Week 32: August 3, 2014 -- August 9, 2014

Photo-Stories
Three KOG P Wood wells near the river; the story
A Hess 18-well pad
The Bakken: then (2012) and now (2014)

Production
State sets new record for daily oil production; up almost 4% month-over-month; ND production sets record 
North Dakota on track to issue record number of permits -- close to 3,000

Operations
Triangle reports six nice wells
Current list of all wells on the confidential list
New operator in the Bakken: St Croix Operating
CLR IPs improving; case study in the Alkali oil field 
Increased density pilot projects in the Bakken
CLR's increased density pilot projects -- an update
KOG to receive new Unit Corp BOSS drilling rig
1920-acre standup/laydown drilling units with 3-section laterals; a CLR 3-section laydown horizontal near the edge of the Bakken

Pipeline and storage
Summit Midstream Partners announces new pipeline and storage systems (Epping and Divide)

CBR
North Dakota study: shipping Bakken crude oil safe

Natural Gas
The next North Dakota boom -- capitalism 

Bakken101
The condensate-export licensing process

Mergers and Acquisitions / For investors only
WLL-KOG deal moves forward; reaches another milestone
Comparing a Permian operator with a Bakken operator

Miscellaneous
Natural gas by rail (NGBR)
Looking forward, looking back: a look back at the Bakken as "predicted" by The Oil Drum