VTLE hedge contracts at $73ish for most oil production in 1st quarter,2024 looks like it has been making money for most of January... https://www.oilmonster.com/crude-oil-prices/united-states/texas/27 Late week spike highly likely to fade fast next week when most companies have to sell more... Oil companies still have to live by supply and demand pricing... Futures pricing is for hedging purposes... Friday was likely a decent day for adding on any future hedges needed to satisfy debt covenants... VTLE only needs a year of good cash flow from their 2024 hedges to reduce debt if they don't add any more leases, which a dividend may depend on at some point ahead, peon speculation... So we watch...LJ