MRO With Three New Permits In Chimney Butte -- February 22, 2019

DAPL: unimportant but for the archives.  Link here.

After the DAPL was finally approved/completed/put into operation, the builders sued Greenpeace International and "pipeline fighters" under the US' racketeering (RICO) laws. On February 14 2019, the federal judge hearing the case ruled in favor of the defendants (ruled in favor of Greenpeace). Energy Transfer Equity (formerly Energy Transfer Partners) said they will follow up in state courts in North Dakota.

Comment: I never thought RICO was the right venue for this.

TransMountain: I think I read that the Canadian national energy regulator approved the TransMountain pipeline although the agency said it was "bad" for the environment. The government will now vote whether to proceed. (It will.) And then protests and lawsuits to follow. 

Active rigs:

$57.20	2/22/2019	02/22/2018	02/22/2017	02/22/2016	02/22/2015
Active Rigs	66	56	43	39	127

Three new permits:

• Operator: MRO
• Field: Chimney Butte (Dunn County)
• Comments: MRO has permits for a 3-well pad in SESW 23-146-95;

Six permits renewed:

• QEP (4): four Moberg permits in McKenzie County
• RimRock (2): two Moccasin Creek permits in Dunn County

Two producing wells (DUCs) reported as completed:

• 35328, 1,105, Kraken, Pocasset LW 32-29 1H, Oliver, t1/19; cum --;
• 35327, 737, Kraken, Pocasset 32-29 4TFH, Oliver, t1/19; cum --;

Of interest:

• Oasis had permits for seven Three Forks wells in Williams County; all were changed to middle Bakken wells (#34107, #34109, #34132, #34135, #34234, #34336, #34338)  

Random Look At Two "50K" Wells Drilled Early In The Bakken Boom -- February 22, 2019

See this post. 

I do not recall seeing many "50K" wells in the early Bakken boom. Here are two of them, one horizontal is about two miles long; the other is about a mile long.

The wells:

• 25646, 607, EOG, Wayzetta 30-3230H, Parshall, t11/13; cum 749K 12/18;
• 25647, 110, EOG, Wayzetta 30-3230H, ICO, Parshall, t11/13; cum 757K 12/18; still doing very well; 4,000 bbls/month; see full production profile below

25647:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	12-2018	26	3194	3195	1673	14647	13374	875
BAKKEN	11-2018	30	4100	4097	1816	16759	15829	448
BAKKEN	10-2018	31	4225	4222	1935	16952	15177	1275
BAKKEN	9-2018	30	3909	3955	1938	15558	14650	430
BAKKEN	8-2018	31	4111	4108	1949	15816	12725	2593
BAKKEN	7-2018	31	4175	4178	1919	15888	13893	1497
BAKKEN	6-2018	30	4035	4035	1935	15364	14525	361
BAKKEN	5-2018	31	4421	4426	2140	16982	15889	598
BAKKEN	4-2018	30	4381	4373	2111	15976	15247	245
BAKKEN	3-2018	31	4511	4588	2212	15980	14988	492
BAKKEN	2-2018	28	4053	4109	2008	13692	12667	573
BAKKEN	1-2018	31	4194	4128	2258	14341	13221	622
BAKKEN	12-2017	29	3849	3848	2181	13436	11810	1184
BAKKEN	11-2017	30	4827	4817	2210	15221	13536	1204
BAKKEN	10-2017	31	5262	5265	2461	16380	15586	294
BAKKEN	9-2017	30	5135	5142	2371	16276	14838	957
BAKKEN	8-2017	31	5564	5570	2537	16777	4935	11342
BAKKEN	7-2017	31	5798	5805	2632	16285	3446	12339
BAKKEN	6-2017	30	5736	5738	2598	14915	4428	10003
BAKKEN	5-2017	31	6351	6352	2823	18155	17634	21
BAKKEN	4-2017	30	6467	6470	2897	14893	14371	40
BAKKEN	3-2017	31	6228	6352	3194	13486	12999	0
BAKKEN	2-2017	18	3483	3351	2331	7954	7672	0
BAKKEN	1-2017	26	6977	7000	2889	16487	15510	559
BAKKEN	12-2016	31	8169	8531	4515	15063	8221	6342
BAKKEN	11-2016	30	7359	7550	4879	12442	11905	53
BAKKEN	10-2016	27	2577	2743	6380	7291	2982	3894
BAKKEN	9-2016	30	6809	6144	3787	17076	15936	659
BAKKEN	8-2016	31	7941	7941	2974	21466	20386	592
BAKKEN	7-2016	31	8318	8318	2951	21243	20743	0
BAKKEN	6-2016	30	8063	8090	3060	18182	17698	0
BAKKEN	5-2016	29	7738	7694	3452	15271	14796	20
BAKKEN	4-2016	28	3356	3393	1815	5786	5318	48
BAKKEN	3-2016	31	7004	6997	3196	14406	13919	8
BAKKEN	2-2016	29	7253	7302	2821	18134	17672	0
BAKKEN	1-2016	31	10396	10396	3418	22480	21980	0
BAKKEN	12-2015	31	10987	10984	3514	22440	21940	0
BAKKEN	11-2015	30	10958	10957	3679	19846	18689	673
BAKKEN	10-2015	31	9290	9358	3567	16076	15490	103
BAKKEN	9-2015	30	10046	9956	3473	15676	14791	404
BAKKEN	8-2015	31	11579	11583	3739	16987	13111	3379
BAKKEN	7-2015	31	14599	14683	4265	19280	18601	181
BAKKEN	6-2015	30	15806	15802	5196	15828	15197	148
BAKKEN	5-2015	29	5299	5213	3225	4212	3545	169
BAKKEN	4-2015	30	4469	4759	2711	1019	147	385
BAKKEN	3-2015	31	4133	4187	2695	1102	359	233
BAKKEN	2-2015	28	4067	3967	2586	1318	655	206
BAKKEN	1-2015	16	5161	5061	1894	5796	0	5540
BAKKEN	12-2014	31	22797	23269	6381	28588	6465	21413
BAKKEN	11-2014	30	11862	11442	4407	14520	6593	7386
BAKKEN	10-2014	31	21921	21931	6240	29001	27889	0
BAKKEN	9-2014	30	24502	24409	6262	28547	15024	13043
BAKKEN	8-2014	31	25295	25403	7417	26063	15148	10770
BAKKEN	7-2014	31	31503	31508	8857	29639	17244	12241
BAKKEN	6-2014	30	33177	32937	12322	25531	15804	9581
BAKKEN	5-2014	20	18429	19273	7897	11682	7883	3719
BAKKEN	4-2014	28	42420	42399	12356	30911	15381	15397
BAKKEN	3-2014	31	52654	52985	17366	34797	12547	22100
BAKKEN	2-2014	28	53490	53277	20023	32869	10714	22017
BAKKEN	1-2014	29	59862	60004	26315	30552	2808	27608
BAKKEN	12-2013	14	20442	20565	10617	10110	0	10043
BAKKEN	11-2013	18	28285	27136	18468	14923	0	14835
BAKKEN	10-2013	9	4225	3806	0	45	0	0

For Newbies: Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 3 In The Bakken -- February 22, 2019

All information below pertains to the Bakken unless stated otherwise.

Information below is all personal opinion based on my "reading" of the tea leaves.

I wear "oily-covered glasses" when looking at Bakken data.

This is is posted only for conversational purposes. There will be typographical and factual errors. Do not make any investment, financial, job, travel, or relationship decisions based on what you read here or think you may have read here.

Wells yet to be drilled: 20,000 to 70,000

Time frame: 20 years to 50 years

It all depends on demand.

Tiers:

• Tier 1: locations in the Bakken that show increased activity when prices stay below $50
• Tier 2 locations move to Tier 1 locations: when WTI trends from $50 to $65
• Tier 3 locations move to Tier 1 locations when WTI trends toward $100

Trending now:

• 12 wells in 1280-acre drilling units in Tier 1 locations
• adding those overlapping 2560-acre units to capture "orphan" oil along section lines
• setback rules have been changed: we might see more re-entry drilling to extend existing laterals; if extended, the wells will be re-fracked; consider it a new well

Formations targeted:

• middle Bakken/Three Forks: about a 60/40 split, I suppose, a "wag"
• CLR is the "only" operator routinely testing the second bench of the Three Forks

Re-frack: "every well" drilled/completed before 2014, maybe 2016, will have to be re-fracked; they will be re-fracked based on many criteria, but Tier 1-2-3 will be a good starting point

Best metric to follow right now: "frack team / rig" ratio; I don't have that number for the Bakken

• in the Permian, it is being reported today that the "frack team / rig" spread is narrowing (increasing number of frack spreads / rigs holding steady or slowly increasing
• 500 rigs
• 150 frack spreads (for newbies: a "frack spread" is oil patch jargon for all the resources required to frack a well -- personnel; equipment; water; sand; ceramic; etc
• Permian frack spread / rig ratio: 30 percent
• Permian rig / frack spread: 3:1

Boom vs manufacturing stage:

• the Bakken is said to be in the manufacturing stage
• the Permian: still in the boom stage

For newbies: the best way to determine when a tight field/basin has transitioned from "boom" to "manufacturing": when pad drilling becomes the norm

• one is definitely in the manufacturing stage when mega-pads (at least 6 wells per pad) become the norm

The Permian:

Production at the Permian Basin, the largest shale play, is set to exceed 4 million barrels per day for the first time in March. As such, this shale play alone significantly exceeds the amounts produced by the United Arab Emirates, Brazil and Kuwait. Only five countries produce more oil than the Permian Basin, excluding the US.

A New Non-Operator In The Bakken? Lincoln Energy Partners -- February 22, 2019

In the March, 2019, hearing dockets, these two cases (not permits, but cases):

• 27406, Lincoln Energy Partners, Murphy Creek-Bakken, establish two 2560-acre units; 12 wells on each in 13/14/23/24-144-94; and, 3/4/9/10-143-94, Dunn County; see graphic below;
• 27407, Lincoln Energy Partners, Saxon-Bakken, establish a 2560-acre unit, 12 wells on 25/26/35/36-145-93; Dunn County; see graphic below;

Over at the NDIC site: Lincoln Energy Partners is/are not found.

Over at "Bakken Operators," Lincoln Energy Partners is/are not found.

Website for Lincoln Energy Partners.

• 852 N. Broadway, Suite 300, Denver, CO 80203
• non-operator
• landmen
• prior to recent foray into the Bakken, it appears they were concentrated on the :
• DJ Basin Niobraraand Codell
• Powder River Basin
• the Bakken not yet mentioned (February 22, 2019)

For newbies: a great example of a non-operator in the Bakken is NOG, also found over at the "Bakken Operators" page, linked above.

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The Graphics

The three 2560-acre spacing units noted in cases #27406 and #27407 above. Note that in all three cases there are no producing Bakken wells. There are no Bakken leases being held by production. This should be a very, very good area.

March, 2019, Hearing Dockets Have Been Posted

NDIC posts the hearing dockets here.

Dockets are tracked here. 

The usual disclaimer applies. As usual this is done very quickly and using shorthand for my benefit. There will be factual and typographical errors on this page. Do not quote me on any of this. It's for my personal use to help me better understand the Bakken. Do not read it. If you do happen to read it, do not make any investment, financial, job, relationship, or travel plans based on anything you read here or think you may have read here. If this stuff is important to you, and I doubt that it is, but if it is, go to the source.

For now, these are the cases that caught my attention. I will come back to this page to complete it later. 

Wednesday, March 20, 2019 -- eight pages (on the low side)

27360, NDIC, MRO, Reunion Bay-Bakken; appropriate spacing for a 2560-acre unit; McKenzie, Mountrail
27361, Hess, Tioga-Bakken, establish four stand-up 1280-acre units (5/8; 6/7; 17/20; and 18/19-158-94); 12 wells in each; 48 wells total; Mountrail
27362, Hess, Beaver Lodge-Bakken; establish an overlapping 2560-acre unit; one well; Williams County
27363, Hess, Beaver Lodge-Bakken; establish an overlapping 2560-acre unit; one well; Williams;
27364, Petro Harvester, flaring,
27365, Petro Harvester, flaring,
27366, Petro Harvester, flaring,
27367, Petro Harvester, flaring
27368, Hess, Tioga-Bakken, 12 wells on a 1280-acre unit; 14/23-158-95; Williams
27369, Hess, Beaver Lodge-Bakken, 11 wells on a 1280-acre unit, 14/15-156-95; Williams
27370, Hess, Beaver Lodge-Bakken,  7 wells on a 1280-acre unit, 12/13-155-96, Williams
27371, Hess, Capa-Bakken, 10 wells on a 1280-acre unit, 24/25-155-95; Williams
27372, Hess, Alkali Creek-Bakken, 11 wells on an overlapping 2560-acre unit, 5/6/7/8-154-94; Mountrail
27373, Hess, Alkali Creek-Bakken, 6 wells on a 1280-acre unit, 5/8-154-94, Mountrail
27374, Hess, Alkali Creek-Bakken, 6 wells on a 1280-acre unit, 6/7-154-94; Mountrail
27375, Hess, Beaver Lodge-Bakken, pooling,
27376, Hess, Beaver Lodge-Bakken, pooling,
27377, Hess, commingling,
27377, Hess, commingling,
27378, Hess, commingling,
27379, Hess, commingling,
27380, Hess, commingling,
27381, Hess, commingling,
27382, Hess, commingling,
27383, Hess, commingling,
27384, Hess, commingling,
27385, Hess, commingling,
27386, Hess, commingling,
27387, Hess, commingling,
27388, Hess, commingling,
27389, Hess, commingling,
27390, Hess, commingling,
27391, Bruin E&P, pooling,
27392, Hydra Services, SWD
27393, Whiting, Sanish-Bakken, 11 wells on a 1280-acre unit, 2/3-152-93, Mountrail
27394, Whiting, commingling,
27395, Whiting, commingling,
27396, Whiting, commingling,
27397, Oasis, SWD,

Thursday, March 21, 2019 -- 12 pages (about average)

27398, NDIC, consider termination of the Tracy Mountain-Tyler unit, Billings County, operated by Southwestern Production Corp, Billings County;
27399, Denbury Onshore, temporary spacing for and oil and/or gas pool discovered by Denbury straddling the ND-Montana state line in the southwest corner of North Dakota; Bowman County, ND; Fallon County, MT
27400, Iron Oil Operating, Boxcar Butte-Bakken; establish an overlapping 1280-acre unit ; 21/22-148-102; multiple wells; establish an overlapping 1920-acre unit, 3/10/15-148-102, multiople wells; establish another 1920-acre unit, 4/9/16-148-102; McKenzie County
27401, Iron Oil Operating, South Boxcar-Bakken, extend field boundaries; establish a 1280-acre unit; multiple wells on 28/33-148-102; McKenzie
27402, Iron Oil Operating, Little Tank-Bakken, establish a 1280-acre unit; multiple wells on 23/24-148-102; establish two overlapping 1920-acre units; multiple wells on 1/12/13-148-102; and, 2/11/14-148-102; McKenzie
27403, RimRock Oil & Gas, Moccasin Creek-Bakken, Dunn County:

i) establish an overlapping 640-acre spacing unit, section 34-148-93, one well on/near the center line of section 34, between the two existing 320-acre standup spacing units of the proposed overlapping 640-acre unit;
ii) establish an overlapping 1280-acre unit, sections 33/34-148-93, or in the alternative, establish an overlapping 640-acre unit, E/2 of section 33 and W/2 of section 34-148-93, one well
iii)  establish an overlapping 1920-acre unit, 35-149-93; 2/11-147-93, six horizontal wells;
iv) establish an overlapping 3840-acre unit, 35/36-148-93, W/2 of 1/12, and E/2 of 2/11-147-93, two horizontal wells, or alternative to this is also presented (see source)

27404, RimRock Oil & Gas, Heart Butte-Bakken, Dunn County:

i) establish an overlapping 1280-acre spacing unit comprised of 13-149-93; and 18-149-92, one well;
ii) establish an overlapping 1280-acre unit, 21/22-149-92, two wells; alternative presented, see source
iii) establish an overlapping 1280-acre unit, 27/28-149-92, two wells;

27405, RimROck Oil &Gas; Twin Buttes-Bakken; establish an overlapping 1280-acre unit, 14/23-147-92; one well; Dunn County
27406, Lincoln Energy Partners, Murphy Creek-Bakken, establish two 2560-acre units; 12 wells on each in 13/14/23/24-144-94; and, 3/4/9/10-143-94, Dunn County
27407, Lincoln Energy Partners, Saxon-Bakken, establish a 2560-acre unit, 12 wells on 25/26/35/36-145-93; Dunn County
27408, Equinor, Stony Creek-Bakken, establish an overlapping 2560-acre unit; 35/36-155-100, and 1/2-154-100, one well; Williams County
27409, SHD Oil & Gas, Deep Water Creek Bay-Bakken, establish i) two overlapping 960-acre units, N/2 of sections 22/23/24 and the S/2 of sections 22/23/24-150-92, five wells; ii) one well on a existing 1920-acre unit, 22/23/24-150-91; and, iii) an overlapping 2560-acre unit, 15/16/17/18-150-91, seven wells, McLean and Cunn counties
27410, SHD Oil & Gas, Van Hook-Bakken, i) establish an overlapping 640-acre unit, S/2 of sections 19/20-150-91, three wells; ii) establish an overlapping 960-acre unit, N/2 of sections 19/20/21-150-91, three wells; iii) establish an overlapping 1280-acre unit, 19/20-150-91, one well; iv) establish an overlapping 1920-acre unit, S/2 of sections 16/17/18 and N/2 of secton 19/20/21-150-91, one well; and, v) termination of a 3520-acre unit in Van Hook-Bakken; McLean, Dunn Conties
27411, CLR, Last Chance-Bakken, establish an overlapping 2560-acre unit, 27/28/33/34-154-100 and establish an overlapping 3840-acre unit, 4/5/6/7/8/9-153-100, two wells; Williams, McKenzie County
27412, CLR, Catwalk-Bakken, establish an overlapping 2560-acre unit, 28/29/32/33-154-100; two wells; Williams
27413, NDIC, suspend/revoke several permits issued to PetroShale, Dunn County
27414, RimRock, pooling, Mandaree-Bakken,
27415, RimRock, pooling, Mandaree-Bakken,
27416, RimRock, pooling, Mandaree-Bakken,
27417, Crescent Point Energy, pooling, Lone Tree Lake-Bakken,
27418, Crescent Point Energy, pooling, Lone Tree Lake-Bakken,
27419, Crescent Point Energy, pooling, Lone Tree Lake-Bakken,
27420, Crescent Point Energy, pooling, Lone Tree Lake-Bakken,
27421, WPX, pooling, Antelope-Sanish,
27422, WPX, pooling, Spotted Horn-Bakken,
27423, WPX, pooling, Mandaree-Bakken,
27424, CLR, pooling, Last Chance-Bakken,
27425, CLR, pooling, Catwalk and/or Last Chance-Bakken
27426, CLR, pooling, Last Chance-Bakken,
27427, CLR, pooling, Oakdale-Bakken,
27428, Nine Point Energy, pooling, Squires-Bakken,
27429, Nine Point Energy, pooling, Squires-Bakken,
27430, Iron Oil Operating, North Branch-Bakken, multiple wells on each of two existing 1280-acre units, 25/36-148-102; and 26/35-148-102; McKenzie County
27431, Iron Oil Operating, South Boxcar-Bakken, multiple wells on an existing 1280-acre unit, 27/34-148-102; McKenzie County
27432, Newfield, Siverston-Bakken, 14 wells on an existing 1280-acre unit; 6/7-150-98; two wells on existing overlapping 2560-acre unit, 17/18/19/20-150-98; McKenzie
27433, Slawson, Big Bend, four wells on an existing 640-acre unit, 36-152-93; Mountrail
27434, SWD,
27435, SWD,
27436, SWD,
27437, SWD,
27438, SWD,

February 22, 2019, T+51 -- Charlie Pride Tonight

Updates

February 25, 2019: in the original post, I asked about the relationship between Charlie Pride and Montana. Two readers responded.

First note I received:

Charley Pride was a client of the --- firm I was with in Montana. He came to Montana playing semi-pro baseball and stayed to work in the aluminum smelter near Helena.

While doing that, he started playing country music and quickly became a hit on the bar circuit around Montana. His tenure in Montana was over by the time I joined the firm in 1968. However, [Charlie Pride still kept his relationship with the firm]. I always found it ironic that the [individual] in charge of his work was a classical musician as an avocation.

I think I mentioned to you that I was playing in a band in Glasgow, Montana, while I was getting my practice going. This would have been the 1962 to 1968 period. I remember stories of a great black country singer that often came to nearby Malta to play at a bar there. You can only imagine what a novelty that was at the time.

In the meantime, he had moved on to Nashville and began recording. Of course, when he hit the big time in the mid-60s, everyone remembered seeing him play “up close and personal in the good old days”. Kind of like everyone on Montana seems to have been at the Red Lion Inn in Missoula to see Jimmy Buffett play during the month he was there before he hit the big time. Anyway, that’s my recollection of Charley’s Montana connection. Great singer.

Second note I received:

Charlie Pride played minor league baseball in Helena, MT, for LA Dodgers. Saw him sing the national anthem in Helena a few years ago for a Carroll College football game.

Original Post

First things first: Charlie Pride documentary on PBS tonight, 8:00 p.m. Central Time, I believe, but check your local listings. Quick: how is Charlie Pride "connected" to Montana? I've probably seen Charlie Pride in concert more times than any other performer. The best concert ever for me? Charlie Rich. Long story. Liberace a close second. 


Is Anyone Goin' To San Antone? Charlie Pride
First things first: brewery to expand in Williston -- 

More than three years after Williams County opened a new building for its highway department, the owners of a Glasgow, Montana, brewery have made an offer to buy the old building. The Williams County Commission unanimously accepted a $700,000 bid from Ben and Connie Boreson, who own Busted Knuckle Brewery in Glasgow.

Williston: Boot Barn will open in the former Sears site. Sears has re-opened in the former Aaron's, a branch of NAPA Auto Parts. Aaron's is moving into the former Budget Home Furnishings building.

Shut off the lights on the way out: FT is quotes a hedge fund forecasting the demise of coal in Europe within three years. Hold that thought. We'll check back in 2025.

Surfeit of riches. For North Dakota, it simply doesn't quit. North Dakota overtakes Texas as the top lignite producer in 2018. Link here. So, #1 in certain grain products; #1 in honey; #1 in ICBMs (not sure if that still holds); #1 in lignite; #1 in common sense (at least in the western half of the state).

Spoiler alert: two bits, four bits, six bits, a dollar, everyone for reparations, stand up and holler. Pocahontas and Kamala Harris have both signed on. This is a deal killer. Even Barack Obama knew that. It's only slightly worse than telling coal country that "a lot of coal miners will be out of work when I'm elected president." Regardless of whether it's morally right or wrong, here are the demographics: African-Americans in the US: 15%, with projections to 18% in 2060. Hispanics in the US: 18% in 2016. Remember: all politics is local.

Of the 10 states with the largest Hispanic population, Georgia's Hispanic population has more than doubled since 2000.

California: African-American, around 6%; Latino, around 38% and growing;

They track everything: AOC -- "Occasional-Cortex" to the rest of us. But AOC: Amazon online customer.

Scott Adams asked this blogger to provide the five best arguments against AGW.

Coral reefs in west Hawaii are poised for recovery. Another "polar bear" story/study, I guess.

Three Wells Coming Off Confidential List Today; Nova Scotia, New Brunswick With No Indigenous Gas Supplies -- February 22, 2019

Making America great: Permian frack scene is going to get busier -- Rigzone --

• Permian recently gained four frack spreads; now at 147
• total number of frack spreads in the US: 452, up 11 week-over-week
• frack spread is diverging from the rig count
• [rig counts don't matter]
• reported yesterday -- EIA expects Permian production to hit 4 million bopd
• at 4 million bopd, more than four times the volume of daily output in 2017
• almost equal the amount of crude oil the US is now exporting -- 3.7 million bopd

Keeping America great: global gas demand to grwo by 10 percent through 2030 -- Rigzone --

• just ten percent growth will "require massive amounts of investment" -- Equinor
• even if faux environmentalists enact "the two-degree climate target" projections for gas demand growth won't change much 

BP annual outlook: released. 

Whoo-hoo! Baby's got shoes! SRE increases dividend by 8.1%. Wow. From 89.5 cents/share to 96.75 cents/share. Forward yield: 3.29%. Better than what the German banks are paying.

And there's more: Enbridge has started service on Crossing Pipeline -- data points:

• 165-mile pipeline
• natural gas from Agua Dulce (sweet water) hub near Corpus Christi, TX, to folks on the south side of the Mexican border
• $1.5 billion pipeline
• 2.6 billion cfd of natural gas (40,000 boepd)
• joint venture, TransCanada, Sempra Energy, completed the Sur de Texas-Tuxpan Pipeline earlier this month (February, 2019)

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Back to the Bakken

Wells coming off confidential list today -- Friday, February 22, 2019: 90 wells for the month; 193 wells for the quarter

• 33204, SI/NC, Petroshale, Petroshale US 13H, Antelope-Sanish;
• 30539, SI/NC, Slawson, Badger 1 SLH, Big Bend,
• 22747, SI/NC, Enerplus, Arnica 149-93-21B-22H TF, Mandaree,

Active rigs:

$57.69	2/22/2019	02/22/2018	02/22/2017	02/22/2016	02/22/2015
Active Rigs	66	56	43	39	127

RBN Energy: last resort -- Canada's east coast Sable natural gas production is no more. Part 1. Archived.

After 19 years of natural gas production from the waters off the Canadian Maritime provinces, ExxonMobil, operator of the Sable Offshore Energy Project, shut down production there effective January 1, 2019. Though the closure had been announced well in advance, the end of SOEP output has left the two natural gas-consuming provinces in the region, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, without any indigenous gas supplies. It’s also made them fully reliant on either pipeline gas from the U.S. Northeast or imported volumes of LNG into the Canaport Energy terminal in New Brunswick. Will the shutdown put even more stress on the already overtaxed gas pipeline system in New England? And will it spur increased flows of Western Canadian gas into northern New England and the Maritimes? Today, in Part 1 of this blog series, we begin an examination of the potential impacts of SOEP’s demise on New England and Eastern Canadian gas markets.