Monday, May 4, 2026

May The Fourth Be With You, May 4, 2026

Locator: 50711B. 

Another Lana Del Rey day: link here

Most incredible adult - easy listening music out there. It's very difficult to wait for her tenth studio album, southern Gothic, Storm, delayed, scheduled to be released in 2026. Released from that album, link here. It may or may not be my cup of tea (yet) but let's see how the full album develops before critiquing this. The song maintains her "indie" vibe, to say the least. If nothing else, it brought me back to one of my absolute favorites, "Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd." Link here
And then this, completely unlike Lana Del Rey. Link here.

For me. The conversation has changed. Ten more years.  

Chart of the day: MU -- up $35 today; up $75 in past five days -- 

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Back to the Bakken

WTI: $104.90. Whoo-hoo!

Active rigs: 23.

Five new permits, #42894 - #42897, inclusive:

  • Operator: XTO;
  • Field: Haystack Butte, Dunn County;
  • Comments:
    • XTO has five Harrier Federal permits, NENW 15-148-97, 
      • to be sited at 522 NFL and 1923 / 2133 FWL.

Two producing wells (DUCs) reported as completed:

  • 41149, 993, BR, Watchman Peak 5B, McKenzie County; 
  • 42592, 230, Ballard Petroleum, Borstad 12-30, Bottineau County;