Week 9: February 24, 2019 -- March 2, 2019

International top energy story: Japanese enter the US tight oil play;

Top national non-energy story: all the record cold/low temperatures being set across the US in February; one of many posts here; and, here; and, here; and, here; with music;

• Runner-up: Amazon walks away from NYC-Long Island City deal;

Top national energy story: virtually overnight, US becomes third largest LNG exporter;

Geoff Simon's top North Dakota energy stories:

• February 2019 among the coldest in ND history
• ND's first commercial solar energy project, located in Cass County, gets OK
• halfway through legislative session, most school building bills have been defeated but the "no-expense-spared" TR museum presses on

Operations
CLR is reporting some great Pasadena wells; and, here;
BR Gudmunson well with a huge jump in production;
BR Archer well with a huge jump in production;
One case from the March dockets: Hess to drill 48 wells

Fracking
Whiting: Generation 5.0

Refineries
Meridian / Davis Refinery with secret upstream partner

Bakken economy
VEAC announces termination of QEP deal;

Miscellaneous
Bakken update -- Energy Transfer's Bakken update
Bakken 101 for newbies