Locator: 50644B.
Broke the record of 92°F set in .... 1987.
Another record: closing price for the S&P 55: 7,174.
US trade: less than 2% of all US trade transits the Strait of Hormuz. If India and China want the strait opened, they need to talk to Iran.
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Back to the Bakken
WTI: $96.37. WTI up $2.00; up 2%.
Active rigs: 23.
Ten new permits, #42863 - $42873, inclusive:
- Operator: XTO:
- Field: Haystack Butte (Dunn County); and, Lost Bridge (Dunn County)
- Comments:
- XTO has permits for three Harrier Federal wells; three Nautilus Federal permits; and, four Predator Federal wells;
- NENW 15-148-97,
- to be sited 522 FNL and 1983 / 2103 FWL;
- SWNE 19-148-96,
- to be sited 2452 / 2511 FNL and 2265 / 2274 FEL; and,
- SWNE 19-148-96,
- to be sited 2570 FNL / 2581 FSL and 2283 / 2296 FEL.

