Completely Unexpected: Number Of Rigs In North Dakota Continues To Climb -- March 5, 2109

Active rigs (note: highest rig count in four years on this date)

$56.65	3/5/2019	03/05/2018	03/05/2017	03/05/2016	03/05/2015
Active Rigs	69	61	45	35	113

Ten new permits:

• Operators: Crescent Point Energy (7); BR (3)
• Fields: Winner (Williams); Elidah (McKenzie)
• Comments:
• Crescent Point Energy has permits for seven CPEUSC Reed wells in section 10-158-100 in Winner oil field;
• BR has permits for a 3-well Phantom Ship pad in section 22-152-97 in Elidah oil field

Nine producing wells (DUCs) reported as completed: pending

• 25957, 1,727, Equinor, Mark 4-9F 4TFH, Williston, t2/19; cum --;
• 32238, 383, Equinor, Mark 4-9F XE 1H, Williston, t2/19; cum --;
• 33430, 1,969, MRO, Big Head USA 41-2TFH, Reunion Bay, t2/19; cum --;
• 33431, 4,351, MRO, Birds Bill USA 41-2TFH, Reunion Bay, 4 sections; t1/19; cum 12K over 6 days extrapolates to 57,295 bbls/30-day month;
• 33664, 4,844, MRO, Bears Arm USA 41-2H, Reunion Bay, t2/19; cum 1K over 2 days;
• 34080, 1,816, Equinor, Sjol 5-8F XW 1TFH, Williston, t2/19; cum --;
• 34081, 2,113, Equinor, Sjol 5-8F 2H, Williston, t2/19; cum --;
• 34671, 1,285, Hess, GO-Bergstrom 156-98-2833H-3, Wheelock, 4 sections, t2/19; cum --;
• 34672, 1,473, Hess, GO-Bergstrom 156-98-2833H-2, Wheelock, 4 sections, t2/19; cum --;

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Klub

A reader sent me this link regarding a Scandinavian favorite: klub.

I would not have posted this item, as interesting as it was, except for the fact that when one googles klub, the common denominator is that regardless of how the dumplings are made, they are always served with lots and lots of butter.

I did not notice it until late in life, but my Norwegian father put lots and lots of butter, it seems, on almost anything he ate. I never thought about it at the time except that it did not seem particularly healthy but now I start to understand where his habit originated.

I'm glad I seldom/never gave him grief about putting lots and lots of butter on his food. It was probably more than just the taste. At least subconsciously he must have had many memories of doing the same when he was growing up in Newell, SD. The person he talked most about, even when he was 94 years old? His mother.