Three Wells Coming Off Confidential List Today -- January 4, 2021

Active rigs:

$48.37	1/4/2021	01/04/2020	01/04/2019	01/04/2018	01/04/2017
Active Rigs	13	55	63	54	40

Three wells coming off the confidential list today --

Monday, January 4, 2021: 3 for the month, 3 for the quarter, 3 for the year.

• 36706, drl/A, Hess, BL-Amelia-156-95-1514H-8, Beaver Lodge, first production, 7/20, t--; cum 88K 11/20;

Sunday, January 3, 2021: 2 for the month, 2 for the quarter, 2 for the year.

• 36381, drl/A, Hess, EN-Enger-156-94-1423H-5, Big Butte, first production, 7/20; t--; cum 82K 11/20; see below

Saturday, January 2, 2021: one for the month, one for the quarter, one for the year.

• None.

Friday, January 1, 2021: one for the month, one for the quarter, one for the year.

• 36250, conf, Slawson, Osprey Federal 3-26-29H, Big Bend, no production data.

RBN Energy: the top ten RBN prognostications for 2021.

• US natural gas is now totally dependent on exports to balance supply and demand (10)
  
• US producers will now shut in wells to prevent a total price collapse (9)
  
• in crude oil markets, it's all about the Permian (8)
  
• midstreamers hanging on to minimum volume commitments "for dear life" (7)
  
• the big story: propane (6)
  
• low crude oil prices do not mean high natural gas price (5)
  
• ethane will see better days in 2021 (4)
  
• Houston will be the exporter of crude oil; stealing volume from Corpus Christie, others (3)
  
• hydrogen is the new momentum fuel (2)
  
• shale operators, in mature market phase, is now risk-averse (1)
  

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Big Butte -- It Certainly Is

The well:

• 36381, drl/A, Hess, EN-Enger-156-94-1423H-5, 33-061-04470, Big Butte, first production, 7/20; t--; cum 82K 11/20; initial production; 42,281 over 24 days extrapolates to 52,851 bbls crude oil over 30 days; fracked 5/14/20 - 5/23/20; 7.0 million gallons of water; 86% water by mass;
  

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	11-2020	30	11534	11520	16396	0	0	0
BAKKEN	10-2020	29	11302	11218	18329	7373	7294	79
BAKKEN	9-2020	0	0	110	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	8-2020	24	16679	16727	8913	22660	14947	7713
BAKKEN	7-2020	24	42281	42123	15453	41037	11059	29978