Six New Permits; Eleven Permits Renewed; WTI Drops More Than 3% Just Before Hurricane Irma Hits; "Promise" Of Another NK Missile Launch; Gold Rises -- September 8, 2017

Active rigs:

$47.52↓↓	9/8/2017	09/08/2016	09/08/2015	09/08/2014	09/08/2013
Active Rigs	55	37	73	196	184

Six new permits:

• Operator: Slawson
• Field: Big Bend (Mountrail)
• Comments: permits for a 6-well Osprey Federal pad (see below)

Eleven permits renewed:

• Zavanna (4): four Mastiff permits in Williams County
• Crescent Point Energy (3): two Amelia Grace permits and one Lowe permit, all in Williams County
• HRC (3): two Sylte Mineral Trust permits and one Berg permit, all in Williams County
• Oasis: one McCown permit in Burke County

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Proposed Location 

For A New Slawson 6-Well Osprey Federal Pad

Two wells in the immediate area:

• 18749, IA/502, Slawson, Osprey Federal 1-26-26-30H, Big Bend, t9/10; cum 318K 7/17; inactive as of 5/17;
• 21570, 636, Slawson, Serpent Federal 1-36-31H, Van Hook, t5/12; cum 206K 7/17;

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Learning Mah-Jongg

Simplified rules for Mah Jongg for beginners. 

Not so many years ago, Chuck Wilder (of Books on Broadway, Williston, ND) invited me over to his house for a Friday night of mah-jongg. I had never played; was always intrigued; wanted to learn; and, then of all places, I learned how to play in Williston. It turns out Chuck hosted a mah-jongg night on a regular basis, attended by about 18 folks, I suppose. Quite a cross-section of Willistonites.

When I got back home to Texas, I continued to "explore" the game on my own. I realized I had only begun to learn the nuances of the game.

Be that as it may, I knew Sophia would love to learn -- a gazillion tiles. And so it begins.