Week 35: August 25, 2019 -- August 31, 2019

Top international non-energy story:

• One step closer to a "no-deal" Brexit; the Queen supports PM's plan to "suspend" Parliament

Top international energy story:

•  US gasoline demand set an all-time record;

 Top national non-energy story:

• US economy
• US consumer confidence at 19-year high
• Starbucks quits selling newspapers nationwide 

Top national energy story:

• US gasoline demand set an all-time record;
• US oil inventory: colossal draw; by end of week, little effect on price of crude oil

Top North Dakota non-energy story:

• General fund revenues exceed ND Legislature's forecast

Top North Dakota energy story: 

• "Rich gas" EOR; and, here: Liberty Resources; and, here;
• TENORM proposal for Williston, ND
  

Geoff Simon's top ND stories: 

• NDIC approves $250,000 grant to support "wise roads" initiative; aimed at improving movement of heavy truck traffic in western North Dakota; will better identify only those gravel roads impacted by rain events leading to weight restrictions
• ND optimistic about CBR to Washington state

Operations:

• Nine Point Energy with five nice Little Muddy wells;
• First CLR LCU well is being drilled
• Update on the CLR Elm Tree unit; and, here; 
• Twenty-two permits renewed; seven new permits; 
• Slawson's River Rat Federal wells in Big Bend updated; 
• Oasis' Nordeng wells updated;
• Huge Patsy well reported by Oasis
• True Oil well in Red Wing Creek updated
• Cedar Creek Unit 8B 14X-2A-8 celebrated 58 years of production

Halo effect:

• WPX Sweet Grass Woman, Spotted Horn

Pipeline:

• Nebraska Supreme Court upholds routing for Keystone XL

Bakken 101:

• Sweet spots in the Bakken; and, here; and, here;
• The Bakken is expanding: Tier 2 becoming Tier 1
• Re-fracks
• Rigs, DUCs, completed wells;