Tuesday, March 24, 2026

Tuesday -- March 24, 2026

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CVX: advances another 3/4ths of a percent.

VG: up another 5% during trading hours; loses over 4% after hours.

CVX vs VG: quite amazing. Considering. 

PSX: Phillips 66 makes the vast majority of its money as a refiner and downstream energy company, not as an E&P producer. COP spun off PSX in 2012. 

Refinery fire: Valero, Port Arthur, explains the huge jump in shares of refiners. Huge. MPC was up $11 before the close, 5%. 

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Back to the Bakken 

WTI: $92.35.

Active rigs: 25.

Two new permits:

  • 42783, loc, Silver Hill Energy, Wy Federal E 159-93-24-36-3MBHX, NWNE 24-159-93, 
    • to be sited 465 FNL and 1605 FEL, Burke County;
  • 42784, loc, Silver Hill Energy, Wy Federal E 159-93-24-36-4MBHX, NWNE 24-159-93, 
    • to be sited 465 FNL and 1500 FEL, Burke County;

Seven permits canceled: Spotted Horn canceled seven Moose permits, Mclean County;

Two producing wells (DUCs) reported as completed:
41053, npd, XTO, HBU Shoshoni Federal 11X-15H, Williams County;
41055, npd, XTO, HBU Shoshoni Federal 11X-15E, Williams County;