Friday, November 9, 2018

WTI Drops Below $60 -- November 9, 2018

Only one well coming off the confidential list today --Friday, November 9, 2018:
PoolDateDaysBBLS OilRunsBBLS WaterMCF ProdMCF SoldVent/Flare
BAKKEN9-20182010059996320071225791076711692
BAKKEN8-201831151581515831510330031977313044
BAKKEN7-20183118045180453803841660378113663
BAKKEN6-20183021253212533692741992418120
BAKKEN5-2018211411414364400428

Active rigs:

$59.64😢11/9/201811/09/201711/09/201611/09/201511/09/2014
Active Rigs66523765193

RBN Energy: more coal-fired power plants closing on uncompetitive economics.
Gas-fired power generation in the U.S. has been making impressive gains lately and that trend looks likely to continue.
Power demand is growing quickly and generation fueled by cheap natural gas is taking an ever-increasing market share of the new and existing load from more expensive generators like coal and nuclear, which is leading significant numbers of those plants to shut down.
The Energy Information Administration (EIA) earlier this year forecast that combined-cycle, gas-fired generation capacity could rise by 6.1 GW between now and 2020, which ­— if fully called upon — would equate to roughly 1 Bcf/d of gas demand.
That growth would displace some older gas-fired generation but also fill the void left by retiring coal-fired and nuclear power generators — two sectors EIA expects to decline over the next couple of years by 14.1 GW and 1.7 GW, respectively. What’s more, surging gas production and rapidly filling pipeline expansions in recent months suggest that gas-fired generation demand may be growing even faster than expected. Today, we take a look at how gas generation has been besting coal-fired plants on fuel costs in recent years, and at the string of nuclear and coal-fired generators that are being permanently retired.
See also the graphic at this post.

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