Some Nice "High-IP" Wells Reported Today; Welcome Back, Big Oil -- WSJ

Of interest is the Otter field well. I track the Otter field here:

• 26439, 2,084, BR, CCU Four Aces 14-21TFH, Corral Creek, t4/14; cum --
• 26727, 2,403, MRO, Herb 14-35H, Killdeer, 4 sections, t4/14; cum -- 
• 26235, 2,270, QEP, Moberg 3-18BH, Grail, a huge well, t11/13; cum 91K 3/14;
• 26342, 2,706, HRC, Miller 157-101-12D-1-2H, middle Bakken, 35 stages; 4 million lbs, Otter, t2/14; cum 17K 3/14;
• 26438, 2,405, BR, CCU William 44-20MBH, Corral Creek, t4/14; cum --  

The HRC Miller well was spud December 11, 2013; TD reached December 27th. "Dead oil staining through the Mission Canyon was observed which is common to this area." Started drilling the horizontal on December 22. Background gas averaged 1,234 units; reached as high as 4,209 units. 

The Wall Street Journal

The fourth section, the "Journal Report" is devoted almost entirely to "Big Oil." This is, of course, one of the "big stories" which I track here.  

ATT in $50 million deal for DirecTV.

New probe south in 1961 plane crash that killed U Thant sought after suggestions of foul play found. Which reminds me: I'm no conspiracy theorist (in general) but I'm reading Jim Marrs Crossfire: The Plot That Killed Kennedy. Fascinating. It sure seems the media and the general public were very gullible and very "believing" back in the 60's, the era of free love.

Exxon unit in Canada seeks deep Arctic well.

The Los Angeles Times

Did he just blink? Cuban missile crisis déjà vu? Putin orders troops to pull back from Ukraine border.

The Dickinson Press

Reminds us to buckle our seat belts in the national parks in western North Dakota where the speed limit is 20 mph. That tells me things are "ok" in the oil patch.