Three Western North Dakota Newspapers Call It A Day -- Bismarck Tribune -- November 27, 2019

 Updates

December 4, 2019: two of the three have been purchased; "business as usual."

Original Post

 Link here.

Three official county newspapers serving thousands of readers in western North Dakota will publish their last editions on Friday.

The Adams County Record, in Hettinger; the Dunn County Herald, in Killdeer; and The Herald, in New England, are closing.

Salem, Ore.-based owner Country Media Inc. informed the association this week of the pending closures.

Very, very sad.

From a reader:

I grew up with the Slope Messenger, later consolidated with the Hettinger County Herald, I remember Earl Rundel being the publisher. He was a local rancher and legislator. He was a pretty colorful figure. I think the saying "they don't make 'em like that anymore applies." 

I guess it's a sign of getting old but I miss those days. Those old timers were also the ones that came over to see me when I came home from Viet Nam and recruited me into the Republican Party where I served on the [local] district executive commission until I moved to Fargo in the early 90's. I also remember Senator Mark Andrews, at a meeting in Medora, giving me a flag that had flown over the US capitol because "you served your country in war."  No press releases or fanfare, that's just how they did it.  

Yes, the older I get, it seems, the better my memories of the old days. Great note. Thank you. The more I read about the Vietnma War, the more it appears the country really let our enlisted US Army troops down, and the USAF POWs. Reminds me a lot of the British and French generals during WWI -- again, based on my readings. No personal experience.

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Sophia With Her Horse And Closest Friend

Reason #1 Why I Love To Blog -- Feedback From Readers -- November 27, 2019

I've recently posted several notes about CLR's incredible Carus wells.

A reader directed me to Alwin C. Carus.

One might begin here and then from there do one's own google research.

The Alwin C. Carus Research Grant honors Carus and his interests in all aspects of history, archeology, and astronomy. Carus was born Nov. 20, 1901, in LaSalle to Paul and Mary (Hegeler) Carus.

He majored in chemistry and physics at the University of Chicago. He worked in the research laboratory at Carus Chemical Co. until he retired.

He also owned and helped operate farms and ranches near Killdeer in the Badlands of North Dakota, in western Minnesota, in eastern Montana on the Tongue River, and 200 miles northwest of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, in the Peace River Valley.

He traveled to Iraq and Turkey in the 1950s to visit ancient archeological sites with a graduate of the Oriental Institute, University of Chicago. He joined several expeditions with renowned astronomers to journey to the best places to view solar eclipses. In all, he witnessed over 12 total eclipses of the sun.

What a great country. It just never quits. 

Nothing About The Bakken -- Notes From All Over, Part 2 -- November 27, 2019

Wow, I'm in a great mood.

We had the day off. No driving. No appointments. No nothing.

Our day off:

• Ft Worth Botanical Gardens
• Kimball Art Museum, Ft Worth
• Lunch at the art museum (best lunch in town)
• Barnes and Noble, Southlake, TX
• lots of Christmas gifts -- yes, Christmas gifts -- bought for the extended family
• pending: movie night -- at one of those dine-in movie theaters -- a mixed drink and a dinner
• what a great country

Movies (later): the movie -- Knives Out -- was incredible. WSJ reviewer loved it; most comments, "Best movie I've seen in some time." Slow movie in a way; won't be everyone's cup of tea; I went to see it for the ensemble cast; not disappointed. Ana de Armas absolutely blows it out of the water!


All politics:

I've got the headphones on, playing music as loud as I can to avoid watching the ABC Nightly News that my wife is watching. I take the headphones off to watch a Tom Steyer commercial -- he's currently polling zero percent in the Quinnipiac poll -- zero percent .... he is now calling Mr Trump a failure. My wife detests Mr Trump, but we both agree -- she begrudgingly -- that we would like to have failed like Trump, let me count the ways:

• trophy wife
• Mar-a-Lago
• billions in the bank
• Trump Tower

Oh, one more thing: president of the United States.

LOL.

This is the man.

Sixteen Reasons, Connie Stevens
Item on the evening news: Apple's AirPods -- demand is so great that ordering them now from Apple and they won't be delivered until December 30, 2019, or later. Keeping America great.

Market: did the three major indices all hit new highs today? I don't know but I think so.

Six New Permits -- November 27, 2019

Gasoline demand, link here:

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Back to the Bakken

 
Active rigs:

$58.11	11/27/2019	11/27/2018	11/27/2017	11/27/2016	11/27/2015
Active Rigs	57	62	54	37	64

Six new permits, #37223 - #37228, inclusive:

• Operators: XTO (4); Whiting (2)
• Fields: Alkali Creek (Mountrail); Bully (McKenzie)
• Comments: 
• XTO has permits for four Kulczyk permits in section 17-154-94 in Alkali Creek;
• Whiting has permits for two Sorenson permits in section 6-148-99 in Bully oil field;

Another Incredible CLR Carus Well -- November 27, 2019

This page won't be updated. I believe this completes the CLR Carus wells for now.

The CLR Carus wells are tracked here.

The well:

• 35578, 2,652, Carus 11-28H, 42 stages; 12.7 million lbs; Cedar Coulee, t7/19; cum 179K 10/19; production:

Pool	Date	Days	BBLS Oil	Runs	BBLS Water	MCF Prod	MCF Sold	Vent/Flare
BAKKEN	10-2019	31	47060	47235	27678	64747	58106	6641
BAKKEN	9-2019	29	46313	46145	29277	60456	56965	3491
BAKKEN	8-2019	31	52694	52973	33133	64741	62506	2235
BAKKEN	7-2019	24	30945	30316	30992	45693	43395	2298
BAKKEN	6-2019	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAKKEN	5-2019	6	2270	2270	768	645	0	64

The dreaded Bakken decline rate? Not yet. LOL.