CLR -- 3Q16 -- November 2, 2016

I will be out and about -- with Sophia, but I will post this now and get back to blogging later:

• First STACK Density Test Flows at Combined Initial Peak Rate of 21,354 Boe per Day (70% oil) from Eight Meramec Wells; Seven New Wells Flow at Average Well IP of 2,653 Boe per Day
• Company Initiates Development in STACK Over-Pressured Oil Window
• Bakken Enhanced Completions Yield Company Record Initial 30-Day Production Rates
• Company Begins Working Down Uncompleted Bakken Wells
• Annual Production Guidance Raised and Production Expense Guidance Lowered; Capital Expenditure Guidance Raised on Increased Well Completions

See this earlier post on CLR's record Meramec well.

CLR has a new presentation today.

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The 50 Best Burgers

Texas Monthly

From the August, 2016, issue. Eleven randomly selected Texas Monthly staff members ranked, on a scale of 1 to 5, the basic cheeseburgers from five Texas hamburger joints. Only after the scoring was complete, did the eaters find out which burger was which.  With 11 voters, and a max of "5" the highest score possible was (11 * 5) = 55. The results:

• Whataburger: 46/55 with five first-place votes
• Smashburger: 42/55 with four first-place votes
• Shake Shack: 41/55 with two first-place votes
• In-N-Out Burger: 19/55 with five last-place votes
• Five Guys: 17/55 with six last-place votes

My wife, a Californian, would disagree. Her favorite remains In-N-Out Burger. I think In-N-Out Burger is so over-rated. I have been to Five Guys only once or twice, out in California. It's one of my brother-in-law's favorite hamburgers; maybe, his favorite. I guess I've been to Five Guys once or twice here in Texas, down in the San Antonio area. Very, very good. Way too many calories for the experience. If I'm going to consume that many calories: Whataburger, made to order.

In Ft Worth, the Texas Monthly editors picked the following among the 50 best burgers in Texas:

• The Bearded Lady's L.U.S.T Burger: the third-greatest burger in Texas
• Dutch's Vaquero:
• Fred's Texas Cafe's Fredburger 
• Press Cafe's Cafe Burger ($14 with potato chips)
• Rodeo Goat's Telluride (Rodeo Goat is one block from "legendary Fred's")

The #1 hamburger in Texas as selected by the Texas Monthly editors was from San Antonio: Folc's Brisket Burger with Pork Belly, $18 with potatoes.

Two burgers in San Antonio made the top 50 list (one was #1, Folc's); the other San Antonio burger that made the list from San Antonio was the Blue Ribbon Burger from Cured.

The Diego Burger at the Starlight Theatre in Terlingua was the most expensive at $19.95.

The least expensive burgers of the top 50 was the Basic Burger at Rosco's Burger Inn in El Paso at ... get this ... $3.24. Other in the running for least expensive:

• Quarter Pounder with Cheese at T.J.'s Hamburgers in San Antonio at $3.98. 
• Single Cheeseburger at Bill's Burgers, Wings & Things in Burnet at $5.49.
• Do It Murph-Style hamburger at Off-Site Kitchen in Dallas at at $5.99 (this is Dallas).

If from Texas, by default, the best 50 hamburgers are also the best 50 hamburgers in the entire universe.