Without question, the top story of the week was the announcement that the US has become a net exporter of crude oil and petroleum products for the first time since WWII. The youngest 17-year-old who would have fought the last days of WWII would be 90 years old this year. For the first time ever, no survivors of the USS Arizona attended yesterday's Pearl Harbor ceremonies.
Geoff Simon's top North Dakota energy stories:
- ND legislature starts to look at spending money on infrastructure: process to be labeled "Operaton Prairie Dog" because the critters are known for their infrastructure prowess -- not to say their incredible annoyance for developers -- just saying
- Legislators see benefits of oil tax revenue -- oh, no!
- Winter doesn't stop Williston airport work
- Permian oil/gas discovery is largest ever
- Pilot Flying J expands Bakken waste water trucking -- Bloomberg
- Meridian hires McDermott for Davis Refinery engineering -- Rigzone
- PSC split decision on Xcel Energy wind farms -- Jamestown Sun
- Permit denied for Burleigh-Emmons wind farm -- Bismarck Tribune
The United States becomes a net exporter of crude oil and petroleum products for first time in 75 years:
- screenshot
- here
- pace of change is staggering
- the "California effect"
- US to become net energy exporter by 2022
- reader's caveats
Canadian CBR now exceeds Bakken CBR
Canada
Curtails oil production
US
Permian is "huger" than previously reported -- USGS Survey; press release from Dept of the Interior;
Corpus Christi loading first LNG cargo?
Operations
MRO well: almost 120,000 bbls in one month -- with a little extrapolation
CLR reports another huge Wiley well
Kaiser-Francis Sanish wells in 4-153-92
A Duperow well added to list of monster wells
Huge initial production numbers coming out of the Bakken
Around the Bakken
Bakken 2.5
Ten DUCs reported as completed
Six DUCs reported as completed
Bakken 2.5 and 3.0 defined
Record-setting Bakken performance
Miscllaneous
New fact-checker for the blog hired
An incredible new link added to the blog
Happy Birthday, Ms Kate Hopkins #1 -- 61 years old
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