Tusk! September 10, 2026

Locator: 51706AAPL.

Page views: we should go over 89 million page views today (Friday, September 11, 2026); if not today, over the weekend. 

AAPL (Apple, Inc): was today's Apple surge in any way a "short squeeze"? Link here. 

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A Musical Interlude

Tusk. Link here. Read the social media comments. 

My alma mater.  

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Put Your Headphones On And Turn Up The Volume

Link here.

For Friday -- Posted September 10, 2026 -- September 11, 2026

Locator: 51705B.

CUDA: link here. 

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Back to the Bakken 

WTI: $104.0

New wells reporting:

• Sunday, September 13, 2026: 26 for the month, 106 for the quarter, 463 for the year,
• 41629, conf, BR, HBU Badlands 7S MBH, 
• 41570, conf, Oasis, Dolls Daisy Federal 5301 31-31 6B, 
• 40916, conf, Zavanna, Rennerfeldt 13-36 4H, 
• Saturday, September 12, 2026: 23 for the month, 103 for the quarter, 460 for the year,
• 42236, conf, KODA Resources, Amber 2104-5BH, 
• 41628, conf, BR, HBU Badlands 2N MBH, 
• 41569, conf, Oasis, Dolls Daisy 5301 31-31 5B, 
• 40917, conf, Zavanna, Rennerfeldt 13-26 4H, 
• Friday, September 11, 2026: 19 for the month, 99 for the quarter, 456 for the year,
• 41627, conf, BR, HBU Badlands 6S MBH, 
• 41568, conf, Oasis, Dolls Daisy 5301 31-31 4B, 

RBN Energy: pending. 

Four New Permits; Five Permits Renewed; Three DUCs Reported As Completed -- September 10, 2026

Locator: 51704B.

Apple (AAPL) today: was much of this a "short squeeze"? Currently watching "Fast Money." Dan Nathan is part of the regular panel. They've now gone fifteen minutes not talking about Apple, except an introductory statement by Melissa. How long will it be before Dan Nathan comments on Apple.

The Apple discussion on "Fast Money": wow, wow, wow! Didn't happen. From her opening segment on Oracle, Melissa jumped to price of oil and Treasuries. Completely ignored Apple which is probably the biggest story of the day.

Now, the first break .... first copper, then maybe Apple .. nope, copper, and now another break ... Dan Nathan on tap? The more I think about this, the more I think much of this was due to a short squeeze. 

Finally, Dan Nathan ... says he won't buy version 1 of the iPhone Duo but will buy version 2 or 3 .... short, short discussion ... Dan barely said anything ... eating crow. AAPL after hours -- held its gain today ... wow!

WTI: okay, now we know the story. We've switched from "swing provider" to "swing consumer." China is back in the market, buying oil; its reserves have run out. Paraphrased from what I'm hearing over at CNBC. This explains the jump from $96 to $104. I'm waiting to see when WTI matches Brent. Maybe never, but ... 

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Back to the Bakken

WTI: $104.00

Active rigs:

Four new permits, #43294 - #43297, inclusive: 

• 43294, SOGC, Sanish, Marten 4-5-6-7H
• 43295, Formentera, Larson, Piper-08-31-BND S517HF;
• 43296, Formentera, Larson, Jackson-08-32-PGN S610HX;
• 43297, CLR, Catwalk, Jenner 3-16H, 

Five permits renewed:

• Petro-Hunt: three permits; John Williams (2), Crooked Creek (Dunn oil field);  Edgar Lea Weems, Little Knife (Dunn oil field).

Three producing wells (DUCs) reported as completed:

• 41601, 1,089, BR, Sivertson 6D, McKenzie County:
• 41602, 984, BR, Sivertson 6E, McKenzie County:
• 41614, 414, BR, Sivertson 6I, McKenzie County:

How/Where I Should Be Blogging -- LOL -- September 10, 2026

Locator: 51703BICYCLES.

WTI: $103. And CVX is negative today. Okay.  

Link here. 

The CNBC meme today: AI will kill all of us by the end of 2029. 

On the other hand. At least we've survived global warming. At least so far. And, we survived fracking, also. 

Apple (AAPL) today: was much of this a "short squeeze"? 

Forbes Annual Best Colleges List For 2027 -- Posted September 10, 2026

Locator: 51702COLLEGES.

Forbes annual college rankings: link here. Within that link are several lists / other links including, America's Top Colleges, 2027, link here.