The wells look great, the water-cut is high. It looks like the new
normal will have to be piping waste water directly to SWD wells to save
on operation costs.
It is also very impressive that they are getting well costs into the $4.3 to 5.0 million cost range.
I
think the next step change will be someone thinking outside the box,
larger well bores (circumference). The two latest things I have heard
is a change in chemicals in the frac mix, and real time use of data.
Anyways,
If the costs get much lower then many second and third tier resources
will one day be first tier resources. Let the good times roll.
Original Post
Two wells came off the confidential list (actually came off earlier, reported today):
36198, SI/NC, MRO, Parmeter 14-21H, Murphy Creek, producing, t--; cum 83K over 4.5 months;
36617, SI/NC, MRO, Easton 44-20H, Murphy Creek, producing, t--; cum 77K over 4.4 months;
Parmeter, API: 33-025-03738, fracked 7/28/19 - 8/9/19, 7.7 million gallons water; 90.65% water by mass:
Pool
Date
Days
BBLS Oil
Runs
BBLS Water
MCF Prod
MCF Sold
Vent/Flare
BAKKEN
12-2019
31
16614
16553
38506
14109
9762
3134
BAKKEN
11-2019
30
18617
18469
43144
15695
12279
2077
BAKKEN
10-2019
30
17398
17368
51313
13321
1194
10899
BAKKEN
9-2019
30
17106
17237
49562
13737
0
12513
BAKKEN
8-2019
14
13531
13268
44364
7112
0
6197
Easton, API: 33-025-03849, fracked 7/28/19 - 8/9/19, 6.5 million gallons water; 89.1% water by mass:
Pool
Date
Days
BBLS Oil
Runs
BBLS Water
MCF Prod
MCF Sold
Vent/Flare
BAKKEN
12-2019
31
13110
13093
23987
12182
8503
2709
BAKKEN
11-2019
30
16521
16399
32861
13409
10509
1718
BAKKEN
10-2019
30
16555
16553
39147
13166
1171
10822
BAKKEN
9-2019
28
19627
19993
48846
12699
0
11322
BAKKEN
8-2019
11
11176
10658
31152
5059
0
4307
Both neighboring wells are back on status:
17499, 128, MRO, Charchenko 14-21H, Murphy Creek, t2/09; cum 213K 12/19; production since coming back on line not particularly encouraging;
17468, 878, MRO, Hendricks 34-20H, Murphy Creek, t7/11; cum 196K 12/19; huge jump in production after returning to production:
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Three major indices shine today (I could be wrong on some of this; news moving too quickly, but it's close):
Dow: up 114 points; no new record (think Boeing)
NASDAQ:16th new all-time high this year -- I think that's what I heard;
S & P 500: new all-time high; three consecutive days, though yesterday was very, very close;
total deaths, change in daily deaths, day-over-day: at 39%
after three days of 0% and negative changes as deep as 26%, we now have a big jump in daily deaths, day-over-day;
having said that, the raw numbers are still relatively low
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The Debates
I never watch political debates. I might tune in at the beginning to just see the spectacle, but I don't hang around long enough to actually hear a question in its entirety or an answer in its entirety.
Tonight, I tuned in to see the candidates walk on stage, and listen intermittently to the first-question sequence. I had dropped Olivia off at soccer practice and was watching on Spectrum TV on the laptop in McDonald's. I saw part of one short response from Mike Bloomberg. I then moved on to something else.
But, having just seen that one segment, my thought: Bloomberg did very, very poorly.
After bringing Olivia home, I rushed home to see cable network analysis, and check out the voting on Drudge. Interestingly, the first thing I heard: a) Bloomberg really did very, very badly; and, b) Biden did surprisingly well.
I didn't hear a thing from Biden (or most of the others) so I can't comment on them, but Bloomberg seemed awful. And that's what cable network talking heads said.
We'll know more tomorrow.
Other notes:
Bernie and Bloomberg are the same age: 78 years old (I did not know that);
Bernie said he won't release his medical records (I just heard that earlier today);
Both have history of "heart attacks," apparently. We all knew about Sanders'. I was not aware of Bloomberg's.
Both have stents placed. Sanders suggested both have "two stents" placed. (I certainly did not know that).
February 6, 2020: Crescent Dunes, $737-million-backed by the federal government; solar company in Nevada declares bankruptcy. Link here.
Solyndra: $535 million. Crescent Dunes lost its only customer; suffered
a catastrophic technology failure -- can't even produce any
electricity.
And even earlier, from the Las Vegas Review Journal (I don't expect this to come up during tonight's debate):
Do readers remember the Crescent Dunes solar power plant in Tonopah? The project commenced some 10 years ago and was financed in part with a $737 million federal loan guarantee.
Nevada Energy fully supported the project, promising to buy power at a rate almost six times as high as the market at the time. At the same time, the company was destroying Nevada’s residential solar businesses by pushing through a measure to reduce the “buyback” of energy generated by households to less than one-sixth of the going rate.
How is the Crescent Dunes doing? It ceased operations in April. The three-quarters of a billion dollars of federal guaranteed loans have been eaten by us taxpayers, and the Department of Energy is trying to decide what to do with this albatross.
The "boondoggle" served its purpose: slush fund for funneling money (political donations from CEO, board members) to political parties and candidates -- don't cry for me, Argentina).
Energy Secretary Steven Chu said
the department has completed a $737 million loan guarantee to Tonopah
Solar Energy for a 110 megawatt solar tower on federal land near
Tonopah, Nev., and a $337 million guarantee for Mesquite Solar 1 to
develop a 150 megawatt solar plant near Phoenix.
The two projects will create about 52 permanent jobs, Chu said.
I can't make this stuff up: more than $1 billion in guaranteed loans for 52 permanent jobs.
Part of the $800 billion stimulus program that President Obama now says is responsible for the Trump economy.
$737 million loan guarantee. 52 permanent jobs. Permanent if "permanent" is defined as less than a decade.
Wow, what a great day. Sense and sensibility returning to the market. Headline: NASDAQ has record open as cases of coronavirus slow down.
Tesla: anyone invested in the market should give a "shout-out" to Tesla and Elon Musk.
Without question, what is driving the market right now: FOMO (fear of missing out).
The economic numbers, the interest rates, the jobless numbers, US govt bonds, the headlines (global anxieties) have not changed over the past year -- what we see "today" we have been seeing for the past year, and yet the market is on a tear.
Even with coronavirus, the US market remains robust.
The only thing left to explain this market is FOMO.
And what is the poster child for FOMO? Tesla.
And it's "dragging" every other MAGA stock along (Microsoft, Apple, Google, and Amazon) and they in turn are "dragging" along all the rest.
There are a few hiccups, but even Boeing investors are in FOMO, and yet the writing on the wall suggests the 737 MAX debacle is far from over.
Spectrum television: I used to complain about the high cost of cable. And I still do. But, wow, what "bang for the buck." I have "Spectrum TV" wherever I have an internet connection and with wi-fi, awesome.
McDonald's gift card: I'm lovin' it. Morning coffee at Starbucks, as much as $7.50 if I get something to eat along with coffee; and refills, 50 cents. At McDonald's never more than $2.25 and that includes "senior coffee" at 69 cents with free refills. Plenty of seating at McDonald's; not so at Starbucks, any more. More homeless folks at our local Starbucks than at our local McDonald's.
Chicago. See this note, "doomsday chronicles: Chicago re-visited." The internet is wonderful. One can find the government data and do one's own comparison. I"m not convinced that Chicago is in as bad a shape as folks make it out to be over at sites such as Zero Hedge. Much of it is perception. More on that later.
Procreateapplication for the iPad. I've been talking about that recently. It is awesome. Sophia loves it and I just came up with a new use for it. Can't wait to try it out with Sophia. This is really, really "crude," not ready for prime time, but it gives one an idea of what one can do with Procreate:
In addition to being really, really cool, Sophia loves the Procreate app, so she will love doing arithmetic on it. And one can do a thousand "sheets" of arithmetic and she can do them whenever / wherever she wants, including during the drive to school. Yes, I know there are "arithmetic apps" out there, but she loves Procreate; might as well take advantage of it.
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Dividend announcements yesterday: BAX, unchanged; DVN, Devon Energy, increased to 11 cents; Genuine Parts, increased to 79 cents, paying over 3%; North American Tanker, increased to 7 cents, paying almost 9% (I lost a lot of money on this one some years ago; I wasn't paying attention);
Ex-div, link here: Exelon, paying 3.1%; increased div by 5.5%; Centerpoint, paying 4.3%, increased div by 0.9%; Microsoft, paying 1.1%.
Most presidents sign their pardons/commutations in the dead of night, just before they leave office, and no announcement. Trump: in the middle of the campaign season, on the tarmac, extemporaneously in answer to a reporter's question. Press can't get enough of him. Again, showed real compassion. The press did not report the pardons/commutations of (was it?) eleven women. He specifically asked for his team to find more women that needed to be considered. Of course, that seems sexist. Their families won't mind. These eleven women were completely unknown to 99.99% of Americans (and the press). No political gain for doing this; simply the right thing. Complete list here.
Bloomberg: African-American and Latino young males can't find jobs because they don't know how to apply; how to conform to the white man's workplace. And so it goes. He will lose Virginia on his gun stance. Wow, huge digression. Sorry.
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Okay, Back To Chicago
Link here for great graphic. Yes, it's from 2016, but these things don't change much over a couple of years and we'll show more recent data later. "Tax collections by state, per capita, state and local" ranking:
#1: New York and the only state in its "bracket"
#2: Connecticut
#3: New Jersey $4: North Dakota -- surprise, surprise, huh?
#5: Massachusetts
#6: Hawaii
#8: California
#11: Illinois
#29: Texas
#44: Arizona
#46: Florida
As promised, more recent figures. From 2018. But only the state tax revenue per capita. This list does not include local taxes -- see above. As noted, things don't change much, over a couple of years. In the list above, North Dakota ranked near the top (#4) with highest state/local taxes. In the 2018, ranking, North Dakota was #1 (the list includes DC, which I have removed):
#1: North Dakota -- yes, #1 once you remove DC from the list
#2: Hawaii
#3: Connecticut
#4: Vermont (#10 on the above list)
#5: Minnesota -- surprise, surprise -- both ND and MN rank above New York and Illinois;
#6: New York
#7: California
#9: Massachusetts
#10: New Jersey #21: Illinois: right in the middle of the pack;
#49: Texas -- removing local taxes, drops to the very bottom;
#40: Arizona
#44: South Dakota
#45: Florida
#50: South Carolina
This list also includes ranking by percent of income, and North Dakota still ranks #1 (with DC removed).
Comments:
annual income is a whole lot less in the midwest / fly-over / midcontinent than it is in the northeast, and yet Minnesota and North Dakota rank higher (worse) than New York, Massachusetts, California; and as far as I know, these lists are raw per capita data, not adjusted; if adjusted, I stand corrected;
so, if "things" are worse in northeast / New England, it has more to do with local taxes than state income tax; voters have more say in local taxes and state income taxes (and even less say in federal taxes)
many of those states with high state tax also have high property taxes
two states with no state income tax are said to have high property taxes but yet the state/local figures do not bear that out
for all that talk about Illinois, it seems once one drills down, it's not quite as bad as it appears; the real problem for Illinois is its location; Illinois, if located in the northeast / New England would fit right in, but it's located in a low-tax neighborhood: Indiana (#26); Ohio (#37). But at #21, Illinois is doing better than Wisconsin (#17) and Michigan (#22) -- again, I've removed DC from the rankings;
perception: like New York State, Illinois has another "geography" problem: there is Illinois, and, then, there is Chicago. Take out Chicago and Illinois as a whole would be in even better shape
for me, the bottom line is this: regardless of where "Illinois" is right now with regard to financial difficulties, the question is whether the voters are all that concerned; it's the local taxes that seem to be the big discriminator (compare the 2016 state/local list with the 2018 state list;
one could argue that Illinois is a most progressive state; willing to reward its state workers (teacher, firemen, police) with a better income in retirement than other states; and, oh by the way, almost all that retirement money is re-circulated within the economy; I doubt the majority of retirees are putting their money in savings;
and what's with North Dakota being #1 on the state list, and $4 on the state/local list; where is all that money going?
Montana: #28; #37
South Dakota: #44; #31
Disclaimer:
I do this quickly; typographical and content errors are likely
anyone can find any list of data to support their own biases
Personal note: I always thought North Dakota taxes were high.
I paid ND taxes when I was assigned to Grand Forks AFB, after I moved from California. Once in the military, if serving overseas, one can "choose" state of residence based on very, very "loose" criteria. I chose California as my state of residence: California was one state that had no state income tax for military members serving outside of California. I did everything I could to prevent re-assignment to California on my return to the states.
I have lived in/visited almost every state in the union (including Hawaii/Alaska) and I have never noted much difference in the quality of life in high-tax states vs low-tax states. In fact, Texas, a low-tax state has perhaps the best highway system in the country, its public schools are incredible; its state colleges and universities consistently rank high in the nation; retail and residential communities are first-rate. And generally, no shoveling snow in the winter.
Disclaimer: in a long note like this there will be typographical and content errors. I may have misread the graphics.
Saudi Arabia: in 2019, lower prices overall, and exports dropped 11%. Link here for most current Saudi Arabia foreign exchange reserves:
US crude oil imports: from all sources, a 13% drop year-over-year, November, in thousand bbls/month crude oil:
US crude oil imports: from Saudi Arabia (remember, SA has a huge refinery in the US): a 65% decrease, year-over-year, November, in thousands of bopd. To put this "352,000 bopd" in perspective, the Bakken is producing 1.5 million bopd and unfettered, the Bakken would produce upwards of 2.0 million bopd:
If I did the math correctly, the US imported about 8 million bopd in November, 2020. Of that 352,000 bopd came from Saudi Arabia. Most of it, I assume, was shipped to California.
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Back to the Bakken
Refining: Permian and Bakken refiner wants to be change agent. Link here, Rigzone.
The developer of two grassroots U.S. oil refineries reported late last week that it has formally completed and adopted a stringent program for identifying, evaluating and managing environmental and social risks tied to the projects.
Meridian Energy Group, Inc., which plans to build new refineries in the Bakken Shale formation and the Permian Basin, stated that its new Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP) aligns with the Equator Principles – a risk management framework embraced by 101 financial institutions in 38 countries.
Rig count: Rigzone reporting number of active rigs at 3-year low. Well, let's see, three years ago in the Bakken (2017): 40 rigs. Today: 56. Okay.
Active rigs:
$53.01
2/19/2020
02/19/2019
02/19/2018
02/19/2017
02/19/2016
Active Rigs
56
66
56
40
38
No wells coming off confidential list today, although two wells scheduled to report February 14, 2020, still haven't reported.
Natural gas supplies in Western Canada fell into a hole in 2019,
registering their first decline in a half-dozen years. That drop was led
by a supply pullback on TC Energy’s Nova Gas Transmission Limited
(NGTL) system, the largest gas pipeline network in the region, as
producers grappled with widespread pipeline maintenance, shrinking
budgets, and wellhead shut-ins due to ultra-low prices, especially
during the summer months. That supply hole is going to be fixed in the
months ahead, thanks to a major pipeline expansion — the North Montney
Mainline — that recently entered service with a direct connection into
the NGTL system. With this new pipeline tapping deeper into the vast
Montney formation in northeastern British Columbia, gas supplies are
showing signs of pushing higher, and more upside is expected in the
months ahead. Today, we examine the new pipe and what it means for gas
supplies on NGTL.
