Week 38: September 16, 2018 -- September 22, 2018

Geoff Simon's top stories of the year:
McKenzie County continues to grow
Watford City will site new elementary school in the Fox Hills subdivision

International
TransMountain: Canada orders new environmental impact study; study due in 22 weeks (one-half year); then a half-year to debate; and then back in court
KMI to sell all Canadian assets; Canada is closed to new business;
Peak oil? Perhaps in Russia

National
Keystone XL won't harm environment; actually if they considered the decrease in rail traffic, the pipeline will make things better; operator will make final funding decision next year
WTI back to $71
Gasoline demand increasing. Finally.
Bakken beats Permian, Eagle Ford on percent growth month-over-month

Making America great again
Main Street intersects Wall Street: jobless claims at 49-year low; stocks at record highs 

Bakken 2.5
Eighteen new permits -- including a QEP 12-well pad -- and MRO reports six incredible DUCs
One example of many: an XTO Fenton Federal will with high jump in production
North Dakota flaring getting worse

Operations
EOG fracking in the Parshall; and, here; and, here;
EOG's monster wells in Clarks Creek
Coming out of nowhere: Oasis now the 4th largest producer in North Dakota
Life-cycle of a Bakken well
Bear Creek moves to the top of the list: crude oil production / well; and, here;
Update on MRO's Lars well
Update on CLR's Buelingo

Natural gas
Permian natural gas plunging to 50 cents/unit

Pipelines
DAPL in peril  

Bakken economy
Progress at Williston's new airport continues
Conlin's Furniture to close
Watford City posts largest jump in elementary school enrollment

Miscellaneous
Final Missouri River Study to be released next week

Commentary
The dreaded Bakken decline; and here;
Why the EU advocated for renewable energy; they had little choice
MRO likely to be names "North Dakota's operator of the year"; and, here;
Filloon on MRO
MRO corporate update