No Wells Coming Off Confidential List Today; None Over The Weekend And Only One Tomorrow -- June 26, 2023

Locator: 45062B.

Bizarre: no matter how you look at it, it was bizarre -- that military action in Russia over the weekend.

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Back to the Bakken

WTI: $69.78.

Tuesday, June 27, 2023: 38 for the month; 146 for the quarter, 401 for the year
39305, conf, CLR, Meadowlark FIU 10-6H,

Monday, June 26, 2023: 37 for the month; 145 for the quarter, 400 for the year
None.

Sunday, June 25, 2023: 37 for the month; 145 for the quarter, 400 for the year
None.

Saturday, June 24, 2023: 37 for the month; 145 for the quarter, 400 for the year
None.

RBN Energy: wildfires, pipeline maintenance punish western Canadian gas production.

Western Canada’s natural gas production has been on a roll in the past couple of years, reaching a record 17.3 Bcf/d in 2022. Another year of strong growth was expected in 2023, but Mother Nature had other plans — as usual. First, a milder-than-average heating season left plenty of gas in storage, pushing natural gas prices lower across North America. Second, tinder-dry conditions in some of the best gas production areas in Alberta and British Columbia sparked what so far has been a very active wildfire season — and forced producers to curtail their gas output numerous times in May and June. From our early expectations for production growth of 1.2 to 1.4 Bcf/d this year, the impacts from wildfires and a healthy dose of pipeline maintenance has chopped our 2023 production growth outlook to just 0.4 Bcf/d. As we discuss in today’s RBN blog, this slowdown in growth is exactly the opposite of what’s needed to avoid a runup in prices. Strong production momentum will be required into 2024 and 2025 to deal with the startup of the LNG Canada export facility, ongoing Canadian gas demand growth and pipeline exports to the U.S.