Week 13: March 25, 2018 -- March 31, 2018

WTI closes the week right about at $65. A pretty good week for WTI and Mike Filloon predicts WTI could hit $70 by June, 2018 -- he feels $75 is a 'bridge too far." The US economy is surging though one might not be able to see it in the headlines; US first time unemployment claims at 45-year low; final GDP reading for 4Q17: 2.9%, much better than the prior reading of 2.5%.

Concho is now the biggest operator in the Permian.

The top story of the week, although it's been reported off and on for the past few months: CLR reports that Bakken EURs have increased form 430 mboe in 2011 to 1,100 mboi in 2018

Operations
MRO reports an incredible pad in Antelope oil field
Whiting brings Peery State (#16463) back to life
Slawson's Matilda Bay (#27635) is showing some life
CLR's Syracuse and Chicago wells should soon be coming off confidential play
MRO re-accomplishing a failed frack 
Filloon does not see evidence of shale operators running out of drilling locations
Active rigs jump to 62, recent high, in the Bakken

CLR EUR type curves up to 1.1 million bbls
CLR's Bud wells in Crazy Man Creek show nice jump in production
Early production numbers for Oasis Patsy wells are incredible
SHD's "Golden" well has been added to the list of "monster wells"
CLR's Quale production jumps


Pipelines
How the DAPL impacts Guernsey

Bakken 101
Production per rig, the Bakken beats all other plays

Bakken Economy
2017 taxable sales and purchases: up 24% in the Bakken; -3% for most of the rest of the state
ND prepares for infrastructure build-out; thousands of job openings hamper ND's growth

Other formations
A Madison well has a jump in production; month-over-month, production jumped 20x; Madison well fracked;