Wednesday, March 13, 2019 -- T+70, Part 4; XTO, BR, Each With Five More Bakken Permits; And Coming Up: Rose Marie! Whoo-Hoo! WTI Breaks Through $58

Trump grounds Boeing's MAX 8 in the US. The Boeing MAX 8 is now "banned"/grounded around the world. One link here. The big question: will the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit allow this?

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Back to the Bakken

Active rigs (back to 65 -- whoo-hoo!):

$58.26	3/13/2019	03/13/2018	03/13/2017	03/13/2016	03/13/2015
Active Rigs	65	58	46	32	112

Ten new permits:

• Operators: XTO (5); BR (5)
• Fields: Capa, Bailey
• Comments:
• XTO has permits for a 5-well Olaf pad in Capa oil field, section 11-155-95
• not to be outdone, BR has permits for a 5-well Gorhman pad in Bailey oil field in lot 6, section 31-147-93

Thirteen permits renewed:

• CLR: thirteen Jersey and Jersey Federal permits in Mountrail County

Rose Marie, Slim Whitman

Listen to the 1935 original, and you will see why Slim Whitman was an absolute genius.

In 1955, "Rose Marie" was a hit for the American country singer Slim Whitman, produced by Lew Chudd, of Imperial Records.

Whitman's recording of the song spent 11 weeks at number one in the UK Singles Chart - setting a record which was not beaten until 1991, when Bryan Adams spent 16 weeks at the top of that chart with "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You".

The previous year, in the US, Whitman had peaked at number five on the Best Sellers in Stores chart.