Production In Top Bakken Oil Fields, August, 2017, Data -- Greatest Decline In Field Production On A Percentage Basis, Month-Over-Month

Disclaimer: in a spreadsheet done manually there are likely to be typographical and factual errors. If this information is important to you, go to the source. Do not quote me on this data. 

July, 2017, and August, 2017, data for top producing oil fields in the Bakken. Ranked by greatest decline in field production, month-over-month, column 10, on a percentage basis.

Field	July 2017 Prod	July Wells	July Oil / Well / Month	Percent Change June-to-July	Change in # of wells	August 2017 Prod	August Wells	August Oil / Well / Month	Percent Change July-to-August	Change in # of wells
West Ambrose	196,544	96	2,047	-0.94%	0	117,987	96	1,229	-39.97%	0
Charlson	264,744	107	2,474	0.83%	1	171,939	109	1,577	-35.05%	2
South Fork	187,364	33	5,678	164.77%	1	142,870	33	4,329	-23.75%	0
Elidah	207,007	58	3,569	-8.08%	0	168,065	58	2,898	-18.81%	0
Elm Tree	661,713	56	11,816	10.46%	-7	539,798	56	9,639	-18.42%	0
Haystack Butte	162,676	62	2,624	-3.15%	0	133,250	62	2,149	-18.09%	0
Johnson Corner	91,438	30	3,048	21.99%	-1	74,941	30	2,498	-18.04%	0
McGregor	135,160	47	2,876	-10.16%	0	117,125	47	2,492	-13.34%	0
Rawson	52,208	32	1,632	8.95%	0	45,398	32	1,419	-13.04%	0
Stony Creek	108,022	39	2,770	2.72%	0	94,694	39	2,428	-12.34%	0
Chimney Butte	345,908	83	4,168	-19.19%	0	306,490	83	3,693	-11.40%	0
Corral Creek	801,945	164	4,890	-2.98%	0	711,899	164	4,341	-11.23%	0
North Tobacco Garden	123,245	48	2,568	-3.12%	0	109,545	48	2,282	-11.12%	0
Grail	611,184	192	3,183	-3.04%	0	544,335	192	2,835	-10.94%	0
Truax	298,421	175	1,705	-8.12%	0	271,042	175	1,549	-9.17%	0
Parshall	1,415,210	521	2,716	-9.04%	1	1,285,554	521	2,467	-9.16%	0
Jim Creek	80,892	53	1,526	-14.77%	0	73,515	53	1,387	-9.12%	0
Timber Creek	43,157	32	1,349	8.22%	0	39,224	32	1,226	-9.11%	0
Lost Bridge	488,993	73	6,699	4.89%	0	446,939	73	6,122	-8.60%	0
Twin Buttes	47,273	23	2,055	-0.41%	0	43,239	23	1,880	-8.53%	0

Week 41: October 8, 2017 -- October 14, 2017

Operations:
ND crude oil production for August, Director's Cut, still over 1 million bopd
ND crude oil production for August, 2017, remains over 1 million bopd
Oasis with permits for an 8-well pad in Willow Creek
Number of Bakken wells producing greater than 30,000 bbls/month surges

Pipelines:
Judge allows DAPL to continue to flow

Bakken economy
Williston infrastructure sales tax extension carries by more than 2.5-to 1

Tesla Fires Hundreds Of Workers; Additional Blogging Delayed Until Saturday -- October 13, 2017

I just got back to Portland, OR, after driving from Kalispell, MT, today. I will post the daily activity report and the top stories of the week tomorrow (Saturday, October 14, 2017).

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Tesla Fires "Hundreds Of Workers"

From San Jose Mercury News:

Tesla fired hundreds of workers this week, including engineers, managers and factory workers, even as the company struggles to expand its manufacturing and product line.

The dismissals come at a crucial point for the company, which is pushing to increase vehicle production five-fold and reach a broader market with its new Model 3 sedan. The electric vehicle maker missed targets for producing the lower-cost sedan, manufacturing only 260 last quarter despite a wait list of more than 450,000 customers.

The company said this week’s dismissals were the result of a company-wide annual review, and insisted they were not layoffs. Some workers received promotions and bonuses, and the company expects to hire for the “vast majority” of new vacancies.

“As with any company, especially one of over 33,000 employees, performance reviews also occasionally result in employee departures,” a spokesman said. “Tesla is continuing to grow and hire new employees around the world.”

In multiple interviews, former and current employees told this news organization little or no warning preceded the dismissals. The workers interviewed include trained engineers working on vehicle design and production, a supervisor and factory employees.

Workers estimated between 400 and 700 employees have been fired. Tesla refused to say how many employees were let go, although the company expects employee turnover to be similar to last year’s attrition.-

The spokesman said most of the dismissals were administrative and sales positions, and outside of manufacturing. Tesla employs about 10,000 workers at its Fremont factory.

Why I Love To Blog -- Reason #14 -- October 13, 2017

From the beginning, I said I had doubts we would ever see the Saudi Aramco IPO. Now, this CNBC story:

• Saudi Aramco denies that it is shelving the idea of an IPO after the Financial Times reported it has been in talks about private placements
• the company has been quick to deny problems with the IPO, but industry sources say private placement may be a quick way to raise capital compared to an IPO
• one source close to the IPO told CNBC that one thing under review is whether to list on the Saudi market first and then list on an international exchange at a later date
• a source said Aramco has been in ongoing talks with Asian sovereign wealth funds

It was also a headline story over at The WSJ.