Kraken Permits -- For Calendar Year 2020 -- As Of Mid-November 2020 -- November 14, 2020

Note: in a long note like this, there will be content and typographical errors. If this is important to you, go to the source. 

A reader noted that Kraken had no active rigs in North Dakota.

I replied with this bit of good news. Kraken has a number of new permits in 2020.

January 14, 2020	37340	L	Kraken	Littlefoot LW 25-36 2TFH	MNT	Sanish
January 14, 2020	37341	L	Kraken	Bigfoot LS 23-22 2TFH	MNT	Sanish
January 14, 2020	37342	L	Kraken	Littlefoot LW 25-36 1H	MNT	Sanish
January 14, 2020	37343	L	Kraken	Bigfoot LS 23-22 8H	MNT	Sanish
January 14, 2020	37344	L	Kraken	Bigfoot 23-11 6TFH	MNT	Sanish
January 14, 2020	37345	L	Kraken	Bigfoot 23-11 5H	MNT	Sanish
February 5, 2020	37360	L	Kraken	Wallace 7-6 5H	WMS	Oliver
February 5, 2020	37361	L	Kraken	Wallace 7-6 4H	WMS	Oliver
February 5, 2020	37362	L	Kraken	Wallace 7-6 3H	WMS	Oliver
February 5, 2020	37363	L	Kraken	Wallace 7-6 1H	WMS	Oliver
February 26, 2020	37414	L	Kraken	Redfield Central 24-13 2H	WMS	Lone Tree Lake
February 28, 2020	37443	L	Kraken	Redfield Central LW 24-13 1H	WMS	Lone Tree Lake
March 12, 2020	37441	L	Kraken	Cass 9-4 5H	WMS	Oliver
March 12, 2020	37442	L	Kraken	Cass 9-4 4H	WMS	Oliver
March 12, 2020	37443	L	Kraken	Cass LW 9-4 1H	WMS	Oliver
March 12, 2020	37444	L	Kraken	King 8-5 4H	WMS	Oliver
March 12, 2020	37445	L	Kraken	King 8-5 3H	WMS	Oliver
May 13, 2020	37572	L	Kraken	Raymond 21-16 2H	WMS	Oliver
May 13, 2020	37573	L	Kraken	Raymond LW 21-16 1H	WMS	Oliver
May 13, 2020	37574	L	Kraken	Fairbanks 20-17 6H	WMS	Oliver
August 26, 2020	37807	L	Kraken	Raymond 16-21 3H	WMS	Oliver
August 26, 2020	37808	L	Kraken	Raymond 16-21 4H	WMS	Oliver
August 26, 2020	37809	L	Kraken	Raymond LE 16-21 1H	WMS	Oliver
August 26, 2020	37810	L	Kraken	Washburne 15-22 7H	WMS	Oliver

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The Literature Page 

Noam Chomsky.

From Steven Pinker's 1994, The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language. This has always been one of my top-shelf books but now that I am experiencing first grade all over again with Sophia and coincidentally and simultaneously learning Spanish with her, the book becomes interesting again.

"Noah Chomsky is currently among the ten most-cited writers in all of the humanities (beating out Hegel and Cicero and trailing only Marx, Lenin, Shakespeare, the Bible, Aristotle, Plato, and Freud) and the only living member of the top ten." -- page 23.

If one were to give full credit where credit is/was due, there were no less than four or five writers for "the Bible."

It's, of course, disconcerting and concerning that Marx and Lenin are in the top ten list. 

Note who is not on the list: Homer. Oh. My. Goodness. And then that reminds me of James Joyce. 

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The Movie Page

I happened to catch a godawful film, Berserk, last night on TCM. For reasons unexplained I watched this movie to its end. The star of the movie was Joan Crawford -- yes, that Joan Crawford -- and it was her penultimate film. 

What caught my eye was a very obvious Pepsi-Cola product placement: a teenage girl at the circus drinking Pepsi out of a can. It was so obvious it could not be missed. After the end of the movie, the presenter, or host, Ben Mankiewicz explained that Joan Crawford's fourth and last husband, Alfred Steele, had been the CEO of Pepsi-Cola until his death. 

From wiki:

He graduated from Northwestern University in 1923, where he played football, and became an ad executive. He first worked for The Coca-Cola Company, as vice president of marketing. 

He became the CEO of the Pepsi-Cola Company in 1949. Under his management, sales tripled between 1955 and 1957. He reduced the sugar content of Pepsi products and introduced them to developing countries. He worked for Pepsi until his death from a heart attack in April 1959. 

He was the fourth and last husband of actress Joan Crawford (married May 10, 1955, in Las Vegas). 

Herbert L. Barnet, Steele's handpicked successor as chairman and CEO, appointed her to the Board of Directors. 

In Joan Crawford's later career, product placement for Pepsi can be seen in several films, including Strait-Jacket (1964) and Berserk! (1967). 

Crawford would remain on the Board of Directors of the Pepsi-Cola Company until her forced retirement in 1973. The two had their ashes interred in a crypt together upon Crawford's death in 1977. They are interred in Ferncliff Cemetery in Hartsdale, New York. 

His crypt marker incorrectly lists his middle initial as "M" for no explained reason.

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College Football

With most college football games of any note canceled (or postponed) today because of Chinese flu, we are pretty much forced to watch a 1-4 team (Baylor) play a 2-5 team (Texas Tech). Wow, it's going to be a long, long winter.

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Out And About

I've never seen Target so busy ... at least not since last Christmas. Wow, it was busy. On the way home, I stopped by our local Lego mini-figures and bricks store and bought a great winter-scene set. The set is not yet retired but on-line it is sold out.

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A Musical Interlude

Tennessee Flat Top Box, Rosanne Cash

The Enerplus Pads

I'm sure I've missed a bunch, but this is a good start.
 

Brown Bear Wells (Enerplus, Ellisville / Lone Tree Lake)

Bush Wells (Enerplus, Mandaree)

Butterfly/Tortoise/Turtle Pads (Enerplus, Antelope-Sanish) -- incredibly good wells

Cactus Pad (Enerplus, Heart Butte) 

Cat Wells (Enerplus, Mandaree and Moccasin Creek oil fields)

"Cloudy" Wells (ERF, Eagle Nest)

Courage, Honor, Pride, Grace Wells (Enerplus, Spotted Horn)

Daffy Duck Pad (Enerplus, McGregory oil field)

Fox Pad (Enerplus, Mandaree oil field)

Game Fish Pad (Enerplus, Squaw Creek) 

Gemstone Pad (Enerplus, Eagle Nest)

Geo Features (Enerplus, Antelope)

Greek Gods (Enerplus, Mandaree) 

Hearty Breakfast (Enerplus, Antelope)

Heavy Metal Pad #l (Enerplus, Moccasin Creek)

Heavy Metal Pad #2 (Enerplus, Moccasin Creek)

Igneous Rock Pad (Enerplus, Moccasin Creek)

Lizard Pad (Enerplus, Antelope oil field)

Metamorphic Rock Pad (Enerplus, Moccasin Creek) 

Mountain Peaks (Enerplus, Eagle Nest)

National Parks Pad (Enerplus, Eagle Nest)

Owl Pad (Enerplus, McGregory Buttes/Moccasin Creek)

Patriot Pad (Enerplus, Spotted Horn)

Pepper Pad (Enerplus, McGregory Buttes)

Pitcher's Pad/Tennis Pad (Enerplus, Heart Butte, Dunn County) -- see first comment.

Precipitation Pad (Enerplus, Mandaree)

Quilt Pad (Enerplus, Mandaree)

Snake Pad (Enerplus, Antelope)

Spider Pad (Enerplus, Heart Butte)

Storm Pad (Enerplus, Mandaree)

String Instrument Pad (Enerplus, Mandaree oil field)  

Tailor Pad (Enerplus, Mandaree)

Tennis Pad (Enerplus, Heart Butte)

Tortoise/Turtle/Butterfly Pads (Enerplus, Antelope-Sanish) -- incredibly good wells

Warrior Pad (Enerplus, Spotted Honor, huge wells) 

Whale Wells (Eneplus, McGregory Buttes)

Wild Flower Pad (Enerplus, Mandaree oil field)

Wild Kingdom Pad (Enerplus, multiple adjoining fields) 

Winter Fur Pad (Enerplus, Antelope-Sanish)

Closer Look At Another Great Hess Well -- Still On Confidential List -- November 14, 2020

The well:

• 36381, conf, Hess, EN-Enger-156-94-1423H-5, API: 33-061-04470, Big Butte, first month, 42K bbls; recent production:

Date	Oil Runs	MCF Sold
9-2020	110	0
8-2020	16727	14947
7-2020	42123	11059

FracFocus: fracked 5/14/20 - 5/23/20; 7.9 million gallons of water; typical Hess frack in the Bakken; 86.3% water by mass;

This well is not in a particularly active area in the Bakken. There are seven locations on this pad:

• one producing (#36382)
• four confidential;
• two permits (LOC) only;
• Active well:
• 36382, drl/A, Hess, EN-Person-LE-156-94-1102H-1, Big Butte, t--; cum 84K 9/20;
  

  Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
  BAKKEN	9-2020	30	23328	23255	7260	32078	30906	1172
  BAKKEN	8-2020	31	19252	19262	12172	25216	16632	8584
  BAKKEN	7-2020	28	36816	36798	4533	80228	21621	58607
  BAKKEN	6-2020	23	4142	4023	568	1291	338	953

Nearest wells in that area:

• 20669, IA/601, Hess, EN-Person-156-94-1102H-2, Big Butte, t1/12; cum 205K 4/20; remains off line 9/20;

• 24713, IA/637, Hess, EN-Hein S 156-94-1201H-5, Big Butte, t7/13; cum 158K 4/20; F; remains off line 9/20; note: this well is still said to be flowing without a pump, completed back in 2013;
  

Why I Love To Blog -- Reason #4658 -- November 14, 2020

Late  yesterday I posted a note about which I had second doubts, whether I should post it. Against my better judgment, I left it up overnight. I'm glad I did.

The post in question, link here, was about investing in 2021. I thought I might be a bit inappropriately exuberant.

But then this, overnight, over at Twitter, this graphic:

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The Lego Page

Just released and already out of stock. 

Link here. 

Week 46: November 8, 2020 -- November 14, 2020

Top story of the week:

• White Castle will break ground on a huge new restaurant in Florida; 
  
• Saudi Arabia says current revenue won't meet obligations; Saudi with staggering losses;
• EIA: largest US natural gas storage draw on record; October's gas inventory build is smallest on record;

Most under-reported energy story last week:

• Natural gas inventories dip;

International non-energy story of the week:

International energy story of the week:

• Mexico will grant SRE a conditional export permit (spoiler alert: Mexico needs the cash);

National non-energy story of the week:

• S&P 500 jumps to record despite headwinds;
• College football season in shambles; NFL ratings crash; and, here; and, here;

National energy story of the week:

• US implied oil demand at highest level since March, 2020;
• Natural gas storage drops into five-year historical range;
• Chariots on fire: GM recalls 69,000 Bolts;
• Operators starting to shut down refineries;
• Shell to shut down Louisiana refinery;
• Calcasieu Pass LNG export terminal on track; also, here;
• Resurgence of natural gas; moving more quickly than predicted (?);

North Dakota non-energy story of the week:

• Overnight, ND governor imposes strict Chinese flu restrictions: masks, restaurants/bars early closing;
• Williston Mayor Howard Klug issues mask order;

North Dakota energy story of the week:

• Twenty-five permits renewed on one day;

Geoff Simon's top North Dakota energy stories:

• New runway at Williston International Airport complete: link here;
• 4,500-foot crosswind landing strip; will allow smaller aircraft to land into the wind
• makes for safer landing operations
• Fort Berthold oil at risk under Biden;
• Future of DAPL uncertain under Biden;
• Xcel Energy files rate increase to recoup $1 billion wind investment
• Plans to spend Legacy Fund money
• Heidi Heitkamp a candidate for a cabinet post under Biden
• Environmentalists want Americans to live like Third World: with intermittent electricity;

Operators:

• Oasis: court approves pre-packaged restructuring program;
• Enerplus: permits for six wells on its "Hearty Breakfast" pad;
  

Operations:

• Hess reports a great Spring Creek well in Cherry Creek;
• An old MRO Quale well with great production;
• Update on a remarkable Hess well in Blue Buttes;
• Hess with a great well in Big Butte;
• Closer look at a Hess SC-5WX well;

Fracking:

• EID response to New York Times hit piece;
  

Commentary:

• NDIC daily activity report with significant errors in end-of-week report;
• Operators way overpaid for the Permian;
• Global preference: WTI Midland, Bakken; and, here;
• Tectonic changes in oil and gas industry in 2021;
• EID response to New York Times hit piece;