Wednesday, November 25, 2020

Hess Reports A Nice Alkali Creek Well -- November 25, 2020

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One well coming off the confidential list today -- Wednesday, November 25: 27 for the month; 51 for the quarter, 716 for the year

  • 36535, drl/A, Hess, EN-Sorenson B-155-94-1526H-9, Alkali Creek,
PoolDateDaysBBLS OilRunsBBLS WaterMCF ProdMCF SoldVent/Flare
BAKKEN9-2020309823977420605935593260
BAKKEN8-202011430042697789420841940
BAKKEN7-202000860000
BAKKEN6-20201614485144551960017332172930
BAKKEN5-20207977397171308314150141150

RBN Energy: what it took to balance the natural gas market this fall. Archived.

You wouldn’t know it from the $2.50-plus/MMBtu Henry Hub prompt natural gas futures prices in the past couple of months, but the U.S. gas market this injection season just barely managed to avoid a complete meltdown. Despite gas production volumes trailing year-ago levels all summer long, it wasn’t until the last month or two of the traditional injection season (April through October) that the market tightened enough to escape a major storage crunch. In reality, it took the multi-pronged effects of production cutbacks — in part from hurricane-related disruptions — higher LNG and pipeline exports, and cooler fall weather, to make that happen. Today, we review the U.S. natural gas supply/demand balance and implications for 2021.

The Lower 48’s natural gas market has come a long way since the early days of summer. Less than six months ago, the prompt gas futures prices were scraping along 25-year lows just below $1.50/MMBtu, and the storage inventory was carrying a hefty 600-plus-Bcf surplus vs. last year that, if it lingered through fall, threatened to test the U.S. storage capacity limit. By the end of October, however, the traditional threshold between injection season and the winter withdrawal season, that surplus had been whittled down to less than 200 Bcf; the November prompt contract expired just shy of $3/MMBtu; and December futures stepped into prompt position at upwards of $3.30/MMBtu, which was the highest we’ve seen during October trading in six years. That bullishness has receded in November with the warmer-than-normal weather and rising storage surplus, but prices remain at a premium to year-ago levels.


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