Bloomberg Impressed With North Dakota Production -- July 16, 2014

See Director's Cut for May, 2014, data (posted in July, 2014).

Bloomberg is reporting:

North Dakota, the second-largest oil-producing state in the U.S., expects output to surge through the summer as more benign weather gives roughnecks extra time to work in the field.

Output rose about 3.6 percent to 1.04 million barrels a day in May, the state’s Department of Mineral Resources reported yesterday. It was the largest increase since August.

The growth came even as rain and high winds kept well-completion crews out of the fields for several days during the month. Better summer weather will lead to production growth in the region of 5 to 6 percent a month in June, July and August, said Lynn Helms, director of the state’s Department of Mineral Resources.

“We still expect the big surge to come in June, July and August in terms of completions and some really rapid production increases,” Helms said on a conference call with reporters yesterday.

Much more at the linked article. A big "thank you" to Don for spotting this over at a message board.

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A Note to the Granddaughters

About a month ago my wife told me the automatic door locks were not working on the 2005 Chrysler minivan. I assumed we would be taking it into the dealer to get the locks working again. Then, this morning, while having coffee, it struck me. Google it.

Google: "Chrysler minivan automatic door locks ...

and then, surprise, surprise ... Google completed the search query with "...not working" which immediately told me I was not the first to ask this question.

It turns out that this is a well-known issue. And the fix is simple. Simply remove the appropriate fuse for ten seconds and then place the same fuse back into the slot. Problem fixed.

The internet never fails to impress me.

The big question is why Chrysler doesn't simply send a form letter to all owners of 2005 Chrysler minivans to alert them to the "fix."