Friday, April 11, 2014

Ten (10) New Permits -- The Williston Basin, North Dakota, USA; Warmists Can't Have It Both Ways

Active rigs:


4/11/201404/11/201304/11/201204/11/201104/11/2010
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Ten (10) new permits --
  • Operators: QEP (4), WPX (4), Denbury Onshore, Whiting
  • Fields: Grail (McKenzie), Van Hook (Mountrail), Cedar Hills (Bowman), Sanish (Mountrail)
  • Comments:
Wells that came off the confidential list today were posted earlier; see sidebar at the right.

Three (3) producing wells were completed:
  • 23194, 1,864, Statoil, Hospital 31-36 4TFH, Alger, t3/14; no production data,
  • 23359, 343, CLR, Atlanta 14-6H, Baker, t3/14: cum --
  • 23360, 522, CLR, Atlanta 13-6H, Baker, t4/14; cum --  
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North Dakota Utility Gets Rate Increase As Requested
North Dakota approves increase in MDU rate structure. NoDaks have already been paying it, so they won't notice the increase. LOL. 

Detroit 442, Blondie

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Global Warming

Snowpack in the Montana mountains between Lake Sakakawea and Fort Peck, MT, is 39 percent higher than normal. Of course, the warmists predicted that, also.

According to The Bismarck Tribune, it's going to be cooler than normal spring/summer, and the meteorologists cannot explain it:
“When we’re talking cooler than normal, we’re not talking a degree or two,” he said.....implying that the cooler weather will be several degrees cooler.
The meteorologist notes there is nothing driving the cooler temperatures. Perhaps a decrease in the number of coal-powered utility plants? A presidential executive order?

And yet the warmists can identify the source of "global warming" in which the temperature is forecast to rise a degree or two over one century. We can't figure out why we're having cooler temperatures in the "here and now," but we can identify the source of "climate change" over the next century. Ya gotta love it.

I can't make this stuff up.

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The BLM vs The Rancher In Nevada?

It was a Senator Reid land grab for solar farms.  That was easy. [Later: it appears this was all about Senator Reid -- if so, this is really, really scary. Senator Reid says, "This is not over."]