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Random Look At Several EOG Wells That Showed A Bump In Production After Being Placed Back On Into Production After Neighboring Wells Fracked -- February 11, 2017

EOG wells in Parshall oil field.


Say what?

Look at this well, unexplainable. As of March 16, 2017, nothing in the NDIC file report to help me understand the jump in production

The well:
  • 17215, 2,227, EOG, Austin 27-10H, Parshall, t12/108; cum 617K 1/17; 
Production for the past year or so:
PoolDateDaysBBLS OilRunsBBLS WaterMCF ProdMCF SoldVent/Flare
BAKKEN1-2017313240325938195517030
BAKKEN12-2016313552377548205618040
BAKKEN11-2016303945384365195917150
BAKKEN10-20163139963873952036961823
BAKKEN9-2016304279428689202617820
BAKKEN8-20163148064819110216419120
BAKKEN7-20163153835393143225420020
BAKKEN6-2016305399540163190916650
BAKKEN5-20163157865787108132710750
BAKKEN4-201610177316482014283520
BAKKEN3-20160000000
BAKKEN2-20168425472385825220
BAKKEN1-2016312072207418249422430
BAKKEN12-201531222922358247422220
BAKKEN11-201528219321924219419770
BAKKEN10-2015292008200514211818910
BAKKEN9-2015302141214413231720730
BAKKEN8-2015312277227412204617940
BAKKEN7-201531216621544234920980
BAKKEN6-201530229323124234320990
BAKKEN5-2015241776174811194317520
BAKKEN4-2015302207215310122231980

Wiiliston State College Sets Enrollment Record -- February 11, 2017

Press release here. Data points:
  • for the fourth time since Spring, 2015, a new record
  • 1,168 students
  • 2017: enrollment up almost 14% compared to Spring, 2016
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If You Have To Ask, You Can't Afford It?

How Much Is That Doggie In The Window? Patti Page

The Permian is getting a bit pricey at $60,000/acre. Story at Bloomberg
Explorers eager to tap the basin’s mile-thick stack of oil-soaked rock layers have paid as much as $60,000 an acre. That marks a 50-fold explosion in deal prices over four years, according to Wood Mackenzie Ltd. It also pushes the cost 10 times higher than in the Bakken of North Dakota. 
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Too Bad, Too Sad
Sad face
The Environmental Protection Agency's presence at an environmental conference in Alaska this week was cut in half, after the Trump administration's transition officials ordered the change. The agency had helped to plan the Alaska Forum on the Environment — but days before it was to start, word came that half of the EPA's 34 planned attendees wouldn't be making the trip.
It was said that Algore would fund / host instead, but now I'm hearing on NRP Radio that the conference has been canceled. If true, that's too bad: would love to see Algore actually pay for some of these conferences.

Random Update Of CLR's State Weydahl Wells In Corral Creek -- February 11, 2017

These wells are tracked here.

Graphic update of activity in this area:



February 11, 2017: graphic update of this area:


Williams Cos Selling Assets In The Permian; Building In The Marcellus -- February 11, 2017

From Rigzone/Bloomberg: Williams making good on plan to double down in the Marcellus. Williams divesting assets in the Permian; gaining bigger stake in Marcellus

First deal:
  • with Western Gas Partners LP
  • Williams will exchange its 50% stake in a gas-gathering system in Texas for a bigger position in two gathering networks in Pennsylvania
  • plus cash payment of $155 million
  • this follows the failed $33 billion takeover of ETP LP last year
  • gas supplies flowing out of the Marcellus have outpaced pipeline capacity 
  • Williams has heavily invested in projects to bring more of that natural gas to  market
  • Williams core: moving natural gas from the Marcellus to end-users in the mid-Atlantic, southeast, and the gulf coast
  • analysts see it as somewhat of a wash: nice gain in the short term but Williams giving up growth in the Permian
Second deal:
  • with Anadarko Petroleum
  • Williams will sell its 33% stage in the Ranch Westex gas-processing plant in the Delaware Basin
  • $45 million in cash
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Back To The Bakken

Active rigs:
 

2/11/201702/11/201602/11/201502/11/201402/11/2013
Active Rigs3641137195183

A reminder: the fate of the DAPL is now in the hands of DC federal judge. 

US rig counts: monthly rig additions are the most since 2012; NDIC stats suggest the number of active rigs in North Dakota dropped 10% this past week.