Early Morning Links -- Bakken, North Dakota, USA -- January 25, 2011

Again, I was called in to teach today, so just a couple of links and I will fill this out later today.


Oil's Economic Impact on North Dakota, two pdf files:

• Full Report
• Summary
• From the Bakken Shale Discussion Group, linked at the sidebar on the right

SM press releases:

• 4Q10: preliminary production and proved reserves estimates; Bakken/TF increases 40% in 4Q10
• SM to raise $250 million by issuing senior notes

How much oil is in the Bakken? Eric Fox on SeekingAlpha. Just released.

BHI: profits triple. I think we're going to see similar news across the energy sector this earnings season (not hard to predict, now that we've seen SLB, HAL, and BHI)
Voyager Oil and Gas plans to drill 50 wells in the Bakken and 22 wells in the Niobrara in 2011.

Some pundits on CNBC suggesting a "double dip" (as in recession) for the United Kingdom (England); it was not clear how solid this reporting was; based on most recent GDP data point for that country.

I did update all of the links posted yesterday morning, so you may want to scroll down and see if you missed anything.

Of all the stories yesterday, the Spearfish formation story has me the most perplexed. 

So, with that, more later.