Week 40: September 30, 2012 -- October 6, 2012

Bakken Operations
Random update on three nice EOG wells in Ross oil field
Random update on a very nice EOG well in Parshall field: the Hauge 1-01H
BEXP has a huge well in a relatively "new" area of the Bakken
BR reports a huge Three Forks well in Elidah oil field
Oasis with a huge well in Camp oil field
Oasis with several great wells
Re-defining the stratigraphic limits of the Bakken Pool
On track for nearly 2,450 permits this calendar year in the Williston Basin
Enbridge talking about need for yet another high capacity pipeline from the Bakken to Superior, WI
Halcon to add four to six more rigs in Bakken, Eagle Ford (not clear if in Bakken)
Bakken pricing at a premium to WTI; could last into 2013
Random back-of-the-envelope calculations: what is Oasis worth in a takeover?
Huge story: Wall Street Money and Triangle to form pipeline venture
Update on active rigs operating in North Dakota

National
Several stories on the run-up in gasoline prices in California; this is just one of the posts
Warren Buffett increases his energy holdings

North Dakota state economy
North Dakota state sales tax collection increased by 40% yoy
Tax sales by major city in North Dakota

Commentary
Tongue-in-cheek look at the XOM-DNR deal
Maugheri vs The Oil Drum: the cornucopians vs the peak oil crowd