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Thursday, December 22, 2011

Top Stories of 2011 -- The Bakken, North Dakota, USA

Top Story of the Year:
The world
The nation
Most exciting operator in the Bakken in 2011: KOG
Most surprising story of 2011:  
Best well:
Most exciting production prediction:
Bakken oil field story of the year:
Most surprising formation of the year:
Biggest story in takeaway capacity (3):
Investment Story of the Year:
Record bonus paid per acre:
Most hypocritical story of the year:

Expanded List of Top Stories of 2011
The Short List
Weeks 34 - 52

The Bakken: production
The Bakken: fields
The Bakken: formations
The Bakken: wells
The Bakken: operators
The Bakken: crude by rail
The Bakken: takeaway capacity
The Bakken: investments
The Bakken: taxable sales receipts
The Bakken: fracking
The Bakken: miscellaneous records
Hypocritical Stories From the Bakken
Other top ten lists coming out of the Bakken

The Williston Herald: a very, very disappointing list (mostly negatives, and mostly trivial)
  • 1. Rising rent raises anger 
  • 2. Parks and Recreation sales tax increase
  • 3. "The Storm": white out cases black out
  • 4. Legislature approves $1 billion for oil patch infrastructure
  • 5. Spring and summer flooding
  • 6. ND oil field deaths; injuries up in 2011 (any denominators; any analysis?)
  • 7. Booming western North Dakota receives national attention
  • 8. Williston Basin Energy Fest
  • 9. Rig count hits 200
  • 10. Fire west of town (no reports of hazardous material; no deaths; impressive fire, but not even in my top 1000)
With this list, the local newspaper should have put the passing of Williston's renowned band leader Virgil Syverson as one of the top ten stories, perhaps replacing #10 and moving it nearer the top

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