Week 49: December 1, 2013 -- December 7, 2013 (National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day)

I'm posting the subject line just to remind me to do this tomorrow.

Almost 900 men on one ship, the USS Arizona; sort of puts things into perspective  

Summaries/Analyses

Update on status of 2012 NDIC oil and gas permits

Update on status of 2011 NDIC oil and gas permits
Update of status of 2010 NDIC oil and gas permits
Update of status of 2009 NDIC oil and gas permits

Story of the month

ONEOK quietly raises estimate of how much more is plans to invest in North Dakota

Story of the week

A Bakken case study: fracking may improve production at neighboring wells

Photography

Vern Whitten Photography sends a large number of prints

Operations

Number of active rigs not all that far from the record

Update on Whiting's high density pilot projects

Update on QEP operations in Heart Butte south of the river  

NDIC reports 25 new permits issued in one day

The list of about 170 wells that Zenergy sold to Oasis

Natural gas

The Bakken natural gas story continues to grow (linked above) 

Sand

Fracking sand is the new gold

Pipelines

Keystone XL South is ready to begin "line fill"; RBN Energy on Keystone XL 

CBR

Is the government underspending on rail?

Activists stopping CBR expansion

Water

Biodiesel production requires three times the amount of water required by fracking 
  

Refineries

Delta Airlines refinery, taking Bakken oil, turned a profit 

 

Economy

North Dakota may have lowest unemployment in the universe

 

Miscellaneous

North Dakota cold keeping the riff-raff out

For investors

Oasis to issue 7 million new shares 

ERF reports excellent numbers -- due to the Bakken

PSX on a tear; hitting new highs all week
 

Pricing

Bakken pricing firms: refinery maintenance complete

Random example of what Bakken mineral owners are getting for their oil    

Another example of Bakken royalties

Hyperbole

There's enough OOIP in the Bakken to supply the nation's needs for centuries -- Harold Hamm