Week 6: February 4, 2018 -- February 10, 2018

The Bakken is back! North Dakota led the nation in real GDP growth as the oil and natural gas industry rebounded.

Vern Whitten saw that -- he sent a portfolio of "before and after" photos of six years of the Bakken.

But perhaps the best Bakken story of the week was buried in the Oasis, January, 2017, presentation:

• Bakken type curves are now showing 1.550 million bbls. 

The best non-Bakken story all week: faux environmentalists starting to walk back AGW.

Other non-energy story:

• jobless claims plunge; near 45-year low

Among energy stories this past week, this might have been one of the least-reported among the big stories:

• ExxonMobil replaced 183% of its 2017 production. Also here. Peak oil? What peak oil?

Other general energy story:

• WTI dropping fast; by end of week, down below $60

Operations
MDU transports a record volume of natural gas; up almost 10% year-over-year
Tight oil wells showing massive improvement -- an industry-wide phenomenon
Random update of an XTO wildcat; what a difference a work over makes
MRO's oil type curves best in North Dakota (beats those in the Permian)

Refineries
ND refineries updated

Miscellaneous
How big was the Bakken revolution? Pretty big

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