Sunday, January 1, 2017

Happy New Year -- January 1, 2017

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Top Stories

Top stories of 2016

Top stories by month

Top stories of 2015

All top stories (tab at the top)

The Geico Rock Award, 2016.

Chicago homicides (preliminary 2016 totals): 795 

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Others

This is really, really cool. After I posted the above, I did a google search, energy top ten stories 2016.

This was the first hit: energy trends.
#1: Donald Trump wins presidency (this was also my first choice)
#2: OPEC agrees to production cuts (at top of my list also)
#3: DAPL: ditto
#4: coal bankruptcies -- I did not mention coal at all on my long list
#5: oil and natural gas prices bottomed: premature, but probably accurate;
It looks like oilprice.com has not yet posted its top ten list for 2016.

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Parting Shot

It's interesting that no one -- literally no one -- even mentions the "fact" that the Russians "stole" the election from Hillary as a "top story" of 2016. I suppose it's because anyone paying attention already knew back in 2013 that the Russians were capable of asymmetrical warfare (e.g. cyberwar). The WSJ has the story. My hunch: the president missed that intelligence briefing. [By the way, this is another binary factoid: either the US intelligence network (all 17 agencies according to Hillary) knew about Russia's action before the election but failed to act; or, the US intelligence network was not aware of Russia's cyber attack until after the election. I suppose there is a third possibility: President Obama was told but wanted to see how this would all play out, knowing, in his own words, that Hillary would win anyway.]

From Russia With Love, Matt Monro

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Looking Forward ... but a little history first

2017 should be recognized as the 10th year anniversary of the Bakken boom. The boom began with an EOG well in the Parshall oil field in 2006, but I've always "felt" the boom began in 2007. The second "confirmatory" well was perforated/fracked/completed in March, 2007.

History of the early Bakken: 2004 - 2006.
Brief history of oil production from the Bakken.

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Looking Forward

Sure bet: new all-time snowfall record will be set, winter, 2016 - 2017. Bismarck only needs 2 inches to beat all-time record. Forecast today for Bismarck: 7.5 inches. Williston, almost 7".

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Other News

Updates

February 21, 2017: a long essay on New York City's new Second Avenue subway

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Newest subway in NYC opened today, Sunday, January 1, 2017 -- Second Avenue Subway
nearly a century to build; runs from the Upper East Side in Manhattan to Coney Island in Brooklyn; three new stations opened today

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