The Energy And Market Page, T+188 -- Earnings Calls -- Statoil, CalFrac -- July 27, 2017

HESM: Hess Midstream MPL -- I believe this is a new issue; 27.03 cents payable August 14, 2017; record date, August 4, 2017; ex-div, August 2, 2017. See disclaimer.

The usual disclaimer.

Fracking in the Bakken, from CalFrac's 2Q17 earnings conference call:

• added two frack spreads in Colorado
• larger jobs in the Marcellus and the Bakken
• smaller jobs in Colorado
• had to put on hold plans to frack in Texas
• would like to have all frack teams reconstituted by end of year; not likely to happpen, partly due to workforce; 300,000 people left the industry in the downturn

Operating in the Bakken, from Statoil's 2Q17 earning conference call:

• decreased CAPEX possible because --
• efficiency gains
• rigs drill 6% to 9% more meters / day
• 4% to 2% less time on each well
• 35% less cost per well
• strict prioritization
• added a second completion crew in July
• production onshore is reduced y-o-y; but increased q-o-q, mainly Bakken
• Kayak discovery, relatively small but could impact decision on Castberg later this year
• improving cash margins toward the target of $12.50 per bbl in 2018
• three most prolific basins in the US: Eagle Ford, Bakken, Marcellus (note which basin was not mentioned)
• slightly higher activity level planned for 2H17 in the Utica and the Bakken
• 900 wells with a breakeven of $50 and below; half of those 900 have a breakeven of $40 or below 

Curious. After setting record highs for quite some time now, how many individual issues are still touching new highs? On the NYSE:

• new highs: 141 -- including Boeing, Coke
• new lows: 21 -- including QEP, Snap, Sonoco Products

Maybe tax reform is not needed?

Another record: Dow 30, closing above 21,700 yesterday, closed just shy of 21,800 today. Wow!

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