Week 11: March 8, 2020 -- March 14, 2020

Top international non-energy story:

• Coronavirus.
• First it was Italy, now it's the entire continent: out of control (coronavirus);

Top international energy story:

• Saudi Arabia to flood the world with oil; no love lost between Prince MBS and dictator-for-life Putin; and, here;
• Oil crash of 2020 - market meltdown; 
• The OPEC+ spat;

Top national non-energy story:

• NYT editorial board, Brian Williams: no one smarter than a fifth grader;
• Coronavirus; here; here; here; and, here; AOC chimes in;
• School closures; end of the school year as of March 13, 2020;
• Trump way ahead of the curve on this one; bans travel for non-Americans from all of Europe, to include the UK
• Jobless claims in US drop more than expected; last time we'll see this for three months; 
• US gasoline demand hits all-time high for this time of the year;

Top national energy story:

• Gasoline for less than $1.40 in Oklahoma City, OK; 
• Contango; 
• US natural gas consumption sets new record in 2019;

Top North Dakota non-energy story:

Top North Dakota energy story:

Geoff Simon's top North Dakota stories:

• Oil prices plunge;
• ND governor urges citizens not to panic 
• Dinosaur exhibit at ND's Heritage Center and State Museum
• Road restrictions update
• ONEOK will cut Demicks Lake expansion; scale back Elk Creek pipeline; this should have been the top story;
• Death of coal exaggerated as banks finance projects in China, Japan -- Bloomberg;

Operators:

• KODA Resources with two new permits; 
• NOG 4Q19 and full year 2019 results;
• Harold Hamm on business news;
• XTO with nine more wells on confidential status;

Operations:

• Enerplus "turtle pad" wells; here; and, here; 
• Petro-Hunt: another great Charlson well; 
• Two great wells: submitted by a reader;
• Bakken rigs continue to increase;
• CLR reports spectacular Uhlman/Pittsburgh wells;
• MRO's Doll USA well just went over 500K bbls crude oil cumulative;
• Enerplus' Henry Bad Gun: over 500K bbls cumulative crude oil;
• Enerplus' "Greek God" pad now reporting;

Fields:

• Antelope-Sanish: the best field in the Bakken?
• Sand Creek oil field update; 
• Hess with seven new wells in Alkali Creek oil field;

Fracking:

• Something new in the Bakken? EOG?

Pipelines:

Bakken economy:

Bakken 101:

Commentary:

• Which will be most resilient? The Permian or the Bakken? And, here;
• The OPEC+ spat;
• The myth that daughter wells are never as good as the parent wells;

Flashback:

• By 2015 there could be a huge crude oil shortage -- DOE; "D" = doofus;