Two Wells Coming Off Confidential List; Twelve Operators With Twenty-One Active Rigs -- June 17, 2021

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Opening Volley

"Apple struggles in push to make health care its greatest legacy." Link: https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/apple-struggles-healthcare-legacy. 

This follows the failed attempt by Buffett, et al, to "fix" the health sector (previously posted). The millennials seem pre-occupied with "health," but seem not to understand how "medicine" works. Whatever. 

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Return

Jobs report today: not necessarily a bad report but certainly not good. Economy on fire and folks not returning to work. Think about that. What's the number one expense businesses have? Yup, personnel costs. 

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My Biggest Mistake Last Night ...

.... when I quit watching the Atlanta Hawks - Philadelphia 76ers NBA game in the third quarter when the latter was 26 points ahead of the former ... and then went on to lose by three points...

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The Dot Plots

The Dot Plot that got everyone excited at this link (it's behind a paywall but one can easily get around it (LOL We've talked about that before.)

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US Shale Free Cash Flow

Link here at Bloomberg Quint. 

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Infrastructure

Line here at The WSJ: one failed bridge in Memphis, TN, costing business millions. I think we've seen this movie before.

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The Buzz

Jim Cramer:

• flipped on energy; now loves the oil sector; a change from about six months ago;
• absolutely loves Jay Powell (I agree completely)

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Back to the Bakken

Active rigs:

$71.88	6/17/2021	06/17/2020	06/17/2019	06/17/2018	06/17/2017
Active Rigs	21	12	62	62	57

Twelve operators with twenty-one active rigs:

• CLR (7): Gordon Federal, Gale, Jensen, Pasadena Federal, Harrisburg, Tallahassee, LCU Truman Federal,
• Hess (3): BB-State A, EN_Johnson A, GO-Soine A,
• MRO (2): Loraas, Goddard USA,
• Enerplus: Sable
• Slawson: Mauser Federal
• RimRock Oil & Gas: FBIR Guyblackhawk
• Ovintiv: Olson,
• Whiting: Lapica
• Kraken: Bigfoot
• Petro-Hunt: Blikre
• KODA Resources: Porter
• Oasis: Fraser Federal

Twenty-one? Almost double what it was a year ago. And producing more oil than New Mexico with 70+ rigs. 

Two wells coming off the confidential list -- Thursday, June 17, 2021: 68 for the month, 92 for the quarter, 170 for the year:

• 37777, drl/NC, MRO, Bulls Eye USA 41-6TFH, Reunion Bay, no production data,
• 36850, 2,379, Hess, EN-VP And R-154-94-2536H-15, Alkali Creek, t12/20; cum 126K 4/21;

RBN Energy: the social and governance parts of ESG, part 5.