Week 5: January 27, 2019 -- February 2, 2019

Top story of the week: without question -- the economic news

• major oil companies slamming earnings; COP as it pertains to the Bakken;
• the "Fed" has turned dovish or skittish
• the jobs numbers were incredible
• the market looks like it may be trending higher
• WTI: broke through $55

Top non-story of the week: as cold as it was, the "polar vortex" mostly set new "cold" records, but not much else; NoDaks have experienced this for generations, keeping the riff-raff out;

Top North Dakota energy story

• Judge rejects with prejudice yet another appeal to stop the Davis refinery 

Geoff Simon's top North Dakota energy stories

• North Dakota senate kills extraction tax increase (the bill was sponsored by an eastern democrat, surprise, surprise)
• North Dakota senate rejects infrastructure bill tapping Legacy funds (sponsored by a Republican from Minot; I have mixed feelings on this one; the worst part: another 9-member board would be formed)
• the Williston area public school stories

Operations
The Bruin Fort Berthold wells are monsters; here; here; here;
Update on record-IP wells;
MRO may have a record well in the Bakken;
Enerplus getting ready to frack its "lizard" pad
Ms CHSU 22D, #16123, a South Red River well, goes over the one-million-bbl mark
Happy Birthday, Mr Greni, 46 years old and going strong
An old, old 2-million-bbl Madison well with a jump in production
Petro-Hunt with a million-bbl well drilled 35 years ago
Bakken well drilled in 2011 closing in on one million bbls

Refineries
Update on the Davis refinery; and, here;

Bakken economy
Williams County PSD #8 moving forward on Missouri Ridge School