WTI: Flirting With $80 Again -- December 22, 2022

TNF: wow, this is Thursday -- Thursday Night Football!

So much news, it's going to be hard to get to it all!

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Back to the Bakken

The Far Side: link here.

Active rigs: 44.

WTI: $79.10.

Natural gas: $5.263.

Friday, December 23, 2022: 61 for the month, 170 for the quarter, 714 for the year.
38485, conf, Hess, GO-Johnson-156-98-2635H-3,
38410, conf, Whiting, Kannianen 11-5TFH,
37698, conf, BR, Ole 4-1-29MBH,

Thursday, December 22, 2022: 58 for the month, 167 for the quarter, 711 for the year.
38986, conf, CLR, Kiefel 3-36H,
37892, conf, Enerplus, Brass 147-93-17B-20H,
37699, conf, BR, Ole 5-1-29TFH, 

RBN Energy: FERC's new Spire STL decision helps secure future of key gas infrastructure.

On December 15, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a permanent certificate authorizing the Spire STL natural gas pipeline serving the St. Louis area to continue operations. Spire STL had been on a treacherous legal roller-coaster, wherein its owner got a FERC certificate in 2018, built and started operation of the 65-mile pipeline in 2019, then in 2021 saw its certificate “vacated” — wiped out — by a U.S. Court of Appeals. Then, during the white-knuckled tail end of the ride, with the winter of 2021-22 looming, Spire STL got emergency/temporary authorization from FERC to keep operating while a brand-new application for a certificate was being considered. In today's RBN blog, we discuss the case — in which RBN played a part — and what it means for upcoming midstream projects.