A Closer Look At The Two New Whiting Permits From Today's Daily Activity Report -- An NDIC Typographical Error? Or Am I Missing Something? -- November 29, 2021

NDIC places two new Whiting permits in the Parshall oil field in today's daily activity report, but I think the two new permits are for wells that will be in the Sanish oil field.

From today's post regarding today's daily activity report:

Two new permits, #38681 - #38682, inclusive:

• Operator: Whiting
• Field: Parshall (Mountrail)
• Comments:
• Whiting has permits for two new LBJ wells in SWSW 14-153-91; sited 725 FSL and 415 FWL; and, 755 FSL and 415 FWL;
• Error: section 14-153-91 is in the Sanish, and Whiting already has existing LBJ sites in section 14-153-91 and they are labeled as Sanish wells on the scout tickets, not Parshall oil field. Sanish and Parshall are very, very close at that location, so it's possible I suppose, but highly doubtful.

The graphics:

Permits for a three-well pad in the same general area as the sites for the two wells suggested in today's permits:

• 38289, conf, Whiting, LBJ 14-14HU, Sanish, SESW 14-153-91, 330 FSL 1730 FWL;
• 38290, conf, Whiting, LBJ 24-14H, Sanish, SESW 14-153-91, 330 FSL 1760 FWL;
• 38291, conf, Whiting, LBJ 24-14HU, Sanish, SESW 14-153-91, 330 FSL 1790 FWL;

Whiting With Two New Permits; Active Rigs Decrease From Thirty-Four To Thirty-One -- November 29, 2021

ISO NE: late afternoon, at the 6th decile. Link here. $101 - $150; running at $125.

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Back to the Bakken

Active rigs:

$69.69	11/29/2021	11/29/2020	11/29/2019	11/29/2018	11/29/2017
Active Rigs	31	14	57	66	55

Two new permits, #38681 - #38682, inclusive:

• Operator: Whiting
• Field: Parshall (Mountrail)
• Comments:
• Whiting has permits for two new LBJ wells in SWSW 14-153-91; sited 725 FSL and 415 FWL; and, 755 FSL and 415 FWL;
• Error: section 14-153-91 is in the Sanish, and Whiting already has existing LBJ sites in section 14-153-91 and they are labeled as Sanish wells on the scout tickets, not Parshall oil field. Sanish and Parshall are very, very close at that location, so it's possible I suppose, but highly doubtful. 
• see this post with graphics. 
  

Thirty-one active rigs; down from thirty-four last week.

• CLR: 8
• Hess: 3
• MRO: 3
• Oasis: 2
• Whiting: 2
• Koda: 1
• Petro-Hunt: 1
• Hunt: 1
• True Oil: 1
• Iron Oil: 1
• Sinclair: 1
• Ovintiv: 1
• Grayson Mill: 1
• Eagle Operating: 1
• Summit Carbon Solutions: 1
• Slawson: 1
• Enerplus: 1
• Crescent Point Energy: 1 -- last Friday, there were three CPEUSC rigs; today, only Nabors B21, file #38555.

So the three fewer today than Friday easily explained:

• CLR down one:
• Crescent: probably a typo on Friday and only two CPEUSC rigs, and today down from two to one. So, Crescent down two from Friday plus the one from CLR makes three; from thirty-four, results in thirty-one.

A Zavanna Well's Production Jumps 6-Fold After Coming Back On Line -- November 29, 2021

The well:

• 28894, 623, Zavanna, Blackjack 24-13 3H, East Fork, t1/16; cum 290K 10/20; cum 324K 9/21;

Recent production: 9,675 bbls over 21 days extrapolates to 14K over 31 days, a 6-fold jump in production after coming back on line. Did not last long..

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	9-2021	30	2166	2183	3932	26137	25687	3
BAKKEN	8-2021	31	3450	3568	6937	29413	28949	2
BAKKEN	7-2021	31	3566	3583	14953	26315	25847	6
BAKKEN	6-2021	30	9437	7083	24337	21407	20818	142
BAKKEN	5-2021	21	9675	6928	20834	11630	11007	310
BAKKEN	4-2021	6	60	0	7968	423	0	333
BAKKEN	3-2021	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	2-2021	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	1-2021	12	751	630	1410	7449	7161	109
BAKKEN	12-2020	31	2153	2007	4086	23019	22349	208
BAKKEN	11-2020	30	2165	2133	4116	22329	21759	123
BAKKEN	10-2020	31	2006	1806	4301	20605	20029	114

Hess Has Fracked The Newer EN-Johnson Wells In Manitou Oil Field -- Superior Well Results Are Now Being Reported -- November 29, 2021

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

For newbies: I am inappropriately exuberant about the Bakken.

The well:

• 30438, AB/436, Hess, EN-Kiesel-LE-155-94-1917H-2, Manitou, four-section spacing; section line well; t9/15; cum 150K 7/21; came off line 8/21; remains off line;

Suggesting something is going on.

And here it is: three pads / four pads, north to south and lots of new activity:

• 27097, AB/558, Hess, EN-Johnson-155-94-2017H-6, Manitou, t6/14; cum 148K 6/21;
  
• 27098, 953, Hess, EN-Johnson-155-94-2017H-5, Manitou, t6/14; cum 149K 10/22;
  
• 27099, AB/IA/680, Hess, EN-Johnson-155-94-2017H-4, Manitou, t7/14; cum 119K 6/21; came off line 6/21; remains off line 9/21;

• 20164, AB/IA/920, Hess, EN-Johnson-155-94-2017H-2, Manitou, t11/11; cum 219K 6/21; came off line 7/21; remains off line 9/21;
• 20165, AB/IA/855, Hess, EN-Johnson A-155-94-2932H-2, Manitou, t2/12; cum 315K 6/21; came off line 6/21; remains off line 9/21;
• 20166, 370, Hess, EN-Johnson-155-94-2017H-3, Manitou, t8/12; cum 235K 10/22;
  
• 20162, AB/IA/906, Hess, EN-Johnson-155-94-2017H-1 Manitou, t7/12; cum 212K 6/21; came off line 2/21; remains off line 9/21;
• 20167, 949, Hess, EN-Johnson A-155-94-2932H-3 Manitou, t3/13; cum 230K /21; came off line 2/21; remains off line 9/21; cum 235K 10/22;
  
• 20163, 795, Hess, EN-Johnson A-155-94-2932H-1, Manitou, t2/13; cum 186K 6/21; came off line 8/21; remains off line 9/21; cum 280K 10/22;
  

• 37712, loc/drl, Hess, EN-Johnson A-LE-155-94-2932H-1, Alkali Creek, t--; cum 194K 10/22;
  
• 37711, loc/drl, Hess, EN-Johnson A-155-94-2932H-9, Alkali Creek, first production, 9/21; t--; cum 249K 10/22;
  

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	9-2021	18	6601	6540	4282	8991	8625	366

• 37710, loc/drl, Hess, EN-Johnson A-155-94-2932H-8, Alkali Creek, first production, 9/21; t--; cum 203K 10/22;
  

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	9-2021	18	13773	13646	18333	23783	22805	978

• 37709, loc/drl, Hess, EN-Johnson A-155-94-2932H-7, Alkali Creek, first production, 9/21; t--; cum --; 28K over 12 days extrapolates to 71K over 31 days; cum 230K 10/22;
  

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	9-2021	12	28232	27972	17988	36174	34704	1470

• 37708, loc/drl, Hess, EN-Johnson A-155-94-2932H-6, Alkali Creek, first production, 9/21; t--; cum -- ; 31K over 13 days extrapolates to 71K over 31 days; cum 245K 10/22;
  

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	9-2021	13	30713	30430	8559	25464	24453	1011

• 37707, loc/drl, Hess, EN-Johnson-155-94-2017H-7, Alkali Creek, first production, 9/21; t--; cum 171K 10/22;
  

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	9-2021	16	9419	9332	3795	7631	7457	174

• 37706, loc/drl, Hess, EN-Johnson-155-94-2017H-8, Alkali Creek, first production, 9/21; t--; cum 160K 10/22

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	9-2021	22	3842	3807	10935	13303	12984	319

• 28251, AB/IA/683, Hess, EN-Johnson A-155-94-2932H-5, Alkali Creek, t11/4; cum 166K 7/21; came off line 7/21; remains off line 9/21;
• 28250, AB/SI, Hess, En-Johnson A-155-94-2932H-4, Alkali Creek,
  

Victor Davis Hanson Joins The "Woke" Crowd; Yorkshire Inn Gets Snowed In; The NFL Is Back -- Nothing About The Bakken -- November 29, 2021

The word for the day: abatis. 

I mentioned earlier I was in my US Civil War / US Grant phase. See this post. My notes on US Grant are in progress at this post.

It was in James Marshall-Cornall's biography that I came across the word abatis, along with glacis. The latter, glacis, has nothing in common with glassy as far as etymology is concerned, but there is a sort of family resemblance. LOL.

Whatever. 

I wasn't going to post this except that it bothers me that it appears that Victor Davis Hanson has joined the "woke" crowd. I've haven't read any of his stuff in a long time -- perhaps the last time I paid much attention to him was pre-Covid when I would sit for hours at Starbucks. But since then, not much interest. It was pure serendipity that his article appeared in the most recent issue of The Claremont Review of Books when I was reading about US Grant and putting that story together.

It all began with my short -- very short -- visit to Shiloh, TN, last month, a truly life-altering event for me. 

Internet sources suggest "the Shiloh battlefield" was 5.8 miles square and/or 9,324 acres. The numbers don't work; different sources, but be that as it may, prior to the battle Grant was anticipating as many as 100,000 Union soldiers (James Marshall-Cornall), although fewer than that actually fought. A smaller but similar number of Confederates were expected; about 45,000. 

It is impossible to imagine that many men (and hangers on) in an area that would be about six sections in size. And then the logistics: the food required to feed this army; the liquor required; and, finally, the number of port-a-potties that would have been required. Many arrived by steamer coming down the Tennessee ... just the disembarking of tens of thousands of troops would have been mind-boggling.

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Global Warming

I wouldn't have bothered with posting this story but I have such fond memories of Yorkshire, how could I not post this for the archives for my grandchildren. 

If I had all the money in the world, I would have a house in Yorkshire. 

Here's the headline: snowstorm strands 61 in pub in Yorkshire, England, for third night, plenty of beer available. You will have to google the story. Google blogger app blocks this site from being linked. 

From the article:

• Tan Hill Inn
• Yorkshire Dales
• three feet of snow "overnight"

So, now, the map. I was stationed for many months at RAF Menwith Hill, northern Yorkshire, and I often spent weekends walking in the Yorkshire Dales. 

The map, and there it is:

• Tan Hill Inn is 90 minutes northwest of Pateley Bridge
• some folks left their heart in San Francisco; I left mine in Pateley Bridge

The Tan Hill Inn website.

From wiki:

Tan Hill is a high point on the Pennine Way in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England. It lies north of Keld in the civil parish of Muker, near the borders of County Durham and Cumbria, and close to the northern boundary of the Yorkshire Dales National Park. It is in an isolated location, the nearest town of Kirkby Stephen being an 11-mile drive away.

The Tan Hill Inn is the highest inn in the British Isles at 1,732 feet above sea level. 

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The NFL Is Back!

LOL. 

Several months (?) ago I mentioned on the blog how brilliant Amazon was to "steal" the rights to Thursday Night Football from Fox Sports. So, how did that work out. Here are the headlines, from The TV Ratings Guide:

• November 26, 2021: Thursday TV ratings 11/25/21: NFL dominates Thanksgiving; top shows in prime time:
• NFL Overrun, CBS
• Football Night In America: NBC
• NFL: Bills vs Saints: NBC
• November 18, 2021: Thursday Cable Rating 11/18/21: Rising NFL Leads

And then this, from SportsNaut:

• Week 12: November 29, 2021: Raiders, Cowboys Thanksgiving OT thriller draws historic NFL audience numbers -- this was a Thursday game. LOL. Historic NFL audience numbers.
• NFL TV rating: CBS draws 38.3 million for Thanksgiving broadcast
• A Thanksgiving matchup between the Dallas Cowboys and Las Vegas Raiders delivered what will go down as one of the most-watched games in NFL history. CBS estimates it averaged 38.53 million viewers for its Thursday broadcast of the Raiders and Cowboys overtime thriller, the largest audience for a regular-season game since 41.47 million watched the New York Giants vs. San Francisco 49ers.
• Week 11: Dallas Cowboys vs Kansas City Chiefs had everyone watching;
• TNF: 13.52 million; 7.7 rating
• Fox Game of the week: 28.06 million; 14.4 rating
• Early Fox game: 17.28 million; 9.15 rating
• SNF: 14.55 million; 8.05 rating
• MNF: TBD, tonight
• Week 10: 
• TNF: 12.92 million; 7.4 rating; third behind SNF (16.74 million) and Fox Game of the Week (17.58)
• Week 9: a 3% bump from the 2020 NFL season
• Week 8: TNF -- with 20.26 million viewers, only behind SNF with 21.29 million viewers; MNF far behind with 13.92 million viewers
• Week 7: TNF -- a weak matchup but "the TV ratings will leave the NFL and its broadcast partners very pleased." Viewership for TNF week 7 marked a 26% increase from 2020 week 7 TNF;
  

We'll quit there but that tells me everything I need to know.

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Special Crust Stuffing

From PowerLine, Saturday, November 27, 2021:

A Closer Look At The Nikolai Federal Well Just Reported By Oasis -- #35483 -- November 29, 2021

The Oasis Nikolai Federal wells are tracked here.

The parent well, because these wells are still confidential, not sure which way they run, but it appears they run to the north ((?). If so, the one well in that drilling unit is #20266. Again, this is all conjecture. The nearest wells are one mile to the west, Equinor wells, and there are subtle hints there, but I can't say anything for sure.

• 20266, 777, Oasis, Wold Federal 15-33H, Banks, t3/12; cum 169K 9/21: was off line during the exact two months that the Nikolai Federal well (#35483) was off line. Note the huge jump in production, from around 750 bbls/month to 5,500 bbls/month, a 7x increase:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	9-2021	30	5522	5201	10000	17750	16904	522
BAKKEN	8-2021	14	1265	1806	18391	6327	5518	384
BAKKEN	7-2021	16	3154	3067	7664	8827	8316	287
BAKKEN	6-2021	30	5474	5133	19015	4406	2966	1140
BAKKEN	5-2021	13	1200	942	5800	3185	2966	99
BAKKEN	4-2021	0	0	479	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	3-2021	31	933	718	730	2860	2547	3
BAKKEN	2-2021	25	622	495	350	2460	2207	3
BAKKEN	1-2021	31	738	733	440	2803	2491	2
BAKKEN	12-2020	31	744	942	460	2841	2525	6
BAKKEN	11-2020	30	786	700	520	2775	2473	2
BAKKEN	10-2020	31	656	712	310	2656	2278	68

The well:

• 35483, conf, Oasis, Nikolai Federal 5397 42-33B, middle Bakken; Banks, first production, 5/21; t--; cum 110K over four months; 33-053-08741; SESW 33-153-97; 321 FSL 1834 FWL
  

Date	Oil Runs	MCF Sold
9-2021	23540	92552
8-2021	27489	86538
7-2021	30111	80772
6-2021	26391	67770
5-2021	2722	7412

FracFocus:

• fracked 4/17/21 - 5/3/21
• water: 9,596,506 gallons
• fresh water by mass: 91.09279%
• produced water by mass: 0.06447%
• sand by mass: 8.62190%
• a gallon weight 8.34 pounds
• 9.596506 million gallons = 80.034860 million lbs
• 0.9115726 of ? = 80.034860 million lbs
• total pounds of proppant plus water: 87,798,668 lbs
• sand: 0.086219 * 97,798668 = 7.6 million lbs
• a small/moderate frack with lots of water;

Just Like Clockwork: "Focus On Fracking" -- Weekly Edition Posted -- Thirty-Four Active Rigs; Five Wells Coming Off The Confidential List -- November 29, 2021

Link here. The lede:

SPR at a 18 yr low, gasoline supplies at 48 mo low, distillate supplies at 23 mo low; total inventories at an 82 month low... oil prices drop 13% on new Covid variant; Strategic Petroleum Reserve at a 18-year-low as US plans further withdrawals; another 48 month low for gasoline inventories; a 23 month low for distillate inventories, and an 82 month low for total inventories...

Regular gasoline at our corner service station over the weekend: $2.89 / gallon.  

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Active rigs:

$71.70	11/29/2021	11/29/2020	11/29/2019	11/29/2018	11/29/2017
Active Rigs	34	14	57	66	55

Monday, November 29, 2021: 40 for the month, 43 for the quarter, 294 for the year:

• 38269, conf, CLR, Jensen 9-H1, Chimney Butte, no production data,
• 38237, conf, CLR, Jensen 11-8HSL1, Chimney Butte, no production data,
• 36897, conf, Whiting, Satterthwaite 14-7XH, Sanish, first production, 5/21; t--; cum 43K 9/21;

Sunday, November 28, 2021: 37 for the month, 40 for the quarter, 291 for the year:

• 38270, conf, CLR, Middlestadt 9-17H1, Chimney Butte, no production data,
  
• 36818, conf, Whiting, S-Bar 12-2-3H, Sanish, first production, 5/21; t--; cum 55K 9/21;
  

RBN Energy: the Spire STL natural gas pipeline and the new challenge to already-built assets. Archived.

Determining whether to approve plans for interstate natural gas pipeline projects has never been an easy task for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. There are so many things to consider, chief among them the need for the pipeline, impacts on the environment and landowners along the route, and what it all means for gas customers. But as complicated as the decision-making process may be, at least pipeline developers, gas producers, and customers knew that once a new pipeline was approved by FERC, permitted, built, and put into service that the matter was closed — that is, the pipeline was here to stay.

Now, in the wake of a groundbreaking court ruling on a new gas pipeline near St. Louis, things are not so certain. As it turns out, we’re intimately familiar with the matter, having just made the case that the 65-mile Spire STL Pipeline is an important addition to the regional pipeline network that provides supply diversity, improved reliability, and access to lower-cost gas. In today’s RBN blog, we consider the evolution of FERC regulation of gas pipelines and the new uncertainty that all affected parties face.

Decades ago, back when natural gas pipelines themselves bought and controlled most of the supply in the gas market, the process for certifying new pipelines was especially complicated and arduous. In essence, the pipeline company needed to prove to FERC beyond the shadow of a doubt not only that the proposed pipeline was really needed by real, provable demand, but that there was sufficient gas supply at the upstream end of the pipe to serve customers through the project’s lifecycle.

Typically, that high bar was met via what you might call a package deal under which gas producers made long-term commitments to supply gas (and show that they had sufficient reserves of gas in place), pipeline companies contracted to buy and transport the gas, and local distribution companies (LDCs) committed to buy the gas from the pipeline. The pipeline’s bundled rates included charges for the gas itself and a range of services: transportation, storage, and peak shaving. Everything was locked down.

That all changed in 1992 with FERC Order 636.

It said that gas pipelines would only transport and store gas, not buy and sell it, and that shippers would essentially rent space on pipelines between two or more points.

Where gas came from and where it went was no longer the pipeline’s business — the new buzzwords were “open access” and “unbundled.”

To give structure to how new facilities are reviewed in the post-Order 636 world, after some experience in the unbundled market, FERC in 1999 issued a statement of policy laying out the hurdles that need to be cleared to get project approval.

One such hurdle was a requirement for firm precedent agreements on the project (commitments to sign firm service contracts when the project goes into service) to demonstrate customer demand and the need for capacity. In addition, many other standards were incorporated in the process having to do with the impact on other customers of the same pipeline, on competitors, on landowners, etc. (Pipelines already had to clear the very high hurdle of an environmental analysis under the National Environmental Policy Act, through either an environmental assessment or an environmental impact statement if it was warranted.) Notwithstanding these standards in the policy statement, reliance on precedent agreements became the primary test of need in most cases.

The Shale Revolution gave a new urgency to getting new gas pipelines (and pipeline reversals and expansions) approved and built. Production in the Marcellus, Permian, and other shale plays was taking off and producers needed to add capacity fast to keep pace. Getting approvals for supply-push pipeline reversal projects was relatively easy in that they typically had little or no environmental impact, but some greenfield pipelines (especially in the enviro-conscious Northeast) proved tougher to advance, and some didn’t make it past the finish line. Also, there was growing resistance (and not just in the Northeast) from landowners and communities about the eminent domain rights that come with a FERC certificate. (Eminent domain is the power for an entity to take private property from another entity for a valid public purpose.) The transfer of federal eminent domain to a private pipeline developer was added to the Natural Gas Act by Congress in 1947, making the issuance of a certificate to construct a much bigger deal than it had been.

Since 2018, FERC has been exploring possible changes to the 1999 policy statement on the certification of new interstate pipelines. Among other things, FERC has been examining the role of precedent agreements and landholder interests in the decision whether to grant a certificate that includes eminent domain; the commission’s evaluation of project alternatives; and — most recently, in a draft Notice of Inquiry (NOI) filed in February 2021 — the impacts of proposed projects on greenhouse gas emissions and “environmental justice communities.” Those matters will be discussed and decided over time.

The rest of the story at the link.  

My Condolences To Those Charging Their Chevrolet Bolts Tonight In New England -- 1:28 A.M. Eastern Time -- November 29, 2021

ISO NE link here. 

The ten deciles in ISO NE are not linear. As one goes up the scale, the range increases markedly. By the time we get to the 7th decile, price-spreads are remarkable, to say the least:

• 1st decile: under $0
• 2nd: a $20-spread, $0 - $20
• 3rd: a $20-spread, $21 to $40
  
• 4th: only a $30-spread, $41 to $70
  
• 5th: still only a $30-spread, $71 to $100
  
• 6th: a $50-spread: from $101 to $150
  
• 7th: where we find ourselves this morning, a $50-spread; from $151 to $200
  
• 8th: a huge $300-spread, from $201 to $500
  
• 9th: a whopping $500-spread, from $501 to $1,000
  
• 10th: over $,1000 / MWh
  

Updates

Later, 6:30 a.m. CT: the original post was just after midnight, earlier "this morning." It's gotten worse. All of New England, with minor exceptions has now moved to "orange," the 7th decile (it may have been higher overnight), with electricity trending toward $175 after spiking to $125 / MWh around 2:00 a.m. It didn't stay there long but since 4:00 a.m. it's been going back up and is now around $175 / MWh. Note "renewable" contribution. It's gonna be a long winter.

Original Post
Electricity just spiked to nearly $150 / MWh. At midnight?

Price of electricity in the "yellow' -- at the 6th decile.

With renewable energy, it should be running close to "free," we were told.