196 Active Rigs In North Dakota Going Into The Weekend -- September 6, 2014; Three "Typical" OXY USA Wells Reported

Active rigs:

The boom is over in the Bakken?

The record number of active rigs on this date in any year in the boom? 198

Today, the number of active rigs was 196.

9/5/2014	09/05/2013	09/05/2012	09/05/2011	09/05/2010
Active Rigs	196	186	190	198	146

Wells coming off the confidential list today were posted earlier; see sidebar at the right.

Four (4) producing wells were completed:

• 25779, 487, OXY USA, Vibe 1-26H1, Leaf Mountrain, t5/14; cum 19K 7/14;
• 26571, 428, American Eagle, Taylor 16-1E-163-102, Colgan, t3/14; cum 33K 7/14;
• 27848, 144, OXY USA, Dakota Meyer 2-19-18H-143-97, Crooked Creek, t7/14; cum 2K 7/14;
• 27924, 105, OXY USA,  Elroy Kadrmas 5-3-10H-143-96, Fayette, t7/14; cum 180 bbls; 7/14;

Four (4) new permits --

• Operators: Triangle USA Petroleum (4)
• Fields: Timber Creek (McKenzie)
• Comments: four more permits for Wisness wells all on the same pad, I believe

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South Dakota School of Mines Using Shale Revolution to Teach Students

Rigzone is reporting:

In recent years, the shale revolution has allowed the United States to achieve a level of energy security that would have been thought impossible only a few years ago, while also boosting the labor force through the creation of thousands of direct and indirect jobs. In an effort to push the envelope on operating in shale formations, as well as to ensure that the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) students of today are prepared for the energy careers of tomorrow, the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology (SD School of Mines) in Rapid City, South Dakota is using its experience with natural resources and its proximity to major shale formations surrounding the school to full advantage in its new Energy Resources Initiative, one of academia's first shale programs. 

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Confused? Detached? Golfing?

Why in the world would SecDef allow 100 Americans flying out of Afghanistan be allowed to be put at risk flying over Iran? I'm sure a member of the pro-Obama cult can explain any number of unanswered questions. Reuters is reporting:

A charter aircraft flying from the U.S. airbase at Bagram in Afghanistan to Dubai was re-routed to Bandar Abbas, Iran, on Friday due to "a bureaucratic issue," a U.S. State Department official said.

"A Fly Dubai charter plane flying from Bagram Air Field to Dubai was re-routed to Bandar Abbas, Iran because of a bureaucratic issue today," the official said. 

"Contrary to press reports, this plane was not forced down by the Iranian military," the official added. "The issue appears to have been resolved and hopefully the plane will be able to take off soon."

I guess the short answer to the question why SecDef Hagel would allow this: "Because he can."

One should be happy that:

• aircrew and Iranian flight controllers were on same frequency
• there were no transmission glitches
• everyone was speaking a language that everyone understood
• the Iranians were not trigger happy (launching a missile)

And since, everyone is safe and sound, "what does it matter?"  -- SecState Hillary Clinton. And now, the Iranian "reset."

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Meanwhile, the AP is reporting that "the IRS" says that the agency lost the e-mails of five (5) more employees. I guess every time the House gets close to finding the "smoking gun," the IRS loses those e-mails, also.  But as Hillary would say, "what does it matter?"

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For the archives. NewJersey.com is reporting New Jersey creditworthiness downgraded again:

Wall Street analysts at Fitch Ratings today downgraded New Jersey's bond rating for the second time this year, citing the state's poor economic performance, Gov. Chris Christie's rosy revenue forecasts — which failed to materialize — and his decision to plug the resulting budget gap by cutting $2.4 billion in funding for the state's strained pension system.

Fitch said Christie's decision to cut the pension payments this year marked a "repudiation" of a bipartisan plan he signed to fix the beleaguered retirement system for public workers, which is underfunded by nearly $40 billion, according to state estimates.