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Saturday, July 9, 2022

XTO Is Starting To Report The Tom State Wells -- July 9, 2022

The XTO Tom State wells are tracked here.

Finally, from 2019, this well is finally completed and producing:

Monday, September 9, 2019: 26 for the month; 158 for the quarter:

  • 35754, SI/NC-->SI/NCW, XTO, Tom State 34X-1A, Alkali Creek, first production, 3/22; t--; cum 100K 5/22; full production profile:
PoolDateDaysBBLS OilRunsBBLS WaterMCF ProdMCF SoldVent/Flare
BAKKEN5-20222228329280702657350612480172513
BAKKEN4-20222343014430453941878081692258733
BAKKEN3-2022192896128509300835219146738527

Other wells sited in this section:

File NoCTB NoAPI NoWell TypeWell StatusStatus DateDTDLocationOperatorWell NameField
193391193393310501916OGA4/15/202220965SESE 1-154-95XTO ENERGY INCMADISYN STATE 44X-1ALKALI CREEK
357502357503310505051OGA4/12/202221185SWSE 1-154-95XTO ENERGY INCTOM STATE 34X-1CXDALKALI CREEK
357512357503310505052OGA3/30/202221790SWSE 1-154-95XTO ENERGY INCTOM STATE 34X-1HXEALKALI CREEK
357522357503310505053OGA3/30/202221330SWSE 1-154-95XTO ENERGY INCTOM STATE 34X-1BALKALI CREEK
357532357503310505054OGNC10/30/2021 SWSE 1-154-95XTO ENERGY INCTOM STATE 34X-1E2ALKALI CREEK
357542357503310505055OGA3/29/202221365SWSE 1-154-95XTO ENERGY INCTOM STATE 34X-1AALKALI CREEK
357552357503310505056OGNC10/20/2021 SWSE 1-154-95XTO ENERGY INCTOM STATE 34X-1EXHALKALI CREEK
7115
3310500805OGPA10/11/198014280NESE 1-154-95KISSINGER PETROLEUM CORP.MARMON 9-1HOFFLUND

Let's look at this well:

  • 19339, 592, XTO, Madisyn State 44X-1, Alkali Creek, t1/11; cum 172K 5/22; recent production:
PoolDateDaysBBLS OilRunsBBLS WaterMCF ProdMCF SoldVent/Flare
BAKKEN5-20223117511969324828012235447
BAKKEN4-20221812961407493520722591723
BAKKEN3-2022154661442610214745834503883
BAKKEN2-20220000000
BAKKEN1-20221190101
BAKKEN12-2021153232349332135172500941
BAKKEN11-20212362355828934099768822958
BAKKEN10-202100120000
BAKKEN9-202100650000
BAKKEN8-20212558755331795576725
BAKKEN7-2021317358305101191856144
BAKKEN6-2021307498254441209465574
BAKKEN5-2021318978844391451757503
BAKKEN4-202130663613421125910740

Slawson Slasher Federal -- Back On Line -- Huge Production -- July 9, 2022

The well:

  • 35897, 2,116, Slawson, Slasher Federal 5-27-22TFH, Big Bend, t12/19; cum 73K 2/20; off line 3/20; back on line 4/21; off line 5/21; cum 225K 5/22; huge jump in production; 
BAKKEN11-202130101621002924335873261782405
BAKKEN10-2021291292913129277671104986702233
BAKKEN9-2021291421013800295221215752676747
BAKKEN8-2021311594416587363051367160967420
BAKKEN7-2021311957319350444301691568379924
BAKKEN6-20213018901184155888416280325012882
BAKKEN5-2021463162271082060
BAKKEN4-2021251275112732267321091053855399
BAKKEN3-202193001375710951307413371692
BAKKEN2-202121061003890379
BAKKEN1-202110053500
BAKKEN12-20201135167131133968
BAKKEN11-20200000000
BAKKEN10-20200000000
BAKKEN9-20200000000
BAKKEN8-20200000000
BAKKEN7-20201200500
BAKKEN6-2020119318550718215425
BAKKEN5-2020282023773730
BAKKEN4-20201613400773834

Also, this well:

  • 35896, 1,181, Slawson, Slasher Federal 3-27-22MLH, Big Bend, t11/19; cum 62K 1/20; off line 2/20; remains off line 5/20; back on line 12/20; cum 150K 5/21; cum 363K 5/22;
BAKKEN7-2021312759227442441831623767109373
BAKKEN6-20213030197300575626917773487712747
BAKKEN5-2021918451418156151123515561
BAKKEN4-2021261206412328267327890771248
BAKKEN3-2021281736018180373031102796631224
BAKKEN2-2021201863618156430181169742067392
BAKKEN1-202112102049777228286676659423
BAKKEN12-202033039276940181896185229
BAKKEN11-20200000000
BAKKEN10-20200000000
BAKKEN9-20200000000
BAKKEN8-2020217012081100512431097136
BAKKEN7-20203123056228491117417688158811653
BAKKEN6-2020133001451497273
BAKKEN5-20200000000
BAKKEN4-2020171670500
BAKKEN3-20200000000
BAKKEN2-20205301837187046305714351597
BAKKEN1-20203123333236805747423355798412706
BAKKEN12-20192624878241985214125059646815780
BAKKEN11-20191310393971274971050210408277

Urban Living -- For The Archives -- July 9, 2022

Tonight: grilled salmon, potatoes, and a martini.

On TCM: "The Apartment" for the umpteenth time. A classic.

I've been binge-watching "Only Murders In The Building." Tina Fey, an urban linguist genius. Not under-rated. It's just such a treat to be able to see her on television.

In the pool twice today, will visit one more time today, tonight about 9:00 p.m.

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While waiting for two new books from Amazon, which will arrive next week, I will read:
Josephine Tey, The Daughter of Time, c. 1951, 1979; "One of the best mysteries of all time." -- The New York Times. Pseudonym for Elizabeth MacKintosh.
Over the weekend. 

From wiki:

Josephine Tey was a pseudonym used by Elizabeth MacKintosh (25 July 1896 – 13 February 1952), a Scottish author. 
Her novel The Daughter of Time was a detective work investigating the role of Richard III of England in the death of the Princes in the Tower, and named as the greatest crime novel of all time by the Crime Writers' Association
Her first play Richard of Bordeaux, written under another pseudonym, Gordon Daviot, starred John Gielgud in its successful West End run.

Speaking of Amazon, I don't think folks realize how much on-line commerce there is in urban areas. As mentioned before, during the week, we can expect upwards of four Amazon Prime vans to visit our apartment complex in the morning and then another four before the end of the day, as late as 9:00 p.m.

Today, a very, very large white, old, almost dilapidated box van arrived in the complex. My first thoughts, a crime of some sort was about to take place, but on close looking, there was a decal on the side of the van, just next to the right side door, measuring about eight inches by four inches with a vehicle ID number, and the letters: UPS. Obviously a gig worker who drove out to UPS and waited in line to take any deliveries UPS might have. 

Gig worker.  I specifically used that term because it will come up a lot in any discussion regarding the "labor participation force."

Apple And The Picasso Connection -- July 9, 2022

These are twitter links. If you don't have twitter you probably won't be able to access these links. 

Picasso: bull. Link here.

From Trung Phan: amazing. Link here.


Hot In Oklahoma; Hot In Texas -- July 9, 2022

Medford, OK: ONEOK gas plant fire. Sent to me by a reader. Thank you. 

Disclaimer: there may be typographical and content errors below. I get easily confused with "k," "m," and "MW." 

ERCOT: current temperature in DFW, north Texas -- 104°F

  • it looks like electricity demand has peaked
  • it appears the grid held with electricity to spare
  • operating reserves: 3,029 MW
  • it looks like demand peaked at 77,227 or thereabouts
  • committed capacity at same time: 78,886 or thereabouts
  • if folks recall, the forecast was for wind to "fail us."
  • if so, solar "saved us." LOL.
  • what a way to run an electricity grid: on hope. LOL.

For comparison purposes, total renewable energy provided today in ISO-NE was slightly more than 1K MW compared to ERCOT's 12K MW.

Meanwhile, ISO-NY, total load today maxed out at about 22K MW. About 1.5% of that was wind = 0.33K MW. 

Think of all the offshore wind turbines the Biden administration envisions off shore Rhode Island and Long Island. All those big, beautiful wind turbines.

North Dakota -- Food Desert Update -- July 9, 2022

Some may remember this story from 2011. 

Flashback: on October 14, 2011, I had a link to a Dickinson Press story in which it was reported that Michelle Obama stated that North Dakota was a food desert. The post is here, but the link to the Dickinson Post story no longer works. Insert sad face here. 

So, have things improved? 

Holy mackerel. Link here

From The National Library of Medicine, Summer, 2019, in a research article title "The Changing Landscapes of Food Deserts"

In the United States of America, national funds were allocated to address food-desert areas for the first time in 2011, following a series of city and state financing efforts, which began with the Pennsylvania Fresh Food Financing Initiative in 2004. 
To date, such public efforts have provided more than USD 220 million, which has leveraged more than USD 1 billion in private investment through public-private partnerships, to fund nearly 1,000 retailers serving areas of limited food access in 35 states. 
In its most recent 2017 report, the USDA’s Economic Research Service determined that the number of census tracts that met the classification of “low access” had declined measurably since 2010, indicating a general improvement in the proximity of supermarkets to residents across the country
Specifically, the US saw a 15 percent decline in the number of individuals living in a limited-supermarket-access area. 
From 2010 to 2016, the share of the population living in limited-supermarket-access areas declined gradually, from 6.8 percent of the population to 5.6 percent. 
State by state, the greatest improvement in increasing food access, as denoted by the percentage decrease in limited-supermarket-access-area populations, was witnessed in North Dakota (41 percent), Idaho (41 percent), Iowa (40 percent), Rhode Island (38 percent), Wisconsin (36 percent), Alabama (35 percent), Kansas (35 percent), New York (34 percent), Arkansas (32 percent) and Indiana (32 percent). 
In contrast, several states have experienced a substantial worsening of the problem, including Maine (with an increase of 27 percent) and Nevada (with a rise of 26 percent).

My hunch: this had nothing to do with national policy as affecting North Dakota but rather a demographic change in rural-to-urban migration and the Bakken revolution, but it makes for a good story.

XTO wells in Heart Butte Coming Back On Line? July 9, 2022

March 21, 2022: XTO Baker well just fracked;
  • 19292, t7/11; cum 238K 1/22; was taken off line 9/21; back on line 1/22 for two days;
  • 23393, t1/13; cum 244K 1/22; was taken off line 9/21; back on line 1/22 for three days;
  • 23394, t1/13, cum 278K 9/21 was taken off line 9/21; remains off line as of 1/22;
  • 19293, t7/11, cum 404K 9/21; was taken off line 9/21; back on line 3/22;
  • 23395, t1/13; cum 260K 9/21; was taken off line 9/21; remains off line as of 1/22;
  • No change, all wells remain off line, no production, except for:

    • 19293, 1,537, XTO, FBIR Walker 34X-25, t7/11, cum 404K 9/21; was taken off line 9/21; remains off line as of 1/22; cum 407K 5/22;

    PoolDateDaysBBLS OilRunsBBLS WaterMCF ProdMCF SoldVent/Flare
    BAKKEN5-202231145914731057208619991
    BAKKEN4-2022301716148913952131203912
    BAKKEN3-202282720300102960
    BAKKEN2-20220000000
    BAKKEN1-20220000000
    BAKKEN12-20210000000
    BAKKEN11-20210000000
    BAKKEN10-20210000000
    BAKKEN9-2021134609732118718510

    MRO Activity In Bailey Oil Field -- July 9, 2022

    MEMO to self: come back in six months to see halo effect of surrounding wells. 

    When updating the incredible MRO wells at this post, it was noted that several MRO wells recently came off line which usually suggests activity, such as fracking newly drilled holes.

    Wow, wow, wow. Pay dirt! LOL.

    Without the NDIC GIS map, it is much more difficult to sort things out, but with a little sleuthing, one can find a few new things. 

    In NENW 18-146-93 and lot 1 section 18-146-93, no less than fourteen MRO wells are on drl status. Checking the scout tickets most, if not all, were spud in September, 2021, and one of the fourteen is now producing, suggesting that MRO has completed these fourteen wells.

    Note that in the NDIC spreadsheet below, the 2nd column and the 7th columns remain empty:

    • column 2: CTB No -- centralized tank battery number -- "battery" to which oil will be temporarily stored awaiting "runs"
    • column 7: DTD -- completed depth in feet
    38536
    3302504343OGDRL9/19/2021 NWNE 18-146-93MARATHON OIL COMPANYWOODROW 31-18HBAILEY
    38537
    3302504344OGDRL9/18/2021 NENW 18-146-93MARATHON OIL COMPANYPORTER 31-18TFHBAILEY
    38538
    3302504345OGDRL9/17/2021 NENW 18-146-93MARATHON OIL COMPANYANNABELLE 21-18HBAILEY
    38539
    3302504346OGDRL9/15/2021 NENW 18-146-93MARATHON OIL COMPANYELIZA 21-18TFHBAILEY
    38571
    3302504353OGDRL10/18/2021 LOT1 18-146-93MARATHON OIL COMPANYERMINA 31-13TFHBAILEY
    38572
    3302504354OGDRL10/19/2021 LOT1 18-146-93MARATHON OIL COMPANYITHAMAR 41-13TFHBAILEY
    38573
    3302504355OGDRL10/21/2021 LOT1 18-146-93MARATHON OIL COMPANYAUSTIN 11-18HBAILEY
    38574
    3302504356OGDRL10/22/2021 LOT1 18-146-93MARATHON OIL COMPANYBEAU 11-18TFHBAILEY
    38587
    3302504362OGDRL10/24/2021 LOT1 18-146-93MARATHON OIL COMPANYCODY 11-18HBAILEY
    38589
    3302504363OGDRL11/2/2021 NENE 18-146-93MARATHON OIL COMPANYAMOS 31-18TFHBAILEY
    38590
    3302504364OGDRL11/4/2021 NENE 18-146-93MARATHON OIL COMPANYCHERYL 41-18HBAILEY
    38591
    3302504365OGDRL11/5/2021 NENE 18-146-93MARATHON OIL COMPANYSTONE 44-7TFHBAILEY

    Initial production for the one well that has started to produce:

    • 38571, drl/drl, MRO, Ermina 31-13TFH, Bailey, first production, 3/22; t--; cum24K  5/22;
    PoolDateDaysBBLS OilRunsBBLS WaterMCF ProdMCF SoldVent/Flare
    BAKKEN5-2022311321613302448031171110655134
    BAKKEN4-2022219770102032694986967757188
    BAKKEN3-20223116857356171005431454

    These are the wells that are inactive in that section:

    334012334003302503268OGIA5/15/202221230NENW 18-146-93MARATHON OIL COMPANYKENNETH 24-7TFHBAILEY
    334022334003302503269OGIA5/15/202221135NENW 18-146-93MARATHON OIL COMPANYBETHOL 34-7HBAILEY
    334032334003302503270OGIA5/15/202221345NENW 18-146-93MARATHON OIL COMPANYSTROUP 34-7TFHBAILEY
    335342334003302503293OGIA5/15/202221136LOT1 18-146-93MARATHON OIL COMPANYBRONETT 14-7HBAILEY

    Big Oil's Profits -- Robert Rapier -- Oilprice -- July 9, 2022

    This was first posted back on June 18, 2022. I'm not sure why it's popping up again. It’s a good read but won't change things for anyone. Idle rambling on something we already know.

    Meanwhile, this article from oilprice is being posted simply for the humor and the archives. Link here.

    The headline:

    The lede:

    While gasoline prices are still $1.50 higher per gallon than they were this time last year, they fell sharply overnight in what was the largest one-day drop in nearly 15 years. 

    The current price for a gallon of gasoline in the United States is averaging $4.721 on Friday, down from $4.752 per gallon on Thursday—a 3.1-cent drop. The weekly change is even more significant at 12.1 cents.

    A drop of 3.1 cents on $4.752 is not even statistically significant or meaningful. A change of 0.65% -- not even a one-percent drop. A one-percent drop would have been ... almost a nickel. 

    Not to be outdone, this video posted by Josh Young

    But if you really want to have a field day, go to twitter and search "Kamala Harris." See if you can find one better than this:

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    HP Sauce.