Implications Of US Vs State Regulation Of Texas Pipelines -- RBN Energy -- November 2, 2016

First things first: tonight's World Series game will probably set records for number of folks watching. 

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The MDW: Breaking News Before Breaking News

Three minutes ago: yes, three minutes ago -- the Russian Northern Fleet is just south of the far west end of Crete.

This is so cool. This is why I love to blog. Last night I posted:

Russia's Northern Fleet, most recent update: the last ping was 20 hours ago, so not much change from previous report. The fleet's location 20 hours ago was at the east end of the strait separating Malta from Sicily -- so twenty hours ago, just slightly northeast of Malta, southeast of Sicily. This is about 6/11ths or about halfway between the Strait of Gibralter and Syria. The fleet has transited the Strait of Gibralter on October 26; they may have loitered for a day in the western Mediterranean. October 26 - October 31 (twenty hours ago): 5 days. So, about five more days to destination (Syria). Arriving about November 5, two or three days before US election?

Note: that "ping" was 20 hours earlier -- this is how far the Fleet traveled in the last 24 hours or so, from "Breaking News," early this morning:

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Politics

 
The two things that I find most interesting: tracking the Russian Northern Fleet and tracking the USC-Los Angeles Times poll -- neither of which amount to much in the big scheme of things, I suppose -- but it gives me something to do. Last night while watching the 6th game of the World Series I said I will be most interested in seeing this morning's poll. Wow, even I was surprised. To be honest, I really didn't think it would change that much, and to be really, really honest, I really thought the poll would have narrowed. Hmmmm:

A reader noted something I missed: although Hillary's polling has been lower in this poll, Trump has never been higher. His 47.8% today ties his previous high on September 19. We should probably go back and look at what was going on between September 12th and September 19th. He won't go over 50% in this poll, but if he does, it will be the headline story of they day.

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Back To The Bakken

Active rigs:

	11/2/2016	11/02/2015	11/02/2014	11/02/2013	11/02/2012
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RBN Energy: implications of US vs state regulation of Texas pipelines. And one might add, the implications of US vs state regulation of Texas pipelines under Hillary vs Trump. This might be a no-brainer. but let's see what RBN Energy has to say.