Notes From All Over -- Happy Halloween Eve -- October 30, 2020

Skywatch: I've never had so  much fun as I've had with the "skywatch" app on my smart phone. The app was free and I love it. According to Geoff Simon:

The moon will be full on Halloween, an event which occurs every 19 years. The first full moon after the Harvest Moon is the Hunter's Moon, so named according to the Farmer's Almanac because with leaves falling, crops harvested and the deer fattened, this was the time to hunt. See more here.

Recipes: Cornish hens? Secret ingredient: smoked paprika. 

Target: while shopping for that secret ingredient tonight at the Target store down the street, I was struck by how empty many of the shelves were. It was quite remarkable to say the least and it's hard to suggest it's not due the recent headline stories about Chinese flu being out of control. Whatever you stocked up during the original surge, you may want to re-inventory where you stand. Just saying. 

Happy Halloween: waiting to pick up Sophia at TutorTime earlier today. The table had been full of decorated pumpkins but folks were now taking them home.

Week 44: October 25, 2020 -- October 31, 2020

Top story of the week:  

• North Dakota leads the nation in new Chinese flu cases per capita. Several posts; here's most recent; setting records;
• Jerry Jeff Walker, RIP: October 23, 2020;
  

Most under-reported story:

• Turkey's economy
  

Top international non-energy story:

• Mideast in deep doo-doo; and, here;
  

Top international energy story:

• The Bakken residing rent-free in Vladimir's brain;

Top national non-energy story:

• 3Q20 GDP forecast at 35%; first reading came in at 33%;
• Newest US Supreme Court justice sworn in on Hillary's birthday;
• Trump gets fifth Nobel Peace Prize nomination; not reported by mainstream media;
• LA Dodgers win World Series;

Top national energy story:

• COP could wave good-bye to Alaska;

Top North Dakota non-energy story:

• New Long X bridge now open; currently two lanes; will eventually be four lanes;

Top North Dakota energy story:
COP getting active in the Bakken; and, here; and, here;

Geoff Simon's top North Dakota energy stories:

• TR Presidential Library Foundation announced $100 million in commitments;
• "Pore space" law evolving;
• Biden victory offers path to shut down DAPL

Operators:

• BR getting very, very active in the Bakken; getting active in the Permian; may "lose" Alaska:
• BR eyeing to double number of wells in a Hawkeye drilling unit;
• MRO continues to report huge wells in the Bakken;
• MRO reports four huge DUCs;
  

Operations:

Fracking:

• MRO with interesting completion strategies; and, here;

Commentary: 

CLR With A New Permit; EOG Renews Four Permits; WPX Reports One DUC As Completed -- And A Partridge In A Pear Tree -- October 30, 2020

Active rigs:

$35.79	10/30/2020	10/30/2019	10/30/2018	10/30/2017	10/30/2016
Active Rigs	14	60	68	52	34

One new permit, #37941:

• Operator: CLR
• Field: Cedar Coulee (Dunn County)
• Comments:
• CLR has a permit for a Bang well in section 32-147-96, 620' FNL and 1050' FEL.
  

Four permits renewed:

• EOG: three Hawkeye permits, all in McKenzie County; and, a Van Hook permit in Mountrail County

One permit canceled:

• MRO: a Wayzetta permit in Mountrail County

One producing well (a DUC) reported as completed:

• 37135, drl/A, WPX, Nokota 24-13-12HX, Squaw Creek, no production data, 
• the Nokota wells are tracked here;
  

Re-Posting: Who Controls The Permian? October 30, 2020

Who controls the Permian? Rigzone. 

There’s been an ongoing pendulum swing between majors and independents as the controlling group of the Permian basin’s destiny for many years, but who controls the region now?

Well, according to a new Wood Mackenzie (Woodmac) editorial from the company’s Americas upstream oil and gas research director Benjamin Shattuck, new deals like the Pioneer and Parsley combination are swinging the pendulum from the majors back to the independents “fast”.

“The combined Pioneer/Parsley entity holds almost a million acres in the heart of the Midland Basin,” Shattuck stated in the editorial, which was posted on Woodmac’s website on Tuesday.

“Pioneer is once again a Permian heavyweight. The combined company will produce more regionally than ConocoPhillips and Concho, more than ExxonMobil, and more than Occidental and Anadarko. Considering the massive spending pullbacks of Chevron and ExxonMobil earlier this year, Permian forecasters need to recalibrate their models back to Pioneer’s plans,” Shattuck added in the editorial.

“Even with a lower reinvestment rate than before the deal and the variable dividend not coming into play until 2022, Pioneer will still grow five percent next year,” Shattuck went on to state.

Having read that, now look at COP.  

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Two hours later:

Train Wreck In Slow Motion -- The Sports Page -- October 30, 2020

Updates

Later, 2:29 p.m.; just hours after posting the original post, Breitbart posted a survey showing that Americans now consider the old "NBA" the new "BLM." Link here: https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2020/10/29/survey-fans-view-nba-overt-political-thing-not-sport/.

Original Post

BLM: BLM braces for record 40% drop in revenue in 2020 - 2021 season. LeBron may sit out first few weeks (months?). ZeroHedge. 

NFL: watching a train crash in slow motion. Ratings plunge 35% this past Sunday; continues the trend in all major sports. 

Link here: https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2020/10/28/ratings-crash-35-for-sunday-night-football-lowest-week-7-number-since-2011/.

I watch sports talk television in the morning -- "Get Up" and "Final Take" -- and "Pardon the Interruption" in the afternoon -- not once have I heard anyone mention this train wreck. In fact, the commentators continue to show support for the movement. 

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