Reason #1 Why I Love To Blog -- The Links Readers Send Me; 59 Degrees Below Zero In Alaska -- Thank Goodness For Global Warming (Otherwise A Lot Colder) -- January 18, 2017

This may be the best story I've seen in a long, long time.

A huge thanks to the reader who sent me this. This is really "good" on so many levels.

Link to "My North Dakota Now" here.

Something tells me this idea may work for moving some of the equipment that is being moved on "sleds" out on the oil well pads.

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Miscellaneous

Cleaning Out The "In-Box" Before Calling It A Night

The Wall is being built: the Obama Wall. Good fences make good neighbors. I guess "open borders" are good as long as they are in Texas.

Fox News ratings soar as Tucker Carlson takes over for Megyn. Don't you just love seeing "soar," "ratings," and Fox News all in one sentence."

Global warming is saving Alaskans from - 60 degree weather. Link here. From The Drudge Report:

Kinder Morgan (pipeline) misses estimates; shares plunge. 3%.

UnitedHealthcare 4Q16 EPS surge 64%on increased enrollment. Does the GOP really want to scrap ObamaCare? Once the big insurers figure out ObamaCare ... oh, that's right ... wasn't United Healthcare one of the first to start scrapping ObamaCare. Can't remember. Need to check, but I think I'm right.

George Michael killed by "crack cocaine." Did anyone not already suspect that?

Some folks are upset that some of Trump's cabinet nominees have limited government experience. Wasn't this the extent of the current POTUS' government resume: "junior senator from Illinois; one term." Can't remember. Need to check, but I think I'm correct. If not, not far off.

Seven years, 363 days into Obama's presidency: the "Fed" gives the US economy a "clean bill of health." Okay to start raising rates. Fast and furious. 

Two Wells Coming Off Confidential List Thursday -- January 18, 2017

Active rigs:

	1/18/2017	01/18/2016	01/18/2015	01/18/2014	01/18/2013
Active Rigs	38	49	157	187	187

Wells coming off confidential list Thursday:

• 32528, SI/NC, Enerplus, Finch 148-92-22A-21H, Heart Butte, no production data,
• 32736, SI/NC, Newfield, Lost Bridge Federal 148-96-9-4-4HLW, Lost Bridge, no production data, 

One new permit:

• Operator: Marathon
• Field: Antelope (McKenzie)
• Comments:

Four producing wells (DUCs) completed:

• 29507, 160, Zavanna, Shepherd 3-11 1H, Stony Creek, t1/17; cum --
• 29508, 139, Zavanna, Shepherd 3-11 2TFH, Stony Creek,  t12/16; cum --;
• 29509, 125, Zavanna, Sheperd 3-11 3H, Stony Creek, t1/17; cum --
• 29510, 48, Zavanna, Shepherd 3-11 4TFH, Stony Creek, t1/17; cum -- 

Stony Creek oil field: the page needs to be updated, but Stony Creek oil field is tracked here. 

One permit canceled:

• QEP: an ND Levang permit in McKenzie County; it was also noted that QEP is changing the target formation on one ND Levang well from the Three Forks third bench to the middle Bakken based on name change (#33267: the ND Levang permit that was 3-16-21T3HD is now ND Levang 7-16-21BHD).

Netflix Smashes Expectations; Shares Surge -- January 18, 2017

This is really, really, cool. I will get back to it later. for now, Reuters is reporting that "Netflix blows past international subscriber estimates; smashes expectations; shares spike.

Disclaimer: this is not an investment site. This is being posted simply because of how I first started following this company. It was the first company I mentioned over at "The Next Big Thing," first posted March 21, 2013. I never bought shares in Netflix, and never plan to.  I just think it's interesting.

It's fun to go back and read that entire note, the original post and some of the updates.

The Ray Area -- January 18, 2017

I'm posting this to simply jog my memory of what's been going on around the Ray, ND, area.

Tioga, the "oil capital" of North Dakota is located about ten miles to the east-north-east.

Also, the oldest active well in North Dakota is in this region:

• 35, 263, Hess, Beaver Lodge-Devonian Unit H-310,  Devonian, t3/60, cum 2.1 million bbls 11/16; (active since 1960 -- about 57 years old)
• 35, 503/PNA, Hess, Beaver Lodge-Devonian Unit H-310, Madison, t4/52, cum 216K 2/60 -- now PNA (about 8 years of production)

The Clarence Iverson "discovery" well is located about eight (8) miles south of Tioga. I discussed it, with links, at this post. I see that some of the links are broken; I will try to fix them later. It is located just south of #35.

Enduro Operating -- Two Posts To Recall -- January 18, 2017

Enduro Operating with three permits for re-entry, January 10, 2017.

Enduro Operating has permit for water injection, enhance oil recovery, November 3, 2016.

Also, this comment from that same date, November 3, 2016.

Comments regarding a renewed permit:

• it appears that #3440, was an old Spearfish/Charles well drilled back in 1963, and abandoned back in 2008; and is now going to be converted to a water injection well (an enhanced recovery well); the application was initially submitted in February, 2014;
• 3440, loc/30, Enduro Operating, NSCU K-709, Newburg oil field, Spearfish/Charles pool, t10/63, cum 327K 2/08;