One New Permit; Four DUCs Reported As Completed; WTI At Seven-Year High -- January 18, 2022

Hot sauces: https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/most-popular-hot-sauces-every-state-in-america.

• National Hot Sauce Day: January 22, 2022
• state rankings per capita
• North Dakota #1: hot sauce bought per capital -- 5.4 ounces / customer
• New Mexico: #2:
• Colorado: #3:
• California: #4
• North Carolina: #5
• favorite hot sauces:
• Sriracha
• Frank's RedHot
• Cholula
• Burman's
• Tapatio
• Tabasco
• Texas Pete
• Heinz (makes me question the list)
• Louisiana
• Valentina

Coal Creek Station, Underwood, ND: for the archives, The Washington Post. 

WTI: could we hit $86 by the end of the week. I know the Biden administration is monitoring the price of oil closely. 

Well, that didn't take long:

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Back to the Bakken

Active rigs:

$85.43	1/18/2022	01/18/2021	01/18/2020	01/18/2019	01/18/2018
Active Rigs	32	12	56	68	58

One new permit, 38740:

• 38740, conf, Slawson, Blizzard Federal 1-13H, Big Bend; to be sited in Big Bend, NWNW 24-152-93, 530 FNL and 664 FWL

Four producing wells (DUCs) reported as completed:

• 38462, 1,027, Iron Oil Operating, Antelope 2-17-20H, Sather Lake, no production data,
  
• 37406, 1,854, CLR, Gale 13-32H1, Cedar Coulee, minimal production,
  
• 37917, 1,734, Slawson, Whirlcat Federal 4-31-19TFH, Big Bend, minimal production,
  
• 38157, 171, Crescent Point Eenrgy, CPEUSC Sylven 5-11-2-158N-100W-MBH-LL,Winner, no production reported;