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Friday, May 1, 2026

Friday Night -- May 1, 2026

Locator: 50685B.

Trump, Friday night:

  • letter to Congress: the war is over between Iran and the US;
  • memo to the EU: executive order declaring 25% tariff on autos coming into US

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Back to the Bakken

WTI: $101.90. Down about $5.

Active rigs: 23.

Three new permits, #42891 - #42893, inclusive:

  • Operators: Iron Oil Operating (2); Zavanna
  • Fields: Parshall (Mountrail County); Stony Creek (Williams County)
  • Comments:
    • Iron Oil has permits for two Twin Tractors wells, NWNW 23-154-89, 
      • to be sited 415 FNL and 729 / 779 FWL.
    • Zavanna has a permit for a Boxer well, NENW 22-155-100, 
      • to be sited 728 FNL and 2280 FWL.

Three permits were canceled:

  • Enerplus, Sleeper, Pin, and Chief, SWSE 20-149-92; Dunn County;  
    • aha! sleeper, pin, ad chief are all bowling (pin) word -- the chief is hte #1 pin; a sleeper pin is a pin that is hidden directly behind another pin making it hard to see; and, of course, "pin" is a bowling pin. Ya gotta love it.