Friday, August 14, 2026

Six New Permits, Five Permits Renewed, Six DUCs Reported As Completed -- August 14, 2026

Locator: 51411B.

Dallas Cowboys: comes in at #17 in "power ranking," Mike Florio, Pro Football Talk. Link here

Russell 2000 closes at a new record.

WTI: rises on White House statement that US Navy could maintain Iranian blockade indefinitely. No negotiations. Trump suggests exerting massive pain on Iran. 

  • CVX: closes right at $200.00.
  • PSX: $233.61.
  • COP: $126.78.
  • MPC: $355.42

Tech: it looked like investors were eager to take profits on any news, for any reason. 

AAPL: was actually up today, albeit not by much. 

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Back to the Bakken

WTI: $82.33 going into the weekend. 

Active rigs in the Bakken; 32 (recent high).

Seven new permits, #43209 - #43215, inclusive --

  • Operators: BR (5); XTO (2);
  • Fields: Jim Creek (Dunn County); Lost Bridge (Dunn County)
  • Comments:
    • BR has permits for five Fox Tail wells, NENW / NWNE 10-145-96; 
      • to be sited 435 FNL and 2233 / 2361 FWL;
    • XTO has permits for two Carus Federal wells, SWNE 25-148-97; 
      • to be sited 2347 / 2367 FNL and 1729 / 1775 FEL.

Five permits renewed:

  • Kraken (4): four Augustus permits, Little Tank, McKenzie County;
  • XTO: one Abby Federal permit, Haystack Butte, Dunn County.

Six producing wells (DUCs) reported as completed

  • 36699, 3,028, BR, Muri 1A-MBH, McKenzie County;
  • 36700, 2,575, BR, Muri 2A-MBH, McKenzie County;
  • 42105, 428, Formentera Operations, Bull Mountain-31-18-DIV S611HF, Divide County;
  • 42106, 204, Formentera Operations, Bull Mountain-31-18-DIV S513HF, Divide County;
  • 42107, 256, Formentera Operations, Bull Mountain-31-18-DIV S515HF, Divide County;
  • 42108, 131, Formentera Operations, Bull Mountain-31-18-DIV S617HF, Divide County;