Wednesday, May 30, 2018

Random Look At Petro Harvester -- May 30, 2018

In today's daily activity report, Petro Harvester was awarded six permits. I haven't seen Petro Harvester in awhile (or if I have, I've forgotten).

My notes suggest that Petro Harvester entered North Dakota back in early 2011 focusing on Madison wells, I believe.

Other posts regarding Petro Harvester:
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Notes to the Granddaughters

See Magic: The Gathering.

Our oldest granddaughter introduced me to Magic: The Gathering earlier this evening. I'm hooked. So hooked.

She showed me her card deck. I was impressed.

Her most treasured card cost her $13. She does not play with it -- yet. She needs a "card protector" before she will add it to the deck.

According to the linked wiki entry: "Certain Magic cards can be valuable due to their rarity and utility in game play, with prices ranging from a few cents to thousands of dollars."

And then this quote from the wiki entry:
"By combining the collecting and trading elements of baseball cards with the fantasy play dynamics of roleplaying games, Magic created a whole new genre of product that changed our industry forever."
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Another Note to the Granddaughters

Our middle granddaughter was in Denver, CO, this past weekend, playing in the regional Real CO Cup (ladies soccer). Teams from all over the west/southwest competed. For her ladies, the "2006" group, her team took first place!

According to her coach tonight, her team has jumped up to "premier status" ranking tier with a current ranking of 6th.

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And Yet Another Note to the Granddaughters

Meanwhile, our youngest granddaughter, who will turn four later this summer, is now jumping off the low board in the swimming pool and swimming to the edge of the pool on her own. She did that for the first time earlier this evening. 

Nine New Permits; One DUC Reported As Completed -- May 30, 2018

Active rigs:

$68.145/30/201805/30/201705/30/201605/30/201505/30/2014
Active Rigs62502980188

Nine new permits:
  • Operators: Petro Harvester (6), Lime Rock Resources, Whiting, SlawsonFields: Portal (Burke County); Dimond (B
  • urke County); Stockyard Creek (Williams County); Big Bend (Mountrail)Comments: just like "old times" -- almost double-digit 
  • number of new permits; multiple operators; Tier 3 / Tier 4 locations?
One producing well (DUC) reported as completed:
  • 32125, SI/A, CLR, Burr Federal 1-26H1, Sanish, 4 sections,

Belated Happy Birthday! -- May 30, 2018

Wow, am I upset! A reader reminded me.

Happy birthday, Ms Peggy Lee, born May 26, 1920, in Jamestown, ND.

It's somewhat ironic and/or coincidental: on my recent trip to Williston, ND, Peggy Lee was featured fairly often on one of the music stations on Sirius XM. Perhaps because I was traveling on her birthday. I don't know.

Why Don't You Do Right? Peggy Lee

Stop The Press! Breaking News! That Maddow Surge? Steamrolled -- Forbes -- May 30, 2018

From Forbes: Fox News steamrolls cable news competition ratings.
What happened to the rise of MSNBC? After showing historic growth--and a few months in 2017 when Rachel Maddow took the title of most-watched host in all of cable news, beating Fox News Channel's Sean Hannity--the just-released results of the May ratings period look very familiar: Fox News won--everything.
In ratings data released Wednesday by Nielsen Media Research, FNC extended its run of consecutive months at number one to a staggering 197, while building hitting another impressive milestone: Fox News Channel has now beaten every other network in basic cable for 23 months straight, based on total day ratings, with an average total day audience in May of 1.4 million viewers.
Let's break it down.
  • prime time
    • Fox News destroyed its competition
    • Fox News: 2.381 million viewers
    • MSNBC: 1.384 million 
    • CNN: 835,000
  • most coveted demographic, those aged 25 - 54
    • FNC: clear victory
    • FNC: 461,000
    • MSNBC: 329,000
    • CNN: 265,000
  • 15 top cable shows
    • Fox: 10 of those 15 shows
    • Hannity outpaced every show in basic cable (except NBA playoffs)
    • Hannity: 2.627 million
    • Tucker Carlson Tonight: 2.617 million
    • The Ingraham Angle: 2.617 million
    • The Five: 2.153 million
  • millennials have stopped watching cable
    • May, 2018: cable news networks were down overall except for Fox News
  • most important demographic, those aged 25 - 54 years of age
    • Fox News grew 6%
    • CNN: fell a full 25%
    • Fox News: up slightly (+2%)
    • MSNBC; dropped significantly (-21%)
    • CNN dropped by more than a third (-34%)

OPEC Blinks; WTI Rises; Energy Stocks Surge -- May 30, 2018

Link here. OPEC, non-OPEC sticking ot oil pact but may raise output if needed.
  • Saudi needs $88 oil
  • Saudi trial balloon: will increase production by one million bopd
  • WTI/Brent plummets
  • Saudi clarifies: will increase production if "needed"; LOL 
  • will keep current production through end of 2018; gradual adjustments after that
  • repeat: Saudi needs $88 oil
Weekly crude oil inventories, API data; released at 4:30 p.m. CDT --
  • US crude oil inventories increased by 1.001 million bbls