Ten Wells Coming Off The Confidential List Today -- December 9, 2019

First things first: there are so many story lines here, one does not know where to begin, but because it's such a busy day, I will simply provide the link and come back to this later: Peloton girl revisited.

DFW weather: coming into work this a.m. I was surprised to see (feel?) how warm it was. Downright balmy. I overdressed. Then on the radio, tomorrow's forecast: rain and snowy mix tomorrow with a low of 27°. But by the evening, that weather, they say, should be cleared out. [Later, talk radio is also mentioning how warm it is this morning. Winds from the south have brought temperatures to the mid-60s, but by noon things will shift and a cold front coming in from Oklahoma will make it a lot colder and a lot wetter. I normally would not have paid a lot of attention to all of this except I always have to consider what jacket/coat Sophia needs for TutorTime on any given day.]

Most interesting link today: as regular readers know, I generally don't care for many of the guest columnists over at oilrpice. But this one could have been written by me -- well, no really -- I'm not a good writer -- but my thoughts are 1,000% aligned with those of Simon Watkins. I wish he had not posted the column to plug his book but I appreciate his transparency and honest.

Blog readers pretty smart: look at this post from last night, from a reader. Tsvetana Paraskova over at oilprice corroborates what the reader was saying if I'm reading both her column and the reader's comments correctly.  I think the reader would argue that one could replace the phrase, "those cleaner marine fuels," with "Bakken light." LOL.

Halliburton: confirms more layoffs in Oklahoma. I wasn't sure if this was a reprint (re-posting) of an earlier story but it appears Halliburton is announcing another round of layoffs less than a week after announcing the layoffs of 800 employees in El Reno, Oklahoma. Interestingly enough, the El Reno facility housed the company's remote operations center and frack crews. Wow, the oil services industry has certainly changed since the heady days of the Bakken boom.

Canada, closed for business: for those who missed it, the recent jobs report coming out of Canada. 

Politics: for those who missed it, the daily presidential approval tracking poll posted last night is startling, to say the least. 

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Active rigs:

$58.54	12/9/2019	12/09/2018	12/09/2017	12/09/2016	12/09/2015
Active Rigs	55	64	53	40	65

Wells coming off the confidential list over the weekend, today --  

Monday, December 9, 2019: 29 for the month; 234 for the quarter:

• 36184, drl, XTO, Olaf 42X-11B, Capa, no production data,

Sunday, December 8, 2019: 28 for the month; 233 for the quarter:

• 36185, drl, XTO, Olaf 42X-11EXF, Capa, no production data,
• 35537, 873, Oasis, Kjos Federal 5501 11-18 9BX, Missouri Ridge, t6/19; cum 105K 10/19; 25K month;
• 35316, 1,146, Oasis, Mildred Nelson Federal 5297 11-30 12BX, Elidah, t7/19; cum 104K 10/10; 32K month;
• 34743, 1,008, Oasis, Mildred Nelson 5298 13-25 9T, Elidah, t6/19; cum 101K 10/10;
• 32414, SI/NC, CLR, Polk Federal 10-33H1, Banks, no production data,

Saturday, December 7, 2019: 23 for the month; 228 for the quarter:

• 36186, drl, XTO, Olaf 42X-11AXD, Capa, no production data,
• 35918, SI/NC, WPX, Badger 22-21HZ, Squaw Creek, no production data,
• 35917, SI/NC, WPX, Badger 22-21HA, Squaw Creek, no production data,
• 30596, SI/NC, Sinclair, Ersa Federal 3-4H, Bully, no production data,

Friday, December 6, 2019: 19 for the month; 224 for the quarter:

• 35916, SI/NC, WPX, Badger 22-21HY, Squaw Creek, no production data,
• 32415, SI/NC, CLR, Polk Federal 9-33H, Banks, no production data, 
• 30597, SI/NC, Sinclair, Ersa Federal 4-4H, Bully, no production data,   

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