Monday, July 14, 2014; New Production Record Set In North Dakota; Twelve (12) New Permits; Three Of Six New Wells To DRL Status

North Dakota sets a new production record. Production up about 4% month-over-month.

The Real Shale Revolution, John Kemp, Reuters. A historical review of horizontal drilling.

Fracking has been in widespread use for more than 50 years.

U.S. companies began to experiment with using fracturing to release coal seam gas in the 1940s. "The basic principle behind underground coal gasification seeks to find an economically feasible process of burning coal seams that are so situated that they do not lend themselves to being mined profitably," the New York Times explained in 1954 ("New tests made to gasify coal", Oct. 31, 1954).

Wells coming off confidential list Tuesday:

• 25492, drl, QEP, Johnson 1-4-9BH, Grail, no production data,
• 25637, 186, American Eagle, Harvard State 16-36S-164-101, Colgan, t3/14; cum 11K 5/14;
• 26325, 343, EOG, Austin 42-1708H, Parshall, 39 stages; 12 million lbs sand, t2/14; cum 18K 5/14;
• 26517, 938, WPX, Independence 2-35HY, Mandaree, t5/14; cum 9K 5/14;
• 26840, drl, Hess, HA-Thompson-152-95-2017H-6, Hawkeye, no production data, 
• 27268, drl, BR, CCU Red River 34-9TFH, Corral Creek, no production data,

Comment: the Austin 42 well (#26325) not particularly impressive considering it was fracked with 12 million lbs of sand. 

Active rigs:

	7/14/2014	07/14/2013	07/14/2012	07/14/2011	07/14/2010
Active Rigs	192	186	215	178	133

Twelve (12) new permits --

• Operators: Oasis (4), Hess (4), Emerald (2), Enduro, Whiting
• Fields: Alkali Creek (Mountrail), Robinson Lake, (Mountrail), Heart River (Stark), Stoneview (Divide), Ray (Williams)
• Comments:

Wells coming off confidential list over past three days posted earlier; see sidebar at the right.

Six (6) producing wells completed:

• 24796, 1,076, Slawson, Blackdog 3-13-14H, Stockyard Creek, t4/14; cum 59K 5/14;
• 26455, 477, XTO, Broderson31X-27C, Siverston, t5/14; cum --
• 26909, 328, Triangle, Hagen 149-100-9-4-6H, Ellsworth, t6/14; cum 9K 5/14;
• 27312, 553, Slawson, Nightmaker 4-8-17TFH, Big Bend, t3/14; cum 18K 5/14;
• 27377, 487, Triangle, Monson 152-102-35-26-4H, Elk, t6/14; cum --
• 27378, 852, Triangle, Monson 152-102-35-26-3H, Elk, t6/14; cum --  

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Part-Time America

A recurring theme on the blog has been the effect of ObamaCare on the economy. It appears The Atlantic is getting a bit "defensive."

Link: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/heres-obamas-part-time-america-125225381.html

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Global Warming

The (London) Telegraph: people who worry about climate change use more electricity than deniers.

IceAgeNow is reporting: Yesterday’s high of 15.7 degrees Celsius was the coldest July 13 in Winnipeg since 1884.

Whatever you want to call it and whether you are a warmist or a denier, unseasonably chilly air is headed for parts of the northern and northeastern U.S at the height of summer this week, according to The Washington Post.

Gonna be cold in Ontario in July. Local2Canada is reporting:

Many of the cold weather outbreaks this past winter were attributed to something called a Polar Vortex. This is where a flow pattern establishes in the upper atmosphere that draws cold arctic air down across the Canadian Prairies and down into the American mid-west and the Great Lakes region. The summer-time version of the Polar Vortex is about to arrive this week, bringing unusually cold air to the Great Lakes and much of central North America.

Climatologically the middle part of July is usually the warmest time of year in Northern Ontario. Temperatures typically climb into the mid 20s during the warmest time of the day, while overnight lows remain above +10°C.

So this Polar Vortex couldn’t arrive at a worse time. Instead of warm summer-like conditions it will feel more like fall. Temperatures are likely to be 5-10°C below normal. This will keep daytime highs buried in the teens with overnight lows in the single digits. This cold air is expected to move as far south as Texas where record low temperatures could be broken.

When you average the temperatures we have seen for the first 9 days of July we are already 3°C below normal. Adding on this upcoming cold outbreak will likely cause the entire month to end up below average. This would mean that six of the first seven months of 2014 have brought below normal temperatures in Northern Ontario - with only June being near normal.

By the way, it was unseasonably cold today at Huntington Beach (California). Used to hot Texas weather, I was wearing my hoodie all day at the beach.