Week 28: July 8, 2010 -- July 14, 2012

This post is a week late, I apologize. Later, I will get to the most recent week of top stories.

Wisconsin -- arguably the most liberal state in the union -- opts out of ObamaCare

North Dakota sets new oil production record in May: almost 640,000 bopd

Voyager Oil and Gas to acquire Emerald Oil; will operate under Emerald Oil name

Williston to Denver on United: 3 daily flights

Sanford Health to invest $200 million in western North Dakota 

Update on Dickinson's $30 million waste water project

Oil tax money: in Williams County, it's now 90% to the state; 10% to the county; what's wrong with that picture? And I thought the Feds were bad.

Filloon's series on design completions:

MRO: 30 stages is now the norm 
EOG: bucking the trend with short laterals
XOM: completion designs in the Bakken
Whiting: increased stages; no increase in proppant or water
BEXP: IPs markedly improved year-over-year

The pesky concern about EPA regulating fracking continues
Duke University: still can't prove fracking is bad...but will keep trying

Updating OXY experience in the Bakken