Why I Love To Blog: The Bakken Never Ceases To Amaze Me -- Another Incredible Story -- Read Between The Lines -- October 26, 2018

This is one of those stories that can't help but catch your attention if you've been following the Bakken closely. Spend some time reading between the lines. At The Bismarck Tribune: North Dakota regulators plan review of natural gas flaring rules.

See this post to see natural gas production as percent of total boe (crude oil + natural gas produced in North Dakota). 


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Proposition 112 in Colorado

See this note. All of a sudden, I'm starting to get interested in this story. But as much as I would like to write the "tale of two states" I will control my maniacal tendencies.

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Stories That Fascinate Me Right Now

The top three energy stories that fascinate me right now

• Proposition 112 in Colorado
• Saudi Arabia -- the Crown Prince's recent investment conference was a dud
• News today that the NDIC is raising the flaring issue once again

Flaring issue in the Bakken

• Texas Permian has the same problem -- oilprice.com
• better data at DallasNews 
• fluff piece from Forbes
• mentions 0.5% flaring, Houston Public Media
• the flaring eased and leveled off during the "Saudi Surge"
• perhaps we should stop development in the reservation until flaring there is "under control"
• perhaps we should encourage Saudi Arabia to flood the world with oil 

Wow, look at the increase in natural gas production in the Permian. Incredible.

• EIA pdf, Bakken: https://www.eia.gov/petroleum/drilling/pdf/bakken.pdf. 

• EIA, pdf, Permian: https://www.eia.gov/petroleum/drilling/pdf/permian.pdf.

1% waste in the Permian? I wish state governments and especially the federal government were so efficient with our tax dollars. 1% waste in the Texas Permian .... and the industry is responding ...