Locator: 48800B.
Being announced now: the US-Malaysia trade deal. This was a huge success for the US.
WBNA: we now know how much Caitlin Clark "adds" to the WBNA.
Viewership of this year's WNBA all-star game dipped a whopping 36% from last year.
Last year, Caitlyn Clark played; this year, Caitlin Clark was on the bench due to a groin injury. Sort of takes away from the shirt the WBNA players were wearing: pay us what we are worth. Better? Pay Caitlin Clark what she's worth. LOL.
WBNA: the league would do well to protect their franchise players from injuries just as the NFL protects their quarterbacks.
Today's market, AI:
there is some suggestion that the cash burn being experienced by AI companies may be accelerating, resulting in a pullback in stock prices.
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Back to the Bakken
Director's Cut, released July 22, 2025: data for May, 2025. Link here (won't open in Firefox).
- oil production:
- May: 1,112,790 bopd
- April: 1,173,319 bopd
- natural gas production:
- May: 3.355 BCF/day
- April: 3.4671 BCF/day
Today's daily activity report:
WTI: $66.36.
Active rigs: 32.
Four new permits, #42149 - #42152, inclusive:
- Operator: Whiting
- Field: Foreman Butte (McKenzie County)
- Comments:
- Whiting has permits for four Toonie wells, lot 1 and NENW 18-150-101;
- to be sited 333 / 370 FNL and 1192 / 1284 FWL.
Six permits renewed:
- BR (2): two Sandie permits, Elidah oil field, McKenzie County;
- Lime Rock Resources (2); two Reuben Schneider permits, Fayette oil field, Dunn County;
- Enerplus: one Spoiler permit and one London permit, the former in South Fork oil field; the latter in Moccasin Creek; both in Dunn County;
Two permits canceled:
- Formentera Operations: a Maverick permit and an FTH permit canceled; both in Burke County;
Two producing wells (DUCs) reported as completed:
- 30295, 711, Hunt Oil Company, Palermo MCNIC 156-90-22-23H 3, Mountrail County;
- 40247, 809, Hunt Oil Company, Palermo MCNIC 156-90-22-23H 4, Mountrail County;
