Friday, May 11, 2018

Sixty Active Rigs; Four New Permits; Six Permits Renewed -- May 11, 2018

Active rigs:

$70.705/11/201805/11/201705/11/201605/11/201505/11/2014
Active Rigs60512785192

Four new permits:
  • Operators: Kraken (3); MRO
  • Fields: Oliver(Williams); Jim Creek (Dunn)
  • Comments:
Six permits renewed:
  • XTO (3): three Lawlar permits in McKenzie County
  • Whiting (2): two Carscallen permits in Williams County
  • Newfield: one Moberg Federal permit in McKenzie County

Update On Enbridge -- Mike Fitzsimmons -- May 11, 2018

Link here over at SeekingAlpha.
Summary
  • Back in March, with its NYSE shares trading at $33.50, I suggested that ENB was 40% undervalued.
  • Shares probed under $30 in April, looking for a bottom. I think that got management's attention.
  • As expected, due to natural gas seasonality and a full quarter of Spectra contributions, the Q1 EPS yoy comparison was a breeze.
  • But the recent strength in the stock is due more to announced and potential asset sales to address the market's big concern: Debt.
As I suggested in my March article on Enbridge, Q1 year-over-year comparisons would be easy considering it would be the first full Q1 worth of Spectra contributions, as well as a seasonally strong quarter for the natural gas businesses.
That said, I was pleasantly surprised with the Liquids Pipelines Mainline System Segment - which delivered its highest ever quarterly volume. But it was the announcement of ~$3 billion in asset sales, as well as reported strong bidding for additional midstream assets, that put a bid in the languishing stock. It is clear investors want management to regain investor confidence by selling non-core assets and addressing the big concern: The debt load needed to fund the Spectra merger.
The Q1 EPS report was generally bullish with adjusted EPS of $0.82 exceeding average analyst expectations by $0.18/share. As shown in the graphic below, while yoy EBITDA and net earnings were lower, cash from operations ("CFO") was up 80%, while distributable cash flow ("DCF") was up a whopping 90%.
Management has certainly gotten the message with respect to investor concern over the high debt level and the significant interest expense. And it should have - the ~25% sell-off in the shares after the Spectra merger left some to wash off egg on their faces.
However, it would appear the low is in, the 6.3% yield is safe and secure, and the prospect of further asset sale announcement this year could propel ENB closer to the $40 level than the $30 level it has been hovering around for most of this year.
ENB is a buy for income-oriented investors who also want to take a flyer on additional asset sale announcements that could easily add another $4-5/share in capital appreciation.
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US Gasoline Demand -- Nice Little Bump -- May 11, 2018

Link here.


US days of supply of crude oil.

Friday, May 11, 2018 -- After A Busy, Busy Week, Friday Starting Off A Bit Slowly

NY Times op-ed: I had no idea where this op-ed was headed, but I certainly did not expect this:
The first piece of evidence is North Korea. When Trump was trading crude, back-alley swipes with “Little Rocket Man,” Kim Jong-un, about whose nuclear button was bigger, it sounded as if we were heading for a nuclear holocaust led by a pair of overgrown prepubescents.
In fact, Trump’s bellicosity seems to have worked. It’s impossible to know how things will pan out, but the situation with North Korea today is a lot better than it was six months ago. Hostages are being released, talks are being held. There seems to be a chance for progress unfelt in years.
Maybe Trump intuited something about the sorts of people who run the North Korean regime that others missed.
Comment: well, duh.
Comment: "bellicosity" or "persuasion"? LOL.
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Back to the Bakken

Active rigs:

$71.235/11/201805/11/201705/11/201605/11/201505/11/2014
Active Rigs60512785192

RBN Energy: E&P's return to profitability in 2017 tied largely to post-crash discipline and focus.

The Martket, Energy, And Political Page -- T+2, May 10, 2018

Tesla bond rate. Link here.




Back down to $87.33 today.

This link: Tesla, 2025 bond; coupon rate, 5.3%; 7 years to maturity; quarterly payment interval:
  • yield to maturity: 7.65%
  • current yield, annual: 6.03%
From a reader:
Almost every single time a company's stock price had a total collapse, it was preceded by a crush in the same company's bond prices up to a year before.
Ford and GM in 2009, American Airlines, Blockbuster, Enron, Boeing in 2001, you name it.
It's extremely rare for a company's bond to crash while its stock price keeps going up for much longer. I can't even think of a single example where this happened before.  
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Seven New Permits; Six Permits Reinstated -- May 10, 2018

Active rigs (I'm somewhat surprised to see the number plateau like this at this point in "the cycle" -- but it is what it is):

$71.305/11/201805/11/201705/11/201605/11/201505/11/2014
Active Rigs60512785192

Seven new permits:
  • Operators: Bruin (4): XTO (2); BR
  • Fields: McGregory Buttes (Dunn); Heart Butte (Dunn): Bailey (Dunn)
  • Comments: quite a coincidence all these new permits in Dunn County; Bruin has permits for a 4-well Fort Berthold pad in SWSE 35-148-94
Two permits canceled:
  • Petro-Hunt (2): two Hot Rod permits in McKenzie County
Six permits reinstated:
  • XTO (6): three FBIR Yellowwolf permits; three FBIR Ironwoman permits, Dunn County