Note: unfortunately, several important stories do not get posted here because they are "buried" in multiple-story posts.
Bakken operations
New production records in September
Baytex: some of their best wells ever
North Dakota: twelve (12) percent of US oil output
Bakken could produce 4 million bopd by 2025
US to surpass Saudi in production by 2017; surpass Russia by sizeable margin by 2015
Economic development
Wall Street firm to invest millions in new Williston development
Williston, Minot set new permitting records
Dickinson: $1 billion
New Home of Economy in Minot
Headlines from the Williston Wire
Bakken will need 50,000 more workers by 2015
Hotel in Alexander will go up in 90 days
Acme Tools to build in Williston
Deals
Targa Resources to buy Bakken assets $1 billion
Trivia
CO2-EOR in North Dakota
Coolest link of the week: photos of BNSF crude-by-rail terminals
Commentary
Friday night ramblings
Drilling in North Dakota: federal land vs private land