Thursday, December 29, 2016

Top Bakken Stories Of 2016

Elevator speech: there were two stories that dominated the Bakken in 2016: a) Bakken 2.0; and, b) keystoning the DAPL as one of the President's last lame duck acts.

Internationally, the big stories:
Nationally the biggest story to affect the oil patch: without question, the election of Donald Trump as president
  • make America great again: election slogan
  • buy American, hire American: post-election slogan
  • climate change denier: nominee to head the EPA
  • business man:
  • art of the deal:
  • pragmatic:
  • no love lost between him, the Mideast:
Nationally, the biggest story to affect the oil patch, runner-up: US crude oil exports begin to surge
Bakken 2.0
Dakota Access Pipeline
  • Keystoned by President Obama in late 2016
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Top Stories Of 2016
By Category
Subject to Change

Top Story of The Year: Donald Trump elected President of the US

Runner-up: Shale revolution vs Saudi Arabia; OPEC agrees to cut production
The world: Donald Trump elected President of the US

The US: Donald Trump elected President of the US

North Dakota, energy: President Obama keystoning the DAPL

North Dakota, technology: drones
Israelis testing drones in North Dakota

Most exciting small operator in the Bakken: Halcon

Most exciting large operator in the Bakken: EOG

Most surprising story of 2016: Donald Trump elected President of the US

The deals: not as many as expected
the list of 2016 deals

Record price per acre: N/A

Bakken operators, rigs: N/A
 
Bakken operations, production: recovers, after slump
statewide production falls below 1 million bopd; but recovers to over 1 million bopd the following month (October)

Bakken operations, density: CLR
CLR wants to drill 25 wells on an existing 2560-acre unit in Elm Tree

Top prediction for 2017: Lynn Helms says ND production will hit its low in late 2017

Biggest story in takeaway capacity: President Obama' keystoning the DAPL

CBR: fading
Update on Bakken CBR to the three coasts

Pipeline: President Obama's last illegal act keystoning the DAPL

Fracking: tale of two halves
Flaring: North Dakota "hits" flaring target four (4) years early

Natural gas: processing plants
three more natural gas processing plants coming on line in North Dakota before end of year

Refining: Dickinson refinery sold to Tesoro Corp
Investment story of the year: "no" major bankruptcies in the Bakken

The "Other" Williston Basin formations: the Madison

Bakken economy (too many to list): decision on new Williston airport
History: birthday story

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