Nationally, the big story this past week has been the road to New England.
Regionally, the biggest story of the week -- taxable sales in the Bakken surge (see below).
Operations
A WPX Hidatsa well may have established a new Bakken production record
A middle Bakken well re-entered, targeting the Three Forks
Despite the Arctic blast, active rigs in North Dakota claw their way back to 54
Whiting's McNamara wells have been fracked
CLR starts to frack the rest of its Rath Federal wells
Pipeline
ONEOK announces a new NGL pipeline that will connect the Bakken to Kansas
Bakken economy
Taxable sales surging in the Bakken
New automobile dealership in Watford City
Predicting the Legacy Fund
Billings, MT, Exxon refinery remains shut down
Miscellaneous
The Williston Herald releases its top-10-story-list for 2017
The winner of the 2017 Geico Rock Award announced
Hettinger, ND, recorded the coldest temperature on earth this past week; but cold is relative