Coolest Bit Of Trivia This Year? Reason #45,888 Why I Love To Blog

CLR will name two wells "Hereford" wells and two wells "Buelingo" wells. Of course, I am familiar with Herefords, but the "Buelingo" is new to me. I am truly embarrassed to say that I had seen these cattle often but never thought of asking what they were called. They are very, very distinctive.

From wiki:

The BueLingo breed of beef cattle was developed in Ransom County, North Dakota, on the Bueling Ranch, by Russell Bueling and R. B. Danielson of the Animal Science Department of the North Dakota State University at Fargo. It is similar in appearance to the Dutch Belted breed of dairy cattle. BueLingo cattle usually have a white belt around the stomach area.

The "buelingoes" even have their own web page.

See also this post on herefords, buelingos, and limousins.

Slawson has a history of selecting awesome names for its wells, as does Samson Oil & Gas. Harold Hamm frequently has interesting names, albeit a bit more subtle.

If Activist Environmentalists Stop CBR, Stop Pipelines, Burlington Northern Has Options....

.... flying oil from the Bakken to the east coast refineries.

Rumor has it BNSF is moving cargo planes to a staging point to start flying oil from the Bakken to refineries on the east coast if it comes to that ... video taken along the Loup River, northwest Nebraska, April 28, 2014....

A Wing and a Prayer: Crude-by-Air (CBA)
Still photo:

It has also been suggested that the First Lady is getting ready for another vacation.

Update On An Oasis Lodgepole Well North Of Williston -- This Could Be Important

Updates

March 18, 2015: Stripper well status.  Went off-line 4/15; now producing a small amount of oil beginning 10/16.

Original Post 

Background posts (also note "tag"):

• September 15, 2011
• March 23, 2012

Today a reader noted the following production history:

NDIC File No: 21261     API No: 33-105-02315-00-00     CTB No: 121261
Well Type: OG     Well Status: A     Status Date: 1/5/2012     Wellbore type: Horizontal
Location: NENW 13-156-102     Footages: 300 FNL 1470 FWL    
Current Operator: OASIS PETROLEUM NORTH AMERICA LLC
Current Well Name: CLARK 5602 12-13H
Total Depth: 14410     Field: TYRONE
Spud Date(s):  8/29/2011
Completion Data
   Pool: LODGEPOLE     Perfs: 10170-14410     Comp: 1/5/2012     Status: AL     Date: 2/3/2012
Cumulative Production Data
   Pool: LODGEPOLE     Cum Oil: 8825     Cum MCF Gas: 6367     Cum Water: 22829
Production Test Data
   IP Test Date: 1/9/2012     Pool: LODGEPOLE     IP Oil: 94     IP MCF: 0     IP Water: 43

Monthly Production Data

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
LODGEPOLE	2-2014	28	1096	1320	4173	835	430	405
LODGEPOLE	1-2014	15	573	0	3475	392	302	90
LODGEPOLE	12-2013	9	0	0	140	0	0	0
LODGEPOLE	11-2013	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
LODGEPOLE	10-2013	30	0	0	363	0	0	0
LODGEPOLE	9-2013	26	0	0	1755	3	0	3
LODGEPOLE	8-2013	15	16	0	6446	16	0	16
LODGEPOLE	7-2013	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
LODGEPOLE	6-2013	17	112	313	35	66	66	0
LODGEPOLE	5-2013	31	191	341	178	126	126	0
LODGEPOLE	4-2013	30	207	0	85	119	119	0
LODGEPOLE	3-2013	31	224	334	93	125	125	0
LODGEPOLE	2-2013	27	224	301	89	118	118	0
LODGEPOLE	1-2013	30	234	0	93	156	156	0
LODGEPOLE	12-2012	31	276	338	88	177	177	0
LODGEPOLE	11-2012	30	218	331	275	185	185	0
LODGEPOLE	10-2012	31	309	329	271	199	199	0
LODGEPOLE	9-2012	30	281	323	415	206	206	0
LODGEPOLE	8-2012	31	324	305	517	234	234	0
LODGEPOLE	7-2012	31	349	314	434	250	250	0
LODGEPOLE	6-2012	30	388	320	443	252	252	0
LODGEPOLE	5-2012	31	466	329	476	295	134	161
LODGEPOLE	4-2012	29	569	579	475	426	10	416
LODGEPOLE	3-2012	31	862	1602	668	681	0	681
LODGEPOLE	2-2012	17	798	218	577	630	0	630
LODGEPOLE	1-2012	19	958	805	1178	757	0	757
LODGEPOLE	12-2011	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
LODGEPOLE	11-2011	6	150	0	87	119	0	119

Eleven (11) New Permits, The Williston Bakken, North Dakota, USA; The Buelingo

Active rigs:

	4/28/2014	04/28/2013	04/28/2012	04/28/2011	04/28/2010
Active Rigs	185	187	209	174	109

Eleven (11) new permits --

• Operators: Hess (4), CLR (4), Emerald (2), Oasis
• Fields: Alkali Creek (Mountrail), Elm Tree (McKenzie), Baker (McKenzie), Boxcar Butte (McKenzie)
• Comments: CLR will name two wells "Hereford" wells and two wells "Buelingo" wells. Of course, I am familiar with Herefords, but the "Buelingo" is new to me.

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

Wells coming off the confidential list Tuesday:

• 25590, 779, Whiting, Kostelecky 41-28PH, South Heart, t10/13; cum 22K 2/14;
• 25639, 2,362, Oasis, Feathertop 5493 43-23B, Robinson Lake, t11/13; cum 35K 2/14;
• 25741, 618, Oasis, Bennett 6093 12-26T, Gros Ventre, t12/13; cum 23K 2/14;
• 25839, 942, EOG, Austin 131-0631H, Parshall, t12/13; cum 18K 2/14;
• 25840, 916, EOG, Austin 34-0631H, Parshall, t12/13; cum 14K 2/14;
• 26214, 2,122, Petro-Hunt, USA 153-95-22C-15-3H, Charlson, t1/14; cum 34K 2/14;
• 26604, drl, Slawson, MacCougar 3-30-19H, Big Bend, no production data,
• 26689, drl, CLR, Schroeder 3-34H1, Stoneview, no production data,

KOG And Flaring; Some Dots To Connect; WMB Suspends Investment In NG Pipeline From The Marcellus-Utica

Three dots to connect:

• close relationship between KOG and the reservation (at the link, scroll down to original post). -- October 25, 2009
• BLM-managed reservation the main problem with regard to flaring; many posts; this was the most recent. -- April 25, 2014
• on a day that the market rose triple digits and oil rose a bit, staying above $100/bbl, KOG dropped over 4% (that was before the close; closing price for the day yet to be determined)

Motley Fool weighs in.

In this Motley Fool article, the contributor is bullish on KOG, but doesn't mention the flaring issue.

By the way that second Motley Fool article says:

Whether you trust him or not, Continental Resources does control 1.2 million net acres in the Bakken and was also the first company to discover the Parshall shale in North Dakota. 

I thought it was EOG who made the Parshall discovery that started the Bakken boom in North Dakota. Not taking anything away from Harold Hamm who quietly bought up a lot of leases over the years prior to the boom, but I thought it was EOG who had the "discovery" well as it were. But, the Bakken has any number of drillers who say they were first. 

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Twenty-one (21) companies announced increased dividends or distributions, including: Magellan Midstream, Holly Energy, Johnson & Johnson, Lexmark (30 cents to 36 cents).

Trading at new 52-week highs today: AAPL (up nearly $22 and nearly $600/share).

Sanchez Energy announces Q1 2014 Production of 1,691 MBOE, an Increase of 376% over the First Quarter of 2013 :

Co provided an update on Q1 2014 production and operations. Summary Highlights Sanchez Energy reported Q1 2014 production of ~1,691 MBOE (18,784 BOE/D), an increase of 376% compared to the same period a year ago Reported production volumes consisted of 72% oil, 15% NGLs, and 13% natural gas Current production is ~21,000 BOE/D with 13 gross wells in various stages of completion. Operating in the Eagle Ford and the TMS.

Williams Cos suspends investment in Bluegrass NGL Pipeline due to insufficient customer commitments: Co announces it has suspended capital investments in the Bluegrass Pipeline, a proposed natural-gas-liquids project, primarily in response to an insufficient level of firm customer commitments. The company continues to engage in discussions with potential customers regarding the scale and timing of demand for services and the required firm contractual commitments that would support any future capital investments.

• The project, in which Williams is a joint-venture partner, is designed to connect natural gas liquids produced in the Marcellus-Utica areas in the U.S. Northeast with domestic and export markets in the U.S. Gulf Coast. The Bluegrass Pipeline represents a strong long-term solution in the marketplace.

Natl Oilwell Varco beats by $0.01. Stock down 7% -- investors not happy. 

Evidence the economy continues to struggle? Briggs & Stratton sees FY14 EPS lower than consensus.

800 New Construction Jobs; 150 Full-Time Jobs -- New Project Along Texas Coast Due To North American Energy Revolution; US Equity Markets Up In Early Trading; Oil Up Slightly

Look at all the jobs President Obama private enterprise is bringing to Texas. FuelFix is reporting:

SAN ANTONIO — The voestalpine Group will break ground this week on a $740 million plant at the Port of Corpus Christi.

The plant on the north shore of Corpus Christi Bay will use iron ore to make briquettes that will be shipped to European auto plants. Hot-briquetted iron, or HBI, is a primary material for raw steel making.

The voestalpine manufacturing plant will be powered by natural gas and is part of a wave of industrial investment at the port. The emergence of a cheap, reliable source of natural gas in the Eagle Ford Shale has drawn billions of dollars in projects to the Corpus  Christi area.

The voestalpine plant will create about 800 construction jobs and 150 full-time jobs, the company said.

It takes a village.

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Ukraine. A non-issue?

[Later: several companies traded at new 52-week highs: BRK-B; PSX, SRE.]  Futures for Tuesday show holding those gains today.

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Equities up strong in early morning trading; oil up slightly.

XOM, COP, CVX: up strong; at or near 52-week highs
Bakken operators: mixed; CLR up nicely; others down slightly
ENB, EPD: up slightly
MDU: flat to down slightly
BRK-B: down slightly

Monday; Keystone "Delay" Will Impact Western Canadian Oil Sands; Toyota US Marketing Headquarters Moving From California To Texas

Reporting today:

• Cheniere Energy (LNG): -0.27; time not supplied
• Plum Creek Timber (PCL): 15 cents; after market close

Active rigs:

	4/28/2014	04/28/2013	04/28/2012	04/28/2011	04/28/2010
Active Rigs	185	187	209	174	109

RBN Energy: western Canadian oil sands, new rail regulations

Last week Transport Canada (the federal department responsible for transportation policy) directed that DOT-111 rail tank cars built prior to new safety standards proposed in January 2014 be phased out or refitted within three years.

Fifty five thousand railcars built to the new standards are currently on back-order. The directive could constrain rapidly developing Canadian crude by rail shipments to the US - currently running at about 250 Mb/d according to an April report by Peters and Company.

Increased use of crude-by-rail is driven by pipeline congestion out of Alberta - a situation the latest Keystone pipeline delay appears to make worse.    Today we review unit train options out of Western Canada.

The last episode in this series distinguished between oil sands producers that are able to deliver their bitumen crude to market direct from the production plant as pipeline quality dilbit via feeder pipelines and smaller producers that mostly do not have that luxury.

We pointed out that it is often more convenient for small producers to deliver their crude by truck to rail terminals because of the overhead costs associated with blending up their crude to pipeline specifications and securing scarce capacity on pipelines out of Alberta.

However, we also noted that such small producers are unable to justify shipping their crude on unit trains of 100 cars or more even though doing so would achieve economies of scale. Until these smaller producers are able to ramp up production and invest in improved infrastructure, they are essentially price takers. This time we look at increased unit train options available to larger producers.

Their conclusion:

Nevertheless it seems that larger oil sands producers are willing to go ahead and ship dilbit by unit train just to get their crude to market, regardless of the diluent penalty. The fact that a number of these producers have made long term commitments to Alberta rail terminals on that basis is a good indication of just how constrained the pipeline systems out of Western Canada have become. The recent Keystone decision delay underlines the reality that pipeline congestion could continue for some time. So even though the new rail car regulations will increase rail costs, producers have little choice but to pursue rail alternatives.

 The Wall Street Journal

New bid disrupts Alstom-GE deal. Stakes high for GE's Immelt in Alstom fray.

Detroit's many creditors inch toward vote on plan. The city has more than 100,000 creditors.

Democrats see doomed minimum-wage plan as an election boost.

EU, Ukraine set to sign gas deal.

Missing out of Marcellus riches.

Nearly 15 million people in New England live within driving distance of America's biggest natural-gas field, yet heating and electricity prices reached a record for the region this winter.

As states stretching from Massachusetts to Maine thaw out from bitter cold, questions linger about why New England hasn't benefited from the energy boom in the nearby Marcellus Shale. The short answer is not enough pipelines.

And the reason is an impasse between pipeline operators and power plants over how to pay for new capacity.

The problem is that pipeline operators want long-term contracts in place before they spend the hundreds of millions of dollars necessary to build a new pipeline or expand an existing one. But power companies, which buy gas to fuel generators on a need-to-have-it basis, work on a different timetable. Independent power-plant operators must supply electricity to utilities at the lowest cost possible, and utilities are restricted in the extent to which they can pass on costs to customers.

The result is that the power industry long has been wary of getting locked in to long-term contracts with higher prices than necessary.

Regulators are proposing a tax to bridge the gap. 

Microsoft browser has security flaw. I have never used IE on my personal computers. A security hole in Microsoft's IE -- the default web browser for many -- could be particularly troubling for those still running Windows XP.

The Los Angeles Times

Governor Perry with bragging rights. Toyota to move jobs and marketing headquarters from Torrance, Los Angeles, CA, to Texas.