Locator: 44693B.
The wells:
38115, Fin,
38091, Orca,
38092, Baleen,
38093, Sei,
38094, Omura,
38095, Blue,
38096, Brydes,
38097, Narwhal,
38116, Right,
From wiki:
Bryde's whale (pronounced "brood-us"), or the Bryde's whale complex, putatively comprises three species of rorqual and maybe four. The "complex" means the number and classification remains unclear because of a lack of definitive information and research.
The common Bryde's whale (Balaenoptera brydei, Olsen, 1913) is a larger form that occurs worldwide in warm temperate and tropical waters, and the Sittang or Eden's whale (Balaenoptera edeni, Anderson, 1879) is a smaller form that may be restricted to the Indo-Pacific.
Also, a smaller, coastal form of B. brydei is found off southern Africa, and perhaps another form in the Indo-Pacific differs in skull morphology, tentatively referred to as the Indo-Pacific Bryde's whale
The recently described Omura's whale (B. omurai, Wada et al. 2003), was formerly thought to be a pygmy form of Bryde's, but is now recognized as a distinct species. Rice's whale (B. ricei), which makes its home solely in the Gulf of Mexico, was once considered a distinct population of Bryde's whale, but in 2021 it was described as a separate species.
B. brydei gets its specific and common name from Johan Bryde, Norwegian consul to South Africa, who helped establish the first modern whaling station in the country, while B. edeni gets its specific and common names from Sir Ashley Eden, former High Commissioner of Burma (Myanmar). Sittang whale refers to the type locality of the species.
Locator: 44690PL.
Canada's "Bullet Train." LOL. From oilprice.com:
Canada's Trans Mountain Expansion crude oil pipeline needs more funds as construction costs have skyrocketed, Canada's federal government said on Friday
"Given the significant expenditures expected ... [Trans Mountain Corporation] will require the continued availability of future financing in order to proceed with the project," the Canada Development Investment Corporation (CDEV) said in its 2022 annual report.The Trans Mountain Pipeline was due for an expansion years ago, but the former owner, Kinder Morgan, was planning on killing in the project so the federal government stepped in and forced Trans Mountain Corporation to finish the project
In 2017, the project was estimated at C$7.4 billion, but by March 2023, the estimated costs had ballooned to a staggering C$30.9 billion—or $22.3 billion.
Staggering? The Canadians haven't seen "staggering" until they've seen the bullet train. LOL.
But back to the pipeline: at the link above the story continues, and it sounds even worse than the lede. The story has just begun.
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Back to the Bakken
Chord Energy: to bulk up in the Bakken, divest non-core, Hart Energy.
Active rigs: 35.
WTI: $71.55.
Natural gas: $2.585.
Two new permits, i#39911 - #39912, inclusive:
Three permits renewed:
Five producing wells (DUCs) reported as completed:
