MONSTER WELLS -- CLR's New Monster Wells In Brooklyn Oil Field -- A Huge Thanks To The Reader Who Alerted Me To These Wells -- Absolutely Huge -- September 7, 2026

Locator: 51683B.

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Updates

Later, 7:44 p.m. CT: every time I look at these wells (see below), I am amazed again; these are standard two-mile wells in a relatively unremarkable field north of Williston; I have often remarked that CLR must have a "VP of Brooklyn oil field operations." LOL.

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A reader (thank you very much) noted these recently completed wells and asked the question when will operators start refracking some of the older wells in the area and/or drill new wells next to the older wells as they shut down. 

The wells, not all wells in this group listed. Maybe I will eventually get around to all the wells:

• holy mackerel -- 42240, drlA, CLR, Charleston 7-15H, Brooklyn, t6/26; cum 173K after < 2 months; note 85K in the first month; and 88K in the first full month;

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	7-2026	31	88179	87984	62121	184054	183367	268
BAKKEN	6-2026	28	84589	83850	70865	150390	112465	37547

• holy mackerel -- 42241, drlA, CLR, Addyson 6-14H, Brooklyn, t6/26; cum 161K after < 2 months; note 79K in the first month, and 90K in the second full month;

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	7-2026	31	89653	89885	71725	178082	177391	272
BAKKEN	6-2026	27	71499	70296	67111	138287	106186	31736

• holy mackerel -- 42246, drlA, CLR, Charleston 8-22HSL, Brooklyn, t6/26; cum 129K after < 2 months; note 81K in 30 days and 57K over 30 days for the next month;

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	7-2026	22	41558	41719	47038	88534	87758	776
BAKKEN	6-2026	30	81240	81009	80898	157505	145561	11944
BAKKEN	5-2026	3	5863	5696	8772	14353	14221	132

• holy mackerel -- 42248, drlA, CLR, Olympia 6-27HSL, Brooklyn, t6/26; cum 165K after < two months; note 105K in 30 days and then a rate of 62K over 30 days for the next month;

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	7-2026	22	45596	45853	44143	100390	99509	881
BAKKEN	6-2026	30	105372	105258	73974	194234	179516	14718
BAKKEN	5-2026	5	14132	13729	14994	24570	24344	226

The maps:

 

 

WTI Trending Toward A $93-Handle -- September 7, 2026

Locator: 51682WTI.

WTI: opens Sunday night at $92.63, up $1.15; up 1.26%. Later, overnight: up $3.00; trading at $94.44. I’m still amazed that two weeks ago, folks felt Iran was going to capitulate and the price of oil was going to plummet.

Don't even get me started: 

The British tax: $30,000 on a $120,000 car = $150,000 (in Britain, the price of the car embeds the VAT.

California tax: $8,000 to $12,000 on a $120,000 car (in California the sales tax is added after the sales price; tax varies based on zip code where the new car is registered.

Texas: exactly $7,500 in 2026.  

AI -- September 7, 2026

Locator: 51681AI.

AI, of course, is big, big business for ... well, let's just say "AI is big business for BIG BUSINESS."

In the big scheme of things, AI is not "google search on steroids." AI is something completely different. And so much bigger. Now that I've learned that one can easily save chatbot threads for future reference and the ability for anyone to add to those threads, it has made my life a whole lot simpler. This will allow me to save untold hours of typing, re-tryping, blogging, etc. It is simply amazing. 

I marvel at the response of a number of folks with regard to AI. It appears that of the folks with whom I discuss AI, as many as 90% have no interest in AI; do not understand AI; and are, literally, quite afraid of it. 

They can howl at the wind all they want, but the fact is, AI is here to stay, and if one knows how to use it, AI is (and chartbots are) incredibly valuable. 

If one is an investor, I cannot stress enough how valuable AI can be.

Exhibit A (link here): from Gemini this reply to a query -- the whole process, query-to-reply took less than 30 seconds:

Labor Day -- Monday, September 7, 2026

Locator: 51680CHIPS.
Locator: 51680CAT.

Unrelated to anything else on the blog: NetSPI and Synack have agreed to merge. KKR is backing this merger. Link here. ChatGPT says:

Given your interest in how AI is changing the economics of entire industries, I think this merger is worth watching closely. It may be an early example of a broader category in which the winning company isn't the one with the best autonomous AI, but the one that figures out how to put AI agents and scarce human expertise together most efficiently. 

Updates 

Later, 1:46 p.m  CT:

• earlier I posted an Eisenhower adage on how to solve a problem;
• there is a corollary, how to not lose a war: never surrender; simply let it drag on. Examples: both Ukraine and Russia; a singleton: Iran. 

We're now getting word (link here) that earlier today: 

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Due to family activities today, blogging will be delayed. 

When I get a chance, I will complete this discussion: link here. 

It has to do with hyperscalers and chips: Trainium, Nvidia, and Maia.

So, we'll get back to that later. It started out when I was updating my understanding of these chips, and, interestingly enough, has an investing element.

By the way, in passing, CAT is the second best ticker in the DOW so far this year in 2026. Amazing. Link here. 

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See disclaimer. This is not an investment site. 

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Reminder: I am inappropriately exuberant about the Bakken, US economy, and the US market.

I am also inappropriately exuberant about all things Apple. 

And now, Nvidia, also. I am also inappropriately exuberant about all things Nvidia. Nvidia is a metonym for AI and/or the sixth industrial revolution. 

I've now added Broadcom to the disclaimer. I am also inappropriately exuberant about all things Broadcom. Now, I've added Amazon. And QCOM.

Longer version here.

South Korea To Invest $20 Billion In Texas -- Natural Gas Plant -- September 7, 2026

Locator: 51679TEXAS_NATURALGAS.

Tag: natural gas Texas 

Population of Encinal, Texas: 540. 

Encinal is about 40 miles north-northeast of Laredo, on I-35, leading to San Antonio, to the north-northeast.