"The Beatings" series has resulted in a lot of DMs and somehow- I’m now more scared about how badly E&P companies are run than I was before (ESPs to meet 2019 production targets- are you kidding me?!) Welcome to September! Which means it’s time for the 2020 budget: the annual event where management shuts down all the really important work and instead- requires staff to iterate on 2020 scenarios. Well cost at $10 mm? No! Run it at $9 mm...I think cost...