Week 20: May 14, 2017 -- May 20, 2017

(Outside of politics), the big story of the week might have been the fact that WTI finally closed slightly above $50.

Also, for the first time in a very long time, the North Dakota oil story was linked on The Drudge Report.

Operations
Statoil has permits for 16 wells in one location; graphic here
How DUCs affect production numbers

Fracking
Fracking solutions in the Bakken using significantly less sand that elsewhere

Pipelines
DAPL flows 

Bakken economy
SM Energy delays Bakken asset sale
Oasis may spin off MLP
Keane (FRAC) buys RockPile Energy
Platts questions breakeven prices in the Bakken
Update: Bakken oil reaches Asia for first time

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23000

This post is the #23,000th post on The Million Dollar Way. Ten posts are in draft but there are well more than ten posts over at the "wells of interest" site.

To the best of my knowledge, I now have the most posts of any ad-free, non-subscription blog that focuses on the Bakken with political notes and notes to granddaughters.