Saturday, May 11, 2013

Week 19: May 5, 2013 -- May 11, 2013

Best educational Bakken article of the week: back story on flaring in the Bakken
Non-Bakken Story Of The Year?

Keystone XL
Non-Bakken Energy Story Of The Year?
The President could care/couldn't care less about the pipeline

USGS 2013 Survey of the Bakken
Observation 6: UND-EERC not mentioned
Minneapolis StarTrib with 2-page story on the survey

The Bakken, general
Whiting's analysis of the Bakken/Three Forks
EOG's analysis of the Bakken/Three Forks

Natural gas
Bakken propane: a $2 billion/year nuisance

Operations
Downspacing -- EOG
OXY USA has a nice well
Newfield with a gusher
Several huge wells reported: WPX, Oasis, KOG, MRO
Spacing in the Bakken -- Reuters perspective
Bakken wells dropping in cost -- Newfield
Bakken wells dropping in cost -- Oasis
Oasis establishes in-house Oasis Midstream Services
Random update of CLR's super long lateral; bogus report in Petroleum News Bakken
Random update of the Matthew Schmidt wells -- see link above, also
EOG's Liberty wells in Van Hook, Parshall have been updated
Random look at three 640-acre spacing Fidelity wells
Twenty-two (22) new permits in one day

Montana
Some nice wells in Montana; starting to hit its stride?

Economic development
Growers to build $1 billion fertilizer factory near Grand Forks using Bakken natural gas
Native America refinery to break ground in August
Farmers, others demanding more pipelines

Human Interest
Mark Perry on Kudlow, CNBC
Flashback: all those folks who said the Bakken was hyped, back in 2010, 2011
Photograph of Big Foot's foot prints in North Dakota, dragging his tail
Investment in the Bakken

Leases
North Dakota state's quarterly lease; one tract going for $15,100/acre
BLM auction in North Dakota, Montana

For investors only
NOG to offer $200 million in senior notes
EOG surges $11/share -- back up to its 52-week high
EOG's earnings report
Investors like NOG's earnings report

Non-Bakken
EPA won't limit greenhouse gases from coal mines; the government can kill the coal industry other ways
Coal mining is surging in Illinois, President Obama's home state

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