MRO With Three New Bailey Permits; Seven DUCs Reported As Completed -- November 15, 2024

Locator: 48769B.

Deporter-in-chief: the opposition will try to re-write history. But they're missing the point.

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This is key: 

President Obama inherited a more legally robust and better-resourced immigration enforcement regime than his predecessors had. 

A series of laws in 1996 established new grounds for deportation, penalties for the crimes of illegal entry and re-entry, mandates for detention of deportable noncitizens, and a framework for cooperative arrangements on immigration enforcement between the federal government and state and local law enforcement agencies. 

Though authorized during the Clinton administration, many of these enforcement tools were not deployed and fully resourced until the Bush administration, mostly in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

Beginning in 2002, the federal government began 287(g) agreements, allowing state and local law enforcement officials to perform certain immigration enforcement functions. 

By the end of the Bush administration, more than 70 such agreements had been signed.

From The Hill regarding Trump 1.0:

While the Obama administration deported 1.18 million people in his first three years, the number of deportations has been a little under 800,000 so far under Trump, according to the Post.

The Obama administration also deported 409,849 people in 2012 alone, while the Trump administration has yet to deport more than 260,000 people in a year, the Post reported.

The Post noted it was unclear why there have been fewer deportations under Trump.

And then this, from NPR:

And again, the opposition will try to re-write history.

Fortunately we have a) the internet; and, b) Elon Musk's twitter. Oh, and c) common sense.

This should be one of the more fascinating stories in 2025. I look forward to the reporting that comes out of sanctuary cities. 

On another note, it will be interesting how DJT responds if this GOP-controlled Senate doesn't confirm all his nominations, including Matt Gaetz. The journalists reporting this story have difficulty playing checkers. DJT would be a worthy 3-D chess player. Just saying. And when it comes to the DOJ and MG, JDT is playing chess. This will be absolutely fascinating to watch.

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Back to the Bakken

WTI: $67.02.

Active rigs: 38.

Three new permits, #41343 - #41345, inclusve:

• Operator: MRO
• Fields: Bailey (Dunn County)
• Comments:
• MRO has three more Bailey oil field permits; NWNE 18-145-93; Sattier USA, Imogene USA, and Georgia, 
• all to be sited 462 FNL and three sites, 1775 FEL, 1735 FEL; and, 1695 FEL

Five permits renewed:

• CLR (4): two Schroeder permits and two Marlene permits, all in Stoneview, Williams County;
• BR: a Fritz Falls permit, Murphy Creek, Dunn County;

One permit canceled:

• Hunt Oil: #30615, a Patten permit in Mountrail County.

Seven producing wells (DUCs) reported as completed:

• 40327, 423, Petro-Hunt, State 144-98-16B-21-2H,
• 40377, 4,287, MRO, Hultberg USA 44-32H,
• 40379, 5,641, MRO, Spaulding USA 44-32H,
• 40478, 758, CLR, Clover 6-10H,
• 40596, 1,471, CLR, Doe 5-23H,
• 40597, 690, CLR, Doe 6-23H,
• 40598, 871, CLR, Doe 7-23H,