Technology Is Simply Amazing -- September 1, 2021

Not a day goes by that I'm not impressed by technology. 

Regular readers know I give examples on a regular basis. 

Here's another one. 

On the first of every month, I receive an e-mail alert from my cell phone provider that my monthly statement is ready to be viewed and ready for payment. 

I've been with Sprint for decades, and was somewhat upset when Sprint was acquired by T-Mobile. I've always been impressed with T-Mobile and had considered to switch from Sprint to T-Mobile over the years, but their coverage was a bit spotty in some areas that I often traveled. 

Having said that, I was familiar with Sprint, their webpage, their statements, userid and passwords, etc., and didn't want to switch to T-Mobile even though it was probably going to be awesome. 

LOL.

I have three phones on my account with Sprint, now Sprint-T-Mobile, some day, T-Mobile. 

I still have to switch out the current Sprint SIM card with the new T-Mobile card.

Memo to self.

Anyway, today, I got my monthly bill. Long story short, it was not what I expected.

I contacted Sprint-T-Mobile on line, and the usual "chat" line opened up.

Everything was in order; I was quite impressed; and we moved on.

The webpage had changed, that was fine, but Sprint-T-Mobile said that the bill would be paid by an automatic withdrawal from my bank account (auto-pay) on the 15th of each month and that by so-doing I would save $5 / line, or in this case, $15/ month. 

I have never, never enrolled in autopay but Sprint-T-Mobile said it had already been set up and that's how it would be paid. 

I did not discuss this with Sprint-T-Mobile but I figured it out. No, I had never had autopay -- I checked my bank statements while waiting to talk to a Sprint-T-Mobile employee. But it appears that Sprint-T-Mobile simply set up an auto-pay account using my paper check history of how I've paid monthly bills for the past several decades. 

Very, very clever. 

Nothing to do on my part. It was just sort of "sneaky." 

But I'm saving $15/month and I didn't have to do a thing. I set a calendar reminder to ensure that the bill is paid. And we move on.

Light Rail -- DFW Metropolis -- September 1, 2021

Trinity Metro is "our" light rail system in the DFW area, running from Ft Worth, TX, in the west, through Grapevine, TX, and then east to the DFW airport, where it connects with light rail into Dallas, TX.

It's an awesome, ultra-modern system. It began service a couple of years ago. I was really, really hoping it would do well. It really was a great idea: providing transportation for the thousands of minimum-wage employees working out at DFW, but living where housing was more affordable.

But from day 1, one could see that ridership was going to be very, very low. I think travel on the Trinity Metro was free for quite some time, hoping to get folks used to.

Then Covid-19. 

I am unable to find ridership numbers but every time I see a four-car Trinity Metro train go by, it is generally completely empty. 

Covid-19 may have something to do with that, but I didn't think it was going to work regardless. 

So, now after two or three years of really, really low ridership, Trinity Metro is going to try free rides again. I assume one of the reasons for doing this is to see what the potential ridership might be.

Oasis With Three Lindvig Beck Federal Permits -- September 1, 2021

Active rigs, per the daily activity report:

	9/1/2021	09/01/2020	09/01/2019	09/01/2018	09/01/2017
Active Rigs	24*	10	64	63	56

Twenty-four oil and gas active rigs

• two SWD rigs: (Zavanna's Edgar 1-10 SWD); and, Koda Resources (Stout 34-1 SWD)

Three new permits, #38527 - #38529, inclusive:

• Operator: Oasis
• Field: Camp (McKenzie)
• Comments:
• Oasis has permits for three more Lindvig Beck Federal wells to be sited in lot 3 section 2-152-101; 
• 457 FNL and between 1860 FWL and 1926 FWL;

September, 2021, Hearing Dockets Posted

Link here.

Wednesday
September 29, 2021
Four pages

Remember, these are cases, not permits.

• 28941, NDIC, Petro-Hunt, Grinnell-Bakken; review the status of leases in sections 30 and 31, within the 2560-acre spacing unit, sections 29/30/31/32-154-96;  checking progress towards developoing said sections 30/31 as a stand-up 1280-acre unit;McKenzie, Williams;
• 28942, Whiting, Dollar Joe-Bakken, establish two stand-up 1920-acre units; ten wells in each;  total twenty wells; Williams County;
• 28943, Whiting, Dollar Joe-Bakken; establish four overlapping 3840-acre (six sections) spacing units; one well on each unit; Williams County;
• 28944, Oasis, Tobacco Garden and/or North Tobacco Garden-Bakken; establish an overlapping 3840-acre unit; one well; McKenzie County
• 28945, Lime Rock Resources, Little Knife-Bakken; establish two overlapping 2560-acre units; one well on each unit; Dunn County
• 28946, MRO, Bailey-Bakken, reduce the setback ... Dunn County
• 28947, MRO, Bailey-Bakken, reduce the setback ... Dunn County
• 28948, Little Missouri Special; bond issue, SWD, Bowman County
• 28949, JW Williams, indirect heated separator; setback; no location specified
• 28950, Blue Steel Oil and Gas, risk penalty legalese involving Slawson and WHite Butte, the Jore Federal wells; McKenzie County
• 28951, Hess, commingling,
• 28952, Hess, commingling,
• 28953, Whiting, Sanish-Bakken; two wells on a 3840-acre unit; Mountrail County
• 28954, Whiting, Sanish-Bakken; two wells on a 2560-acre unit; Mountrail County
• 28955, Whiting, commingling
• 28956, Whiting, commingling
• 28957, Whiting, commingling
• 28958, Lime Rock Resources, pooling,
• 28959, MRO, Bailey-Bakken, nine wells on an existing 1280-acre unit; sections 30/31-146-93; Dunn County; 
• 28960, MRO, pooling,
  

Thursday
September 30, 2021
Five pages

Remember: these are cases, not permits.

• 28961, NDIC, consider termination of the Tracy Mountain-Tyler unit, operated by Southwestern Production Corp, Billings County
• 28962, CLR, Last Chance, Baker, and/or Willow Creek-Bakken; establish an overlapping 3840-acre unit, sections 7/8/8/16/17/18-153-100, one well near the section line, McKenzie, Williams counties
• 28963, CLR, rework #23180, Buddy 1-27H, and #23181, Domindgo 1-22H, for temporary injection of natural gas and possibly other fluids in the East Fork-Bakken, Williams County
• 28964, WPX and Enerplus Resources; Mandaree-Bakken; i) drill a well with the lateral 300 feet from the east line of a proposed 640-acre unit; and, ii) a well with a lateral to be located approximately 300 from the west line of a proposed 640-acre unit; Dunn County
• 28965, WPX, Big Bend-Bakken, establish i) an overlapping 640-acre unit two wells; ii) an overlapping 960-acre unit; two wells; iii) an overlapping 1280-acre unit, one well; Mountrail County 
• 28966, WPX, Heart Butte-Bakken, establish i) two overlapping 1920-acre units; five wells on each unit; ii) an overlapping 3840-acre unit, one well; a total of eleven wells; Dunn, McLean counties
• 28967, RimRock, Heart Butte-Bakken, establish an overlapping 1920-acre unit, four wells; or alternative option but still four wells; Dunn County;
• 28968, Hunt Oil, pooling
• 28969, CLR, pooling,
• 28970, CRL, pooling,
• 28971, CLR, temporary injection of fluids in the East Fork-Bakken; Williams County;
• 28972, CLR, temporary injection of fluids in the East Fork-Bakken; Williams County;
• 28973, WPX, pooling,
• 28974,  WPX, pooling,
• 28975, WPX, pooling,
• 28976, WPX Energy, Moccasin Creek, six wells on an existing 640-acre unit; Dunn County;
• 28977, Crescent Point Energy, commingling
• 28978, XTO, commingling
• 28979, XTO, commingling
• 28980, Ovintiv, North Tobacco-Garden, two wells on an existing overlapping 2560-acre unit; McKenzie County
• 28981, Ovintiv Production,twelve wells on each of two existing 1280-acre units; a total of 24 wells; McKenzie County
• 28982, Ovintiv, commingling,
• 28983, Ovintiv, commingling,

October, 2021, Dockets Posted

Link here.

Monday, October 11, 2021, Bismack

Monday, October 11, 2021, Dickinson

Tuesday, October 12, 2021, Williston

Tuesday, October 12, 2021, Minot

Wednesday and Thursday, October 20 - 21, 2021.

Case #28940:

Bismarck: On a motion of the Commission to consider amendments to the "General Rules and Regulations for the Conservation of Crude Oil and Natural Gas" codified as Title 43 North Dakota Administrative Code.

Dickinson: ditto.

Williston: ditto.

Minot: ditto.