... unemployment rate at record lows, 3.6%?
... more jobs than people seeking jobs?
... so much demand for workers, they can strike for 10% wage increases?
... recessionary talk driving prices down across the board?
... gasoline prices falling?
Utopia?
Without question, "themilliondollarway" blog is the best blog with regard to energy in general, and the Bakken specifically.
That opinion may be a bit biased.
But that doesn't mean it's not accurate.
If one is truly interested in the Bakken, and if one is not reading "themilliondollarway" blog daily ... well, what can I say?
Despite Freeport being "down," this is incredible.
Sunscreen: Trader Joe's $9 sunscreen all the rage, vs Supergoop's popular Unseen sunscreen at $36.
Saudi skyscraper: to be 1600 feet tall (80 stories?) and 75 miles long (no typo), two mirrored walls in the desert.
Services, oilfield: oil does not have to boom for these companies to thrive. Will make money even if oil goes to $40.
Notably, Halliburton’s operating margins—excluding charges related to its Russia exit—reached 14.2% in the second quarter, a milestone not seen since the peak of the fracking frenzy of 2014. Schlumberger’s latest quarterly operating margin of 17.1% was its highest since 2015.
Drilling activity still isn’t what it used to be. Baker Hughes data shows that there are 23% fewer oil rigs in North America today than there were three years ago and 58% fewer compared with 2014. While oil-field service revenues are nowhere near their peak eight years ago, many years of belt-tightening and efficiency-finding has meant the businesses are able to eke out more profit on less drilling activity.
That, and continued supply chain bottlenecks, are adding up to a lot of pricing power. Halliburton Chief Executive Jeff Miller repeatedly said on the company’s earnings call on Tuesday that the company’s equipment is “all but sold out” in the North American market for this year. The company has started talking to customers about purchases in 2023, which already looks like a tight year for equipment, according to Mr. Miller.
Sayonara: Baker Hughes has suspended all equipment and services contracts on Russian LNG projects. Link here.
Severe: gap between gasoline prices in US and EU. Link here.
Tea leaves suggest a tough quarter.
Recent links from MacRumors:
On the other hand:
Apple shares seem to reflect the adage, "buy on the rumor, sell on the news."