Saturday, September 2, 2017

Happy Birthday To You, Happy Birthday To You, .... September 2, 2017

A belated happy birthday to Cedar Creek Unit 8B 14X-2A-8 -- celebrating its 56th birthday last month:
  • 2949, 260, Denbury Onshore, Cedar Creek Unit 8B 14X-2A-8, Cedar Creek, unitized, t8/61; cum 480K 2/20; producing for 60 years;

Nothing About The Bakken -- But Awesome All The Same -- September 2, 2017

First we start with this:

The Immigrant Song, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Karen O

Why?

Because:
Though there’s still another Nine Inch Nails EP in the works, the next thing fans will likely hear from Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross will be their latest score work. The musical partners recently lent their talents to creating the musical score for the upcoming Ken Burns and Lynn Novick documentary series The Vietnam War, which will start airing on PBS Sept. 17.

The Vietnam War will actually feature two soundtracks — one featuring Reznor and Ross’s score and the other being a more traditional soundtrack featuring a compilation of popular songs from the era that are featured in the series.

The Reznor and Ross score features over 90 minutes of new, original music available as a two-CD or three-LP set. Burns and Novick said in a joint statement, “The Vietnam War era produced some of the greatest, most impactful music ever recorded. We are grateful that so many artists from the period wanted to be part of the film and now the soundtrack. We were equally fortunate to have had the tremendous honor to work with Trent and Atticus. Their original score beautifully compliments the music from the time, and we are absolutely thrilled that our audiences will now have the chance to own the original score along with some of the best music from the film.”

The soundtrack compilation includes music from the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Simon & Garfunkel, the Temptations, The Byrds, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Janis Joplin and many more.
See more at this link.


Gasoline Availability Continues To Improve In The DFW Area -- September 2, 2017

Wow, I love this country. Earlier I noted that the gasoline availability issue was improving here in north Texas.

So, where are "we" now, well into the Labor Day weekend when traffic is supposed to be quite heavy? Actually we are doing quite well, thank you for asking. One would have expected to have more stations reporting that they were out of fuel; in fact, it looks like we are hanging on, maybe improving.

After one of the worst natural disasters hitting the center of America's oil and gas industry, just before Labor Day weekend, and in less than 72 hours, things seem to be improving. A Drudge Report link two days ago suggested "we" would be out of gasoline by Labor Day -- I thought the same. I underestimated our blue collar workforce. I should be horsewhipped.

I can only imagine all the individuals in the Houston area who have their own personal disasters with flooding at home, and yet are somehow getting to work to keep things moving. I assume some companies are flying in personnel from outside the Houston area to help out.

Earlier today, of the nine service stations in our area, three had fuel.

Now, later tonight, six of ten service stations have fuel. I find that remarkable. A huge shout out to all the refinery workers in the Houston area, and all the truckers transporting fuel. Truly remarkable.


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Time For A Slim Dusty Festival











Preliminary EV Sales Data For August, 2017

EV sales summary for August, 2017, has been released. Data for most makes/models has (have?) been posted, but a few makes/models yet to be posted.

It's going to be close, but month-over-month (August-over-July) may show no real increase, perhaps even a slight decrease.

For July-over-June (month-over-month), 2017, there was a decline:
  • August (not all data posted yet): 12,750
  • July: 15,607 (a 10% decrease from the previous month)
  • June: 17,332 
By make/model:
  • Tesla, Model S: 2,150 (looks to be near its monthly average this year) 
  • Tesla, Model X (remember, Tesla has reduced the price on this model): 1,445 (lowest number sold in the past four months; only one month in the past six with a lower number of sales)
  • Chevrolet Volt: 1,445 (looks to be near its monthly average this year)
  • Chevrolet Bolt: 2,107 (at the higher end for monthly sales)
  • Toyota Prius Prime: 1,820 (looks to be near its monthly average this year)
  • Nissan Leaf: 1,154 (at the lower end of monthly sales)
  • Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid: a pretty big jump; from 125 in July to 425 in August
  • Mercedes 5550e: a huge drop; from 124 in July to only 32 in August; the smaller Mercedes C350e is doing better: 112 in July; 212 in August
And drum roll for the Tesla Model 3:
  • July, 2017, first month for deliveries: 30
  • August, 2017, second month for deliveries: 75

Random Update Of Two Older Oasis Wells -- September 2, 2017

Update on two Oasis wells: one refracked almost for certain; the other one may or may not have been refracked. See this post.