Locator: 48201WMB.
First pipeline: the Louisiana Energy Gateway project, LNG, Texas to Louisiana
Second pipeline: WMB's Southeast Supply Enhancement gas pipeline, from the Mountain Valley gas pipeline to customers in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast; same link as above;
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Biden's LNG Export Pause --
Little To No Effect On US Exports
Little to no effect and it simply made Biden look anti-US energy. Just to please faux environmentalists.
Locator: 48200ND.
U.S. commercial sector electricity use grew 1% last year from 2019 levels, but the growth was driven by data center development in 10 states, according to the Energy Information Administration.
The agency expects electricity sales to the U.S. commercial sector will grow 3% this year and by 1% in 2025, largely driven by the development of large-scale computing facilities such as data centers and cryptocurrency operations, the EIA said in a June 28 report.
Commercial sector electricity demand in the 10 states with the most demand growth jumped 10%, or by a total of 42 billion kWh, between 2019 and 2023, according to the EIA. Demand in the 40 other states fell 3%, or by 28 billion kWh, in the same period.
Virginia, Texas, South Carolina and Arizona led the way with the highest commercial sector demand growth while Pennsylvania, New York, Illinois and New Jersey had the largest losses in commercial sales, the EIA said.
Sales in North Dakota jumped 37% in the four-year period, the most of any state, according to the agency.
Earlier
Re-posting from July 9, 2024:
Look at the EIA chart:
And more:
Back to the chart itself and the legend.
This is not a "growth in energy demand" on a percentage basis; this is the change in energy demand in raw numbers.
Virginia is the darkest blue, followed closely by Texas. Then South Carolina.
Then it's a toss-up but it looks like #4 and #5 are North Dakota and Arizona. Then Oklahoma and Florida.
But as noted, this is a really great chart. Look at the states with negative energy demand (yellow): New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois. Wow.
Then California.
I was surprised Colorado, Tennessee, Missouri, New Jersey in various shades of yellow.
Back to blue: it's not just data centers, but it's also the oil industry -- Texas, Oklahoma, and North Dakota.
Spend some time on this chart; think about it. Look at some of the "less blue" states -- particularly interesting: Idaho and Nevada for the West Coast folks; and Mississippi and Georgia for the East Coast folks. I was surprised to see North Carolina so pale blue.
Locator: 48199B.
The wells:
| Date | Oil Runs | MCF Sold |
|---|---|---|
| 5-2024 | 15281 | 6871 |
| 4-2024 | 14043 | 6603 |
| 3-2024 | 12532 | 5357 |
| 2-2024 | 12410 | 3430 |
| Date | Oil Runs | MCF Sold |
|---|---|---|
| 5-2024 | 15485 | 19755 |
| 4-2024 | 18631 | 21277 |
| 3-2024 | 19391 | 22886 |
| 2-2024 | 27503 | 35334 |
| 1-2024 | 2 | 159 |
| Date | Oil Runs | MCF Sold |
|---|---|---|
| 5-2024 | 13920 | 6426 |
| 4-2024 | 13901 | 6565 |
| 3-2024 | 12405 | 5129 |
| 2-2024 | 11567 | 3296 |
| Date | Oil Runs | MCF Sold |
|---|---|---|
| 5-2024 | 19120 | 27876 |
| 4-2024 | 23440 | 27932 |
| 3-2024 | 24015 | 29733 |
| 2-2024 | 28786 | 36823 |
| 1-2024 | 6 | 529 |
| Date | Oil Runs | MCF Sold |
|---|---|---|
| 5-2024 | 12586 | 17011 |
| 4-2024 | 12425 | 13751 |
| 3-2024 | 11906 | 12744 |
| 2-2024 | 5245 | 8213 |
| 1-2024 | 3794 | 4111 |
Locator: 48198ARCHIVES.
Holy mackerel: what a great XFinity race at Indianapolis today. Amazing finish! I want to see that last lap once again. Herbst, Custer, Almirola. 1, 2, 3. Holy mackerel! It's amazing to see the skill and the slight difference -- but very obvious -- difference in speed.
Local temperature:
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For The Archives
Wow, what a great day.
Older daughter: two paddle board races over the weekend, Flathead Lake / Flathead River (Polson), Montana.
Oldest granddaughter: summer intern, Washington, DC.
Middle granddaughter: polar plunge, Iceberg Lake, Glacier National Park, Montana.
Youngest granddaughter: watching her mom in a paddle board race on Flathead Lake, Montana.
May: reading book reviews on The WSJ, The NYT.
Me: reading, reading, reading; blogging; watching The (British) Open; swimming later this afternoon.
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Rambling
Someday I may expand on this: exceptionalism.
American exceptionalism.
The planet earth.
The human being.
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Exceptionalism
American exceptionalism: the gap between the US and the third world.
The planet earth: the gap between the earth and the rest of the rocks in the known universe. Exhibit A: the colors.
The human being: the gap between the human being and whatever other animal you want to compare "us" to. I'm thinking the dolphin. Exhibit A: biggest global IT outage in history and it's resolved within hours for most.
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Reading
What I'm working on this weekend: Indian languages.
Link here. Sitting Bull. I checked this book out at the library. It's so good, I bought my own copy through Amazon.
Link here. Will take awhile to fill out / complete. I would like to buy my own copy of this book -- it's a great reference book but she's a "woke" author and she's followed that story, hook, line, and sinker.
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Schwab
Absolutely impressed with Schwab.
It was a tough day for Schwab yesterday but, at least for me, they came through splendidly.
I don't know what it's all about, but upon market opening I put in an order for a "buy" for a tech stock for Sophia yesterday. I know the order went in but at the end of the day, the Schwab website showed the trade was still open. Normally, the "market" trades close immediately. I took Schwab's advice and didn't touch it. Moments ago, I got the confirmation that the order had been filled. Whoo-hoo!
Apparently Schwab was hit by the Microsoft / CrowdStrike fiasco, whereas Vanguard and Fidelity were not.
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Something To Think About
CrowdStrike is considered the best tool at what it does -- protecting your system. Not all would agree but regardless, most consider it one of the best at protecting your system.
Now, think about this, if you have a Microsoft device and it didn't go "down" yesterday, either your system is not protected against hackers by one of the best, or your system happened to be shut down when the upgrade was pushed out -- meaning you were simply lucky.
If your financial institution didn't go "down" yesterday -- whether you have a Mac or a PC -- your financial institution is likely protected by something less than the very best.
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And Now To Go Swimming
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A Musical Interlude
If the pool is empty, or relatively empty, I'll play my music on a JBL Flip 4 through an iPad / YouTube.
It's hard to find a great playlist. A lot of good playlists out there, but not great playlists.
My favorite singer might be Linda Ronstadt, but I don't like a Linda Ronstadt playlist. She has too many genres and any particular day I might prefer one genre and not another. Same with Cher. Roy Orbison may be close to perfect but I've listened to him so often I'm often ready to listen to something different.
The following never seem to disappoint:
Generally, great: