Fracking Backlog -- More to the Story? -- The Bakken, North Dakota, USA

From three different sources -- actually four different sources if you throw in the Red Wing, Minnesota/La Crosse, Wisconsin, angle -- , I am now getting the feeling there may be reasons other than lack of frack teams that may explain the fracking backlog.

Since early this year, the companies have said they would catch up with the fracking backlog by November, but in fact, right now, in October, one out of four wells that come off the confidential list are not completed.

The recent sand/ceramic mix used at the Lucy Hanson well suggests there may be more to this fracking backlog than simply lack of teams.

I will throw this out there, leave it at this, for now, mostly for a time/date stamp if something comes of this.

But I think there's more to the story than lack of fracking teams.