Staggering: The US Buildout Of LNG Export Projects -- RBN Energy -- October 12, 2016

Oak leaf itch mite: if you or your child has come "down" with huge welts ("hives") over your entire body: http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2016/oct/03/garden-variety-oak-leaf-itch-mites-continue-be-pro/. And here: http://bygl.osu.edu/node/536.

And much worse in some other areas of the body. Pretty cool ... unless you are the unlucky victim.

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Exploding Washing Machines

I honestly thought this was a joke when I first heard about it, but in addition to exploding smartphones, Samsung now has exploding washing machines. No link; story easy to find.

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A Huge "Thank-You" To FedEx

I wish I could reach out to FedEx today and thank the employee who delivered the package I was waiting for well after dark.

Tracking the package, I was being told that my FedEx package with "absolutely, positively" be delivered by Tuesday.

I keep watching, all day, but no package. I do know that FedEx generally delivers to businesses during the day and to residential addresses after 5:00 p.m. -- catching businesses when they are open, and homeowners when they are home.

It stays light date into the evening in the summer but now it gets "absolutely, positively" dark by 8:00 p.m.

I left our door open, but by 8:30 p.m. last night, no package.

At 10:00 p.m. I decided to take another look --- and, lo and behold, our FedEx package was "absolutely, positively" outside our front door. It appears that after 8:00 p.m. FedEx does not "wake up" folks to announce the delivery. Just like Christmas elves they leave the package at the door without making a sound.

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Back to the Bakken

Active rigs:

	10/12/2016	10/12/2015	10/12/2014	10/12/2013	10/12/2012
Active Rigs	33	68	190	184	192

RBN Energy: the second wave of US LNG export projects.

Developing a multibillion-dollar liquefaction/LNG export project takes perseverance and patience––and having good luck wouldn’t hurt. The “first wave” of U.S. projects is now cresting; the first two liquefaction “trains” at Cheniere Energy’s Sabine Pass LNG facility are essentially complete, and 12 other trains are under construction and scheduled to come online in the 2017-19 period. But what about the “second wave” of projects that was supposed to be arriving soon thereafter? Today we continue our series on the next round of U.S. LNG projects with a run-through of the projects themselves and a look at how (despite the current market gloom) there is at least some cause for optimism that a few may get built by the early 2020s.

There are too many to list here but I counted at least 17 new LNG export projects. 

DAPL: lots of DAPL news out there, but I will leave it to others to report. I have no interest in it until the situation is resolved.