Wells Coming Off The Confidential List This Next Week -- September 13, 2020

Monday, September 21, 2020: 136 for the month; 207 for the quarter, 653 for the year
36465, conf, Whiting, Joseph Verne 12-13-2H
34788, conf, Nine Point Energy, Missouri 152-103-4-2-6H,
34787, conf, Nine Point Energy, Missouri 152-103-4-2-5H,
34786, conf, Nine Point Energy, Missouri 152-103-4-2-2H

Sunday, September 20, 2020: 132 for the month; 203 for the quarter, 649 for the year
36840, conf, Hess, TI-State-158-95-3635H-9,

Saturday, September 19, 2020: 131 for the month; 202 for the quarter, 648 for the year
36689, conf, Whiting, Iverson 41-14HU,

Friday, September 18, 2020: 130 for the month; 201 for the quarter, 647 for the year
37238, conf,  Slawson, Orca Federal 8-23-26H,
36841, conf,  Hess, TI-State-158-95-3635H-8,
36117, conf, Hess, GO-Dahl-156-97-2215H-6,

Thursday, September 17, 2020: 127 for the month; 198 for the quarter, 644 for the year
37348, conf,  WPX, Fast Dog 7-6HX,
37347, conf,  WPX, Fast Dog 7-6HA,
37346, conf,  WPX, Fast Dog 7-6HWL
36116, conf,  Hess, GO-Dahl-156-97-2215H-5,
35286, conf, Whiting, Berg Trust Federal 31-27-4H,

Wednesday, September 16, 2020: 122 for the month; 193 for the quarter, 639 for the year
37349, conf, WPX, Fast Dog 7-6HB,
37237, conf,  Slawson, Orca Federal 7-23-26TFH,

Tuesday, September 15, 2020: 120 for the month; 191 for the quarter, 637 for the year
37350, conf, WPX, Fast Dog 7-6HS,

Monday, September 14, 2020: 119 for the month; 190 for the quarter, 636 for the year
37446, conf,  CLR, Irgens Rexall 11-19HSL1,
37351, conf, WPX, Fast Dog 7-6HG,
37236, conf, Slawson, Orca Federal 6-23-26TFH,

Sunday, September 13, 2020: 116 for the month; 187 for the quarter, 633 for the year
36775, conf,  Whiting, Iverson 11-14HU,
36115, conf, Hess, GO-Dahl-156-97-2215H-4,

Saturday, September 12, 2020: 114 for the month; 185 for the quarter, 631 for the year
36842, conf, Hess, TI-State-158-95-3635H-7,
36001, conf,  Hess, AN-MogenTrsut-153-94-2932H-6,
36000, conf, Hess, AN-Mogen Trust-153-94-2932H-7,

Idle Rambling On A Saturday Night -- Nothing About The Bakken -- September 12, 2020

This really is a great country. So many opportunities. The human experience. I've posted more about the Sturgis Rally than I had ever expected. I was thinking about it again tonight and then randomly, Alexa popped up with this song:

Ride, Lana Del Rey

I don't recall when I first heard it. I could check the journals, but not worth effort right now. 

I do remember this. I was on a cross-country trip from home in either south Texas (San Antonio) or north Texas (Grapevine/DFW) and on my way to Williston. In fact, I think I was on the return trip, coming back from Williston to Texas. I knew I would need some music to get me through Nebraska. I stopped at a Target on the east (?) side of Rapid City, SD, to buy two or three Lana Del Ray CDs. 

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Tonight's TCM Movie

Experiment Perilous, starring George Brent and Hedy Lamarr.

Released the same year as George Cukor's Gaslight (1944). Uncannily similar.

But I reminded of Hedy Lamarr and her background. From wiki:

At the beginning of World War II, Lamarr and composer George Antheil developed a radio guidance system for Allied torpedoes, intended to use frequency-hopping spread spectrum technology to defeat the threat of jamming by the Axis powers.

She also helped improve aviation designs for Howard Hughes while they dated during the war.

Although the US Navy did not adopt Lamarr and Antheil's invention until 1957, various spread-spectrum techniques are incorporated into Bluetooth technology and are similar to methods used in legacy versions of Wi-Fi.

Recognition of the value of their work resulted in the pair being posthumously inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2014.

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Danger Signal

The film noir Danger Signal follows. 

A deranged cop travels the country seeking out felons and their femme fatales and urges them to use their turn signals even when fleeing from the police. I cannot make this up. At least that's what the presenter says about this movie. We'll see.

Re-Posting Books To Ease Your Wanderlust -- September 12, 2020

See this note: the best "wanderlust" books. 

From that post:

This is so cool. From The WSJ: the best books to ease your wanderlust. I was mostly curious to see if any of "my" books were on that list, and some were, and some very surprising books made the list. I'm impressed.

"My" books that made the list, WSJ readers' favorite travel books, alphabetically by author:

• James Boswell’s The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides With Samuel Johnson -- highly recommended for oldest granddaughter;
  
• William Least Heat-Moon’s Blue Highways
• Jack Kerouac’s On the Road
• Jon Krakauer’s Into the Wild
• Robert Pirsig’s Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance -- my all-time favorite, have read it several times;
  
• John D. Tumpane’s Scotch and Holy Water -- unbelievable to see this made the list; I bought several copies years ago, worried it may go out of print;
  
• Rebecca West’s Black Lamb and Grey Falcon

A reader alerted me to Amazon and Scotch and Holy Water:

I'll take this opportunity to comment on Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. Great title, but a bit misleading or maybe a lot misleading. I didn't enjoy it as much as I thought I would until my fourth or fifth reading (over many years) and by that time I was reading it very, very slowly to really enjoy the message and the writing.

Eight DUCs Reported; Kraken Reports A Nice Well -- September 12, 2020

From Friday, September 12, 2020, daily activity report.

Active rigs:

$37.33	9/12/2020	09/12/2019	09/12/2018	09/12/2017	09/12/2016
Active Rigs	12	64	66	56	37

No new permits.

Eight producing wells (DUCs) reported as completed:

• 37069, loc/A, WPX, Wolverine 21-22HD, South Fork,
  
• 37070, loc/A, WPX, Wolverine 21-22HZ, South Fork,
• 37071, loc/A, WPX, Wolverine 21-22HC, South Fork,
  
• 37072, loc/A, WPX, Wolverine 21-22HY, South Fork,
  
• 36731, 1,181, Kraken, King 5-8 2H, Oliver, t10/19; cum 170K 7/20;
  
• 36732, drl/A, CLR, Vardon 8-14H2, Siverston, t--; cum --;
  
• 36733, drl/A, CLR, Vardon 7-14HSL1, Siverston, t--; cum --;
• 36734, drl/A, CLR, Vardon 6-14HSL, Siverston, t--; cum --;

That Surge In Covid-19 Cases In North And South Dakota -- September 12, 2020

I keep reading that there's been a surge of Covid-19 cases in the Dakotas. I would expect that — a surge in cases —for any number of reasons.

But I keep looking for change in stats regarding "deaths / million population" and I'm not seeing it. 

Remember: we're well past the 14-day quarantine period following the Sturgis Rally, August 6 - August 17, 2020. Way past the quarantine period. We're a full month out.

These are the "deaths / million population" stats:

Top ten:

North Dakota and South Dakota: