Active Rigs Jump To 36 In North Dakota -- October 10, 2023

Locator: 45713B.

Covid: Florida / DeSantis lose; settle lawsuit; will pay attorneys fees. Court rules state must release Covid-19 data relating to 2021 infections and vaccination data. 

The state and Desantis had argued for two years that such information did not exist. Legal fees: $152,250.

As one wag cleverly said, "it's only illegal if one is caught." And, "if you contemplate doing something illegal, know the risk." I first learned about these calculations during the Clinton administration.

In this case: $152,250. Seems like a small price to pay if one wants to hide something.

Covid: new cases, USA:

 Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect: link here.

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Back to the Bakken

Active rigs: 36.

WTI: $85.97.

Three new permits, #40245 - #40247, inclusive:

• Operators: Empire North Dakota (2); Hunt Oil
• Fields: Starbuck (Bottineau); Ross (Mountrail)
• Comments:
• Empire North Dakota -- getting quite active -- has permits for two wells, a Walleye and a Pike, SESW 32-161-78; 
• Walleye to be sited 155 FSL and 2500 FWL; Pike to be sited 1220 FSL and 2500 FWL;
• Hunt has a permit for a Palermo MCNIC well, SESE 21-156-90, 
• to be sited 1285 FSL and 400 FEL

Three permits renewed:

• MRO: all in Lot 2 section 6-150-93; a Cecelia USA, Reunion Bay; a Riley USA and a Bracklin USA both in Antelope oil field; and all three in Mountrail County;

Two producing wells (DUCs) reported as completed:

• 38986, 960, CLR, Kiefel 3-26H,
• 39738, 734, Iron Oil Operating, Antelope 4-36-25H,