Week 45: November 3, 2013 -- November 9, 2013

Operations
A Statoil re-entry well in the Alger?
A string of Murex wells in northwest North Dakota
With pad drilling, a sign of things to come: 23 producing wells completed
What the success of CLR's Hawkinson wells means for the Bakken
Abraxas pulls back plans to drill; lease rates onerous (a Montana story)
Abraxas pulls back plans to drill (original story)
NDIC takes steps to increase drilling in Bowman County
Twin Buttes oil field updated
Declining decline rates in the Bakken -- the HK experience
Re-entering/re-completed wells in the Spotted Horn oil field
Random look at some re-entered/re-completed wells
A new metric: rig productivity
Reminder from the November dockets: Oasis to put 21 horizontal wells on some or all of its 640-acre units in the heart of the Bakken 
Whiting's new completion technique 
EOG's monster wells

Fracking
Whiting's new completion technique (same link as above)
Evolving completion techniques -- Whiting presentation

Economy
The Williston Wire, weekly

CBR
Another Bakken crude oil train derails, spills, explodes, and burns, western Alabama
Update on CBR tank cars -- RBN Energy

Pipeline
Enbridge getting ready to announce "open season" for the Sandpiper

General
Platt's commentary: using existing assets to facilitate new markets
For newbies: what the Bakken is all about
The highest paying jobs in the Bakken oil patch
Stratigraphy of the Bakken Pool: Whiting presentation

Earnings
NOG
CLR
Oasis
EOG
KOG

Commentaries
Halcon -- Richard Zeits, SeekingAlpha
The falling price of crude oil
An emerging oil story: CHK vs COP vs EOG (Motley Fool)