Texas Is Doing Just Fine -- Thank You For Your Concern -- Longest Day Of The Year -- Summer Officially Begins -- June 21, 2022

Locator: 45006TX.
Locator: 45006ERCOT.

Plenty of reserves today.

Wind: more than forecast.

Also, not quite as hot.

Also, Texans are starting to acclimated to summer (again). Happens every year.

 We appreciate all the thoughts and prayers from the good folks being served by ISO NE. 

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Islands In The Stream

Link here.

Written by Barry Gibb. Song "given" to Kenny Rogers. After hearing Kenny Rogers sing the song, Barry said, "We need Dolly Parton." 

True story. The question: what made Barry think a duet was needed? And Dolly Parton? How did he think of her? Genius. Absolutely genius.

Chips -- June 21, 2023

Locator: 45005CHIPS. 

This is why one keeps a rolling 30-year horizon.

Link here.

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Qualcomm

First time I've seen a "positive" story on QCOM in a long time. Many story lines in this article.

Link here.

End Of The Trail? Not Yet -- Crypto -- Williston, ND -- June 21, 2023

Locator: 45004ND. 

Link here.

Texas Oil -- Adds A Record Number Of Jobs In May, 2023

Locator: 45003TEXAS. 

Link here. 

Cushing Storage -- Hits Two-Year Peak -- June 21, 2023

Locator: 45002WTI. 

And yet gasoline is still running over $3.00 / gallon here in north Texas. Time for an investigation?

Link here. 

Remember a few years ago when "Cushing" was full and "everyone' worried that "we' would run out of places to store crude oil.

No one seems worried this time? 

DUCs -- The Bakken -- June 21, 2023

Locator: 45001DUCS. 

DUCs: the Bakken. Supplied by a reader, thank you. 

Years ago: rule of thumb, 800 DUCs in the Bakken. 

Now, 500 DUCs in the Bakken.

Month-Yr	Bakken
	Drilled	Completed	DUC
Dec-13	--	--	603
Jan-14	174	143	634
Feb-14	214	158	690
Mar-14	216	218	688
Apr-14	220	207	701
May-14	216	208	709
Jun-14	237	225	721
Jul-14	257	243	735
Aug-14	229	207	757
Sep-14	250	232	775
Oct-14	186	243	718
Nov-14	209	202	725
Dec-14	224	194	755
Jan-15	197	193	759
Feb-15	230	151	838
Mar-15	182	170	850
Apr-15	142	127	865
May-15	124	139	850
Jun-15	110	135	825
Jul-15	102	124	803
Aug-15	111	101	813
Sep-15	99	92	820
Oct-15	118	84	854
Nov-15	100	89	865
Dec-15	98	78	885
Jan-16	71	80	876
Feb-16	61	41	896
Mar-16	68	45	919
Apr-16	43	39	923
May-16	46	59	910
Jun-16	42	54	898
Jul-16	45	56	887
Aug-16	53	82	858
Sep-16	49	66	841
Oct-16	59	85	815
Nov-16	61	86	790
Dec-16	53	49	794
Jan-17	62	52	804
Feb-17	51	58	797
Mar-17	78	71	804
Apr-17	78	104	778
May-17	94	82	790
Jun-17	76	105	761
Jul-17	95	103	753
Aug-17	99	110	742
Sep-17	98	97	743
Oct-17	104	110	737
Nov-17	93	86	744
Dec-17	77	65	756
Jan-18	107	72	791
Feb-18	74	74	791
Mar-18	95	90	796
Apr-18	109	110	795
May-18	124	131	788
Jun-18	108	118	778
Jul-18	134	155	757
Aug-18	108	138	727
Sep-18	108	122	713
Oct-18	120	118	715
Nov-18	110	99	726
Dec-18	108	70	764
Jan-19	120	71	813
Feb-19	108	56	865
Mar-19	111	110	866
Apr-19	118	112	872
May-19	127	127	872
Jun-19	118	149	841
Jul-19	122	122	841
Aug-19	122	144	819
Sep-19	110	88	841
Oct-19	116	108	849
Nov-19	96	88	857
Dec-19	94	86	865
Jan-20	99	98	866
Feb-20	94	100	860
Mar-20	94	108	846
Apr-20	69	33	882
May-20	33	14	901
Jun-20	18	11	908
Jul-20	18	22	904
Aug-20	19	27	896
Sep-20	18	51	863
Oct-20	19	41	841
Nov-20	20	31	830
Dec-20	20	51	799
Jan-21	20	41	778
Feb-21	19	24	773
Mar-21	25	45	753
Apr-21	27	47	733
May-21	29	62	700
Jun-21	31	33	698
Jul-21	32	62	668
Aug-21	39	69	638
Sep-21	42	79	601
Oct-21	43	78	566
Nov-21	46	62	550
Dec-21	52	50	552
Jan-22	53	34	571
Feb-22	64	44	591
Mar-22	66	68	589
Apr-22	58	39	608
May-22	75	61	622
Jun-22	75	80	617
Jul-22	75	84	608
Aug-22	76	87	597
Sep-22	78	85	590
Oct-22	77	92	575
Nov-22	79	71	583
Dec-22	80	65	598
Jan-23	80	91	587
Feb-23	80	93	574
Mar-23	80	93	561
Apr-23	79	91	549
May-23	74	84	539