a feast day when she passes away?

For St Greta, link here.

The Epidemic That Mainstream Media Is Not Reporting -- April 11, 2020

Here it is, April, Easter, warm weather, the end of "cold and flu" season, and we have now have a second flu epidemic, one that the mainstream media is not reporting -- and think about this -- this epidemic is occurring even with the country in lock down. Imagine how bad things would be if we were "back to normal."

Most interesting, buried in this report is this note: despite we are now well above the threshold for a pneumonia / seasonal flu epidemic (see below), the CDC quietly announces this will be the final week of a full FluView report. That's one way to downplay an epidemic -- simply ignore it.

Link here.

This is as bad as I've seen it the entire year.

From the linked site, the CDC:
  • Laboratory confirmed influenza-associated hospitalization rates for the U.S. population overall are higher than most recent seasons and rates for children 0-4 years and adults 18-49 years are the highest CDC has on record for these age groups, surpassing rates reported during the 2009 H1N1 pandemic. Hospitalization rates for school-aged children (5-17 years) are higher than any recent regular season but remain lower than rates experienced by this age group during the pandemic. 
  • The percent of deaths associated with pneumonia and influenza is above the epidemic threshold. The increase is due to an increase in pneumonia deaths rather than influenza deaths and likely reflects COVID-19 activity. 
  • 166 influenza-associated deaths in children have been reported so far this season. This number is high compared to recent seasons, but remains lower than the 2017-2018 season during which 188 pediatric deaths were reported. 
  • CDC estimates that so far this season there have been at least 39 million flu illnesses, 410,000 hospitalizations and 24,000 deaths from flu.
Has anyone seen this addressed at any Coronovirus Task Force briefing:
Laboratory confirmed influenza-associated hospitalization rates for the U.S. population overall are higher than most recent seasons and rates for children 0-4 years and adults 18-49 years are the highest CDC has on record for these age groups, surpassing rates reported during the 2009 H1N1 pandemic. Hospitalization rates for school-aged children (5-17 years) are higher than any recent regular season but remain lower than rates experienced by this age group during the pandemic. 
Despite the country on universal lock down?

And we have a vaccine for "seasonal flu," albeit one that is less than 45% effective.

This tells me all I need to know about the efficacy of untargeted quarantines.