Week 21: May 17, 2020 -- May 23, 2020

Top of the list:

• Elon Musk moves Tesla to Texas;

Top story of the week:

• Dak Prescott and Dallas Cowboys have not yet agreed to terms;

Top energy story of the week:

Favorite video:

• Toss up: "Motown 40 Documentary" vs "Biden: I'll Beat Joe Biden"

Best news all week:

• NASCAR is back;

Biggest non-story of the entire week:

• JC Penney bankruptcy

Top international non-energy story:

• Southern wall: Tommy keeps on trucking;
• Khashoggi murderers forgiven; avoid death; 
• Where is Kim Jong-Un?
  

Top international energy story:

• Kuwait / Saudi Arabia to shut shared field;
• At $28/bbl, Saudi is in deep trouble; 
• First-ever WTI oil cargo arrives at Odessa (Ukraine);

Top national non-energy story:

• Walmart jettisons Jet.com after paying $3 billion to acquire it;

Top national energy story:

Top North Dakota non-energy story:

• North Dakota #1 in securing PPP checks;

Top North Dakota energy story:

Geoff Simon's top North Dakota stories:

• WPX building raft of DUCs in Bakken as demand drops, link here; archived;
• First piece of Keystone XL pipeline finished; crosses US border;
• Industry coalition files emergency motion seeking stay in Keystone XL case
• Biden's campaign says Biden would revoke permit for Keystone pipeline
• Meridian Energy retains Pinkerton to provide security at Davis Refinery
• ND: in the US, #2 with regard to "re-opening"

Operators:

Operations:

• Two Slawson AB wells now back in production; 

Advantaged oil:

• An Equinor Cheryl well;
• An Oasis Hartel well;
• Equinor's Gunderson well;
• Oasis Meiers well;
  
• Enerplus Hudson well;
• Hess HA-Nelson;

500K wells:

• A CLR Syracuse well; 
• Hunt Oil's Halliday well;
• Slawson's Alamo well;
• Slawson's Cruiser well;
• Slawson's Torpedo Federal well;
• Zavanna's Bruce well;

Fracking:

Natural gas:

LNG export:

• Saudi nixes plan for huge US LNG export facility;

Carbon capture:

• Minnkota well spud;

Commentary:

• Gasoline demand -- worrisome trend;