Monday, August 6, 2012

Flirting With 200 Active Rigs in North Dakota -- And It's Time For a New Poll

Down to 203 today; record high was 218 for this boom.

Sounds like it is time for a new poll.

Here are the results of the last poll, in which we asked: "Do you agree with the proposition, that if you've got a business, you didn't build that. Someone else did." 

Overwhelmingly, "are you kidding?" was the #1 response at nearly 60%. About 10% of folks must have misread/misunderstood the question, by answering "yes." Some people continue to think what the president said was taken out of context. Thank you for YouTube running the entire segment, not just the sound bite.

So, for the new poll: The number of active rigs in North Dakota continues to fall. Today "we" are down to 203 from a record high of 218. Many Bakken operators have said they will be cutting back on number of rigs. There are so many ways to look at this and so many questions that could be asked, but I will simply ask: Is this good for "North Dakotans" that the active rig count is decreasing?