Locator: 50178B.
Updates
Later, 8:36 p.m. CT: WTI now drops to $86 -- trending to even lower prices. This is amazing how fast these prices have changed.
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TSA: four-hour long wait times in Houston airport today due to TSA shortage.
- DFW has 13 TSA security checkpoints across five terminals;
- DFW has an app that shows wait time by TSA security checkpoint;
- all terminals are connected by light rail
- go to "green" TSA security checkpoints; get through security, and then take light rail to your gate.
WTI: plunges, back below $90 as Trump signals that war may end. [Later: WTI back up to $95 as analysts analyze Trump's comments.
- he has a lot of options; especially if a third US a/c carrier is positioned in the Mideast;
- will likely address security of the canal now that it's obvious the UN can't do it;
Operation EPIC FURY:
- wow, wow, wow -- amazing, if one connects the dots -- and the president's statements -- he is truly playing chess -- remember, Trump is scheduled to visit Xi in China, at the end of the month -- March 31, 2026.
France: will position ten naval ships and an a/c carrier for defensive operations; "mulls" mission in Strait of Hormuz.
UK: remains on the sidelines; lacks any ships that could be deployed to the Gulf in support of the allies;
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Back to the Bakken
WTI: $94.77.
Active rigs: 26.
One new permit:
- 42754, Koda Resources, Amber 3119-4BHS, lot 4, section 31-160-103, Divide County; 435 FSL ad 501 FWL; Grenora oil field; 8-section space -- sections 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 17 / 18 / 19 / 20 -159-103;
Five permits renewed:
- Whiting (4): three Roggebuck permits and one Bartleson permit; all Mountrail in the Sanish oil field.
- Enerplus: a Tegu permit, McKenzie County in Antelope oil field.
Three producing wells (DUCs) reported as completed:
- 40797, 1,287, Slawson, Daredevil Federal 2-2-14H; McKenzie County;
- 41044, no IP, XTO, HBU Shoshoni Federal 11X-15G, Williams County;
- 41144, 993, BR, Devils Backbone 5E, McKenzie County;
