Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Senate Tax Bill Routs Solar Stocks; Trump Ready To Launch America's B-52s From Diego Garcia? Amazon / Anthropic -- Supercomputer -- June 17, 2025 -- June 17, 2025

Locator: 48762B.
Locator: 48762ARCHIVES.

Four big stories today:

  • Solar stocks rocked; plummet.
    • US Senate bill worse (?) than US House bill. 
  • Amazon / Anthropic will have largest supercomputer in the world by the end of 2025.
    • where did this come from? Under the radar?
  • the Mideast, see below
    • Trump to Iran: "unconditional surrender."
  • Russia: paper tiger
    • Iran's air defense rendered useless in one week;
    • Iran's air defense: test ground for Russia's air defense testing

Solar:

  • First Solar (FSLR):
    • as recently as June 14, 2024: $275; today: $143.90
  • Solaredge (SEDG):
    • $365 as recently as late 2021; today, trading for $16.
    • it's not as if investors couldn't have seen this coming

TikTok: Trump extends TikTok for another 90 days.

  • TikTok: won't go dark; question is -- who "gets" it?

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Back to the Bakken

WTI: $75.49. Up over 55; up $3.75. Trump says "unconditional surrender now." Netanyahu hinted at major military event Thursday/Friday later this week. Everything suggests US about ready to hit Iran's main nuclear facility with B-2 bunker buster.

Active rigs: 29. First time in a long time, I've seen the number of active rigs drop below 30. Oh, oh.

Four new permits, #42021 - #42024, inclusive:

  • Operator: Formentera Operations
  • Field: Larson (Burke County)
  • Comments:
    • Formentera Operations has permits for four Jackson wells, SESW 17-162-94; all confidential, 
      • to be sited 446 FSL and 2221 / 2326 FWL;
      • spacing unit, all four permits: 3 sections, sections 20 / 29 / 32 - 162-94;

Three producing wells (DUCs) reported completed:

  • 40959, 1,112, CLR, Rutledge 5-11H, Dunn County;
  • 40975, 1,084, CLR, Rugledge 6-11HSL, Dunn County;
  • 40977, 2,520, CLR, Entzel 5-14H, Dunn County;