Twelve New Permits; Eleven Permits Renewed; 52 Active Rigs; Six DUCs Completed -- May 18, 2017

Active rigs:

$49.34	5/18/2017	05/18/2016	05/18/2015	05/18/2014	05/18/2013
Active Rigs	52	26	82	190	189

Twelve (12) new permits:

• Operator: Statoil
• Field: East Fork (Williams)
• Comments: all in SE quadrant of 23-156N-100W (see graphic below) (see this post also)

Eleven permits renewed:

• EOG (8): eight West Clark permits, McKenzie County
• Kaiser-Francis (2): a Brookbank permit and a Torino permit, both in Mountrail County
• BR: a Gladstone permit in McKenzie County

CLR canceled a Bohmbach Federal permit in McKenzie County

Six producing wells (DUCs) reported as completed:

• 30956, 1,651, EOG, Van Hook 68-3606H, Parshall, ICO, t4/17; cum --
• 30957, 1,188, EOG, Van Hook 67-3606H, Parshall, ICO, t4/17; cum --
• 30958, 1,325, EOG, Van Hook 66-3606H, Parshall, ICO, t4/17; cum --
• 31399, 795, EOG, Van Hook 36-35H, Parshall, one section, t4/17; cum --
• 32119, 477, Van Hook 39-3526H, Parshall, t4/17; cum --
• 33126, 212, North Range Resources, Sheep Creek Storm 1-1V, Grassy Butte, a Duperow well, t12/16; cum 4K 3/17;

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10 Little, 9 Little, 8 Little ... Then There Were Two

One source earlier this week (or was it last week) said there were still three cases to be heard in "appellate" courts regarding the DAPL. One has just "dropped out." If I'm correct on the "three cases" then we're down to two cases.

The McLatchyDC website is reporting that the Cheyenne River Sioux have dropped their case.

With oil already in the line, Cheyenne River attorneys in late April submitted a motion to voluntarily dismiss their claim in the appeals court, and the motion was granted Monday.

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The Assad Diaries

It just got a bit more lonely for Mr Assad.  Anyone paying attention should note:

• President Trump met with Russian envoy the other day
• in the past two days, the US military has been hammering Russia's Syrian allies, the pro-Assad Syrian Army
• maybe that's the memo the Dems should be interested in

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Idle Chatter

I could not possibly be in a better mood:

• the pullback in the stock market provides a buying opportunity
• the Dems must have looked at the polls: trying to negate a presidential election by means of impeachment must not be sitting well with the constituency
• the president cannot answer any more questions about the "Russian thing" now that a "special counsel" has been appointed

Read more here: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-gover/national-polis/article151255402.html#storylink=c