Week 45: November 4, 2018 -- November 10, 2018

International:

• China's oil imports surge to record high

National:

• The continuing natural gas storage story
• WTI drops below $60; bottom not in sight? 
• US sets crude oil production record
• Saudi imports; the surge begins
• US crude oil inventories surge (again)
• Permian development graphic 

Geoff Simon's top North Dakota energy stories:

• many stories on education
• single-family rentals harder to find
• MDU adds two pipeline projects near Watford City and Billings

Top Bakken story of the week

• QEP to exit the Bakken

Operations

• Many examples of the Bakken phenomenon
• QEP, Helis Grail, Hazel
• MRO, Bailey, Stohler
• Whiting, Bell, Buckman
• Oasis, Banks, Muri  
• Slawson, Van Hook, Vixen
• XTO, North Fork, Lundin
• Oasis, Banks, Bergquist
• CLR, Dimmick Lake, Kennedy-Miles
• Oasis, Alkali Creek, Spratley
• CLR, Oakdale, Whitman
• Petro-Hunt, Charlson, USA  
• CLR, Elm Tree, Holstein Federal
• WPX, Reunion Bay, Victor Elk
• Petro-Hunt, Charlson, Thompson
• Welcome to pad drilling
• Graphic example of activity north of Williston

Pipelines

• MDU's Valley Expansion, Fargo area, goes on-line
• Liberty Pipeline announced: Bakken to Corpus
• Montana judge shuts down construction of Keystone XL (same link) 
• Something blowin' in the wind?

Bakken 2.5

• Well goes from pump to free flowing 
• Oasis now modeling1.5 million boe EUR type curves

Bakken economy

• Twenty-nine permits renewed

Miscellaneous

• Global warming in the Bakken
• Williston's Dr Bob Olson passes away