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

Active rigs: 

$46.02	11/25/2020	11/25/2019	11/25/2018	11/25/2017	11/25/2016
Active Rigs	14	57	62	53	37

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,

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	9-2020	30	9823	9774	20605	9355	9326	0
BAKKEN	8-2020	11	4300	4269	7789	4208	4194	0
BAKKEN	7-2020	0	0	86	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	6-2020	16	14485	14455	19600	17332	17293	0
BAKKEN	5-2020	7	9773	9717	13083	14150	14115	0

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.