Six New Permits -- March 6, 2025

Locator: 48467B.

Measles:

• Texas: 
• January, 2025: current epidemic broke out, 
• centered in Mennote community in West Texas
  
• March 4th report: 159 cases
• February 24th report: 124 cases to date
• Response?
• then, Dr Fauci: lock down; mask; mandatory vaccination; IV Lysol; 
• daily press conferences
• national hysteria
  
• now, RFK, JR cod liver oil; vitamins; vaccinate if you are so inclined
• weekly update, maybe
• cool, calm and collected
  

• Observations:
• measles markedly more infectious than Covid-19; 
• markedly more infectious; 
• no comparison
  
• mortality, worldwide:
• measles: 150,000 / year
• Covid-19: 500,000 / year
• reporting: entirely "political" / slanted / agenda-driven
  

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Back to the Bakken

WTI: $66.28. Promises made, promises kept. Energy prices continue to fall.

Active rigs: 33.

Six new permits, #41673 - #41678 - #41683, inclusive:

• Operators: Devon (3), Hess (2), and Hunt Oil Company
  
• Fields: South Tobacco Garden (McKenzie County); Wheelock (Williams County); Ross (Mountrail County)
• Comments: 
• Hunt has a permit for a State A well, NENE 8-156-90, 
• to be sited 875 FNL and 505 FEL;
• Hess has permits for two GO-Haug wells, lot 4, section 19-156-98;
• to be sited 573 FSL and 579 / 612 FWL;
• Devon has permits for three Johnson wells; SWSW 34-150-99; 
• to be sited 445 FSL and 453 / 513 FWL
  

Three producing wells (DUCs) reported as completed:

• 40748, 3,279, MRO, Gross 24-23H, Dunn County;
• 40749, 2,925, MRO, Rosenkranz 24-23H, Dunn County;
  
• 40750, 3,046, MRO, McAdoo 34-23H, Dunn County;

In depth:

• a fourteen-well pad in Bailey oil field;
• #40462; #40743 - #40751, inclusive; and, #40774, #40779, #40781, #40782
• it appears nine are actively producing and reporting
• it appears five are on DLR status but drilled to depth; probably fracked, also
• it appears six run south; eight run north (could be mistaken) -- including two section line wells and two wells west of the "primary" drilling unit, sections 23 and 26
• four wells of interest all are off line, as would be expected:
• 18736, 626, MRO, Rosemary Eckelberg 21-26H, Bailey oil field, t9/10; cum 290K 11/24;
• 21970, 1,234, MRO, Eckelberg 14-23TFH, Bailey oil field, t3/12; cum 214K 11/24;
  
• 17310, 459, MRO, Rosemary Eckelberg 41-26H, Bailey oil field, t8/08; cum 205K 6/24;
• 17318, 483, MRO, Clive Pelton 34-23H, Bailey oil field, t8/08; cum 225K 9/24;