Saturday, June 26, 2021

Geoff Simon's Quick Connects -- June 26, 2021

• Land Board takes no action on energy company settlement offers -- Associated Press


• Bakken Pipeline expected to help ND production, natural gas capture -- NGI

• More research into 'rare earth' elements in lignite coal -- Prairie Public Radio

• How Wyoming's success in carbon capture matters to North Dakota -- KXMB-TV

• UND's EERC studies hydrogen 'roadmap,' underground storage -- Fargo Forum

• DOE grants more than $3.3 million to fund energy research in Montana -- KFYR-TV

• Boom in Native American oil complicates Biden climate push -- Associated Press

• With oil prices up, Bakken drilling activity is picking up -- McKenzie County Farmer

• Despite pressure from opponents, Biden continues defense of Line 3 project -- Fargo Forum

• When will oil and gas activity get back to normal? -- Williston Herald

• Failed candidate for governor leads effort to recall Governor Burgum -- Associated Press

• Lawmakers confirm talks with Governor Burgum about special session -- KFYR-TV

• ND tax revenues doing well, despite the pandemic challenges -- Prairie Public Radio

• 15 GOP governors urge release of Census redistricting data, including Burgum -- KXMB-TV

• School District Board okays agreement with teachers for next school year -- Williston Herald

• 1963 addition to Beulah High School demolished as part of update -- KFYR-TV

• Voters reject $86 million bond referendum for Grand Forks Public Schools -- KVRR-TV

• School administrators try to fill the void of teacher shortage -- KXMB-TV

• North Dakota's unemployment rate nearing pre-pandemic levels -- KFYR-TV

• Central ND remains in exceptional drought, other areas improved -- Minot Daily News

• Watford City, McKenzie County taxable sales plummet in first quarter -- McKenzie County Farmer

• Sales stats show decline but not everyone is buying it -- The Journal

• Bakken BBQ garners largest crowd in event history -- Dickinson Press

• ND Safety Council, OSHA and other groups work for 'trench safety' -- Prairie Public Radio

• Bank of North Dakota sees nearly $28 million drop in profits in 2020 -- KFYR-TV

• Coal prices hit decade high despite efforts to wean off carbon -- Wall Street Journal

• Interior sec'y says no plan 'right now' to ban new oil, gas leasing -- Reuters

• Oil climbs to highest in over two years as U.S. supplies tighten -- Reuters

• While claiming 'environmental justice', protesters vandalize native businesses -- Energy In Depth

• SEC wants more climate disclosures, businesses prepare to fight -- Wall Street Journal

• Reducing oil use to meet climate targets is tougher than cutting supply -- Reuters

• Blackouts loom in California as electricity prices are 'absolutely exploding' -- Real Clear Energy

• Biden administration stands by BLM nominee despite tree-spiking case -- Washington Times

• California Dreamin' meets reality: Don't charge your EV during heat waves -- Climate Realism


Saturday, June 19, 2021

Geoff Simon's Quick Connects -- Juneteenth, 2021

•Federal judge blocks Biden's pause on federal leases -- Associated Press  

 
•ND officials support judge's ruling on oil/gas leasing -- KFYR-TV

• Senators press Interior Secretary Haaland on oil lease pause -- Associated Press

• Protests continue at Minnesota Line 3 oil pipeline project -- Associated Press

• Fargo-Moorhead activists join fight against Line 3 pipeline -- Fargo Forum

• Minnesota court affirms approval of Line 3 oil pipeline -- Associated Press

• Tribune editorial: Radioactive waste site a positive step -- Bismarck Tribune

• North Dakota sets record 16,374 producing wells -- Minot Daily News

• Ron Ness: ND oil -- A major economic force -- Williston Herald

• Dakota Access foes seek environmental review updates from U.S. -- Associated Press

• Salt cavern storage for value-added energy will be brought by the West -- Williston Herald

• Marathon's High Plains Bakken oil pipeline also in limbo -- Argus Media

• County going to bat for families living near unmarked pipeline -- Williston Herald

• Hess turnaround at gas processing facility to be completed this summer -- Tioga Tribune

• County commission returns wind ordinance to zoning board -- Hazen Star

• Emergency Commission requests over cap; law could spell special session -- Bismarck Tribune

• ND lawmakers to review new law limiting board's spending approval -- Bismarck Tribune

• State leaders choose not allocate federal money in face of new law -- KFYR-TV

• Minot district leaders look to Republican principles to rally grassroots -- Minot Daily News

• ND officials say they do 'heavy due diligence' in selecting investment firms -- Fargo Forum

• Rich Wardner, Senate Majority Leader, says stay with 47 districts -- Prairie Public Radio

• Rural legislators face loss of clout during redistricting -- Bismarck Tribune

• Company agrees to settle alleged Clean Water Act violations -- Associated Press

• Companies requesting 'venting' to 'flaring' to avoid wildfires -- KFYR-TV

• Williston Education Association and school board strike deal -- KFYR-TV

• Teachers learn about lignite coal during seminar -- KXMB-TV

• Audit shows DSU missing more than $300,000 in documentation -- KFYR-TV

• ND farmers, ranchers struggle to stay afloat amid drought -- Bismarck Tribune

• ND's weather outlook favors high temps and below-normal precipitation -- Minot Daily News

• Department of Human Services offers enhanced crisis response -- KFYR-TV

• Job Service North Dakota sees uptick in residents wanting job help -- KXMB-TV

• Williston tourism expected to rebound with summer events -- KFYR-TV

• Jerry King appointed to vacancy on Crosby City Council -- The Journal

• Dredging project planned for marina at Tobacco Gardens -- McKenzie County Farmer

• Tioga and Parshall to receive airport grants from FAA -- Minot Daily News

• Senators would stop 'micropolitan' label for 144 US cities -- Associated Press

• Shell weighs blockbuster sale of Texas shale assets -- Reuters

• U.S. House passes ESG, climate disclosure rules -- Roll Call

• Production of New Mexico oil and natural gas reaches record -- EIA

• U.S. shale oil output to climb by 38,000 bpd in July -- Reuters

• Oil hits new high near $75 on demand rise, falling inventories -- Reuters

• Millions of electric cars are coming. What happens to dead batteries? -- Science Magazine

• OPEC told to expect limited U.S. oil output growth, for now -- Reuters

• Keystone Cancellation: Early Christmas gift to enviro activists -- Inside Sources

• North American oil service firms' pricing and hiring on upswing -- Reuters

• Why was $66 billion spent on renewables before the Texas blackouts? -- Real Clear Energy

• ERCOT issues conservation alert ? Media blames natural gas -- Watts Up With That

Saturday, June 12, 2021

19972

At 3,000 bbls/month, this well has hit 500K bbls crude oil cumulative as of the end of June, 2021. 

The parent well in its section was drilled/fracked ten years ago and is still going strong:

  • 19972, 2,705, Whiting, Oppeboen 14-5WH, Sanish, F, t7/11; cum 495K 4/21; stimulated 7/12/11, 22 stages; 1.9 million lbs sand;

Recent production:

PoolDateDaysBBLS OilRunsBBLS WaterMCF ProdMCF SoldVent/Flare
BAKKEN4-20212018221827309170917045
BAKKEN3-202131278827774643287320322
BAKKEN2-202128257525764193066298624
BAKKEN1-202131286628724793070298622
BAKKEN12-202031290128885112814273418

Jump in production:

BAKKEN3-2020313019300811561747166619
BAKKEN2-2020293075307610961662157925
BAKKEN1-20203134533447211624212033326
BAKKEN12-201931224822421839332116011658
BAKKEN11-201913539537188112001095
BAKKEN10-20190000000
BAKKEN9-20190000000
BAKKEN8-20190000000
BAKKEN7-20190000000
BAKKEN6-20190000000
BAKKEN5-201973594081147317180
BAKKEN4-20193016761689466352634634

Early production:

BAKKEN2-20122988389138261247804490236
BAKKEN1-20123115337152141669853884790
BAKKEN12-201131234442403622051305112764226
BAKKEN11-2011131156410965157860215669329
BAKKEN10-20119564597030837263
BAKKEN9-2011309256983375445413960525
BAKKEN8-2011312176322382151911862011800
BAKKEN7-20111921254194909950843108394