Week 50: December 10, 2017 -- December 16, 2017

Operations
USGS to reassess the Bakken
North Dakota set a new BOE production record
Ten DUCs completed eight permits renewed; four new permits;
Bakken crude oil production jumps 7% month-over-month; only 54 active rigs; almost 900 DUCs; and, almost 1,500 inactive wells
Division owners for homeowners in Williston
Twenty-four wells in one 640-acre drilling unit -- the White Butte Jore Federal wells; and, here;
Oasis to sell non-core Bakken assets; the past year for Oasis; personal thoughts on the deal;
One of Conoco's best leaseholds is in the Bakken -- Filloon
Nodding donkeys failing in the Bakken
 
Natural gas
The Bakken, an "oily" play is producing more natural gas then the Mediterranean's largest off-shore natural gas field -- by a lot
Crestwood announces commissioning of new natural gas processing plant

Fracking
We continue to see unexplained examples of jump in production in individual wells 
Jump in production of an old Oasis Lawlar well
Huge fracks -- random note 
Huge fracks -- random note 
Update on fracking sand supply/demand 

Flaring
Flashback: Bakken flaring

Bakken economy
Bakken economy shifts farther west
Public school enrollment continues to grow in the oil patch
Williston hospital launches air ambulance services
Update on Port of North Dakota (Minot) 

Miscellaneous
Vern Whitten Photography will be taking his "Wonders of North Dakota" on the road