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" In this sense, the Permian Basin is not merely a geological phenomenon. It is the product of American mineral law, capital markets, technology, and infrastructure converging in one place. No other oilfield combines these elements at comparable scale. That convergence explains why the Permian remains—not just America’s most important basin—but the most consequential oilfield in the world today."

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The EIA can't count DUC's. Novi says there are 563 in the Permian Basin and maybe, maybe, 450 of those are economic to complete at +$90 WTI.

Notice who owns all the DUCs, that they are in just 3-4 benches of the Midland Basin and how few DUCs there are in the Delaware Basin,

particularly New Mexico. 4,000 DUC's across America? Less that 1,200 of those are economic at $90 WTI. So, they are NOT going to ease the pain at the pump this summer, no sir.

Sleen; 1965

On the left is the Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij BV (NAM) No. 2 Steen underway near the village of 't Haantje, Netherlands, 1965. In late November NAM encountered several over-pressured zones in the Germanic Trias formations of the Jurassic, in route to a total depth of 6,555 feet. They were getting their asses kicked, actually; total gas had been increasing steadily and weighing up the mud was leading to lost circulation problems. A decision was made to set a protec

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Bravo Boots!

Boots Hansen (1926-2019) Ekofisk Bravo 1976 The giant, Ekofisk oil field was discovered in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea in 1969, about 180 miles southwest of Norway, in 285 feet of water. Phillips Petroleum was the operator. Ekofisk was the first commercial oil discovery in the North Sea. The field was initially delineated and developed from three well platforms, Alpha, Bravo and Charlie; in 1996-1998 addition wellhead platforms were installed. The field's wells are

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Pigs & Rabbits

Oilfield pipe lays around a lot waiting to be used; it sits on sills on the ground, on pipe racks in the yard, in pipe bins and on pipe trailers on...standby. The longer it sits around the yard doing nothing, waiting for a job, the more likely it is that some living creature in the universe is going to consider it home. Birds build nests in pipe, rats will get in the deer corn stored in the shop, take it outside and store it a joint of tubing. Armadillos, possums, rabbits, s

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Placerita Canyon; 1949

Oil was first found by cable tool rig in Pico Canyon, 30 miles north of Los Angeles, in 1876 near a natural oil spring. Pico Canyon is west of the village of Newhall, on the west front of the Santa Suzana Mountains. It was the birthplace of California oil history. On the east front of the same Mountains, in the Placerita Canyon area, an incredibly unique "white," creme colored oil was found in 1900 oil. This oil was nearly 50-degree API gravity and clear enough to read a new

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