Week 44: October 28, 2018 -- November 3, 2018

International:

• Khashoggi off the front page, but my hunch is things are not going well for the Crown Prince
• Venezuela is within a week of major social upheaval
• Original Iran sanctions kick in today

National

• Chevron production soars as company ramps up production in shale fields
• Jobs report for October: incredible, more records set; jobless claims lowest in 45 years;
• Hubbert peak oil curve re-visited; and, here; and, here; and, here;
• WTI drops below $63
• US oil exports continue to surge
• The road to New England
• US ethane: another bottleneck 

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The Bakken

Operations
CLR continues to attack the Brooklyn oil field
Active rigs in North Dakota
CLR has added two rigs in the Bakken
Where's Newfield?
A whopping nineteen new permits issued
Don't often see this: Hess reports a huge DUC
CLR posts its 3Q18 presentation 
Update on Slawson's Torpedo wells
EURs in the Bakken 

Halo production
Kjorstad -- Willow Creek
Skarston -- Banks
Florida -- Camp -- CLR
Bohmbach -- Three Forks -- Elm Tree -- CLR
Antelope wells in Elm Tree

Pipelines
Takeaway constraints, revisited -- RBN Energy

Natural gas
Getting ready to start work on "new" natural gas plant near Watford City

Bakken 2.5
Mini-fracks in the Bakken?

Bakken 101
A look at a long lateral on a 5,120-acre spacing unit

Bakken economy
$60 million bond vote for two new elementary schools; expansion of new high school
EOG: net income of $1.2 billion vs $101 million one year ago

Commentary:
CLR, over at SeekingAlpha
Did DNR just swap 200,000 acres in North Dakota for 80,000 acres in the Eagle  Ford?
Big Oil moves in on tight oil -- Forbes