Locator: 50184B.
Compare the projected prices of the North Dakota and the Texas projects below.
From today, March 10, 2026, president Trump alerted me to this today -- see below the fold --
Meanwhile, in North Dakota:
From yesterday, March 9, 2026:
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Back to the Bakken
WTI: $83.45.
Active rigs: 25.
Two new permits, #42755 - #42756, inclusive:
- Operator: Oasis
- Field: Alger (Mountrail)
- Comments:
- Oasis has permits for two Teal wells, NWNE 22-156-92,
- to be sited 231 FNL and 1264 / 1330 FEL.
Three permits renewed:
- Minnkota Power Cooperative, three renewals -- Liberty 1, Unity 1, and McCall 1 -- all SWNW 4-141-83, Oliver County.
One producing well (a DUC) reported as completed:
- 41056, no IP reported, XTO, HBU Shoshoni Federal 11X-15B, Hofflund, Williams County;
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The Fold
President Trump refers to this as $300-billion project. I'm not sure where the "$300-billion figure" is coming from!?
Has any refinery anywhere ever cost $300 billion?




