Week 43: October 18, 2020 -- October 24, 2020

Top story of the week:

• Dems fail to show up for US Senate judiciary committee work;

Top international non-energy story:

• Oman having trouble balancing its books;

Top international energy story:

Top national non-energy story:

• Committee forwards Trump's nominee to full US Senate for vote;
• Apple iPhone 12 could be "runaway" hit;

Top national energy story:

• Conoco-Concho deal announced;
• Pioneer (father)-Parsley (son) to merge; and, here;
  

Top North Dakota non-energy story:

• North Dakota: #1 in nation for new cases of Chinese flu per capita; and, here;

Top North Dakota energy story:

• North Dakota oil production increases by a whopping 12% month-over-month; local media ignores;

Geoff Simon's top North Dakota energy stories:

• NDIC to incentivize DUC completions;
• B Sanderson national gas plant under construction despite Covid-19; link here;
  

Operators:

• BR getting active: four new permits here; looking to put 30 wells in one 2560-acre unit;
• CLR adds Charolais SOUTH Federal wells; and, here;

Operations:

Fracking:

Advantaged oil:

• BR's Zephyr production jumps;
  

600K:

• BR Mathistad middle Bakken well;

500K:

• Bruin Fort Berthold well;
• Enerplus Smooth Green well;
• BR Croff TFH well;
• BR Cross middle Bakken well;
• BR Mathistad TFH well;
• WPX Lead Woman;

Bakken economy:

• Legacy Fund deposits continue to grow;
• ND on track to lead US in honey production again;
• Wheat prices near 6-year high;