Week 46: November 10, 2019 -- November 16, 2019

Top international non-energy story:

• EV fad fading: not enough choice;
• Wind energy fad facing; Spain;

Top international energy story:

• The Aramco IPO flop
• IEA conference; forecasts; US peak oil won't hit until mid-2030s;

Top national non-energy story:

• Dow hits 28,000 for first time ever; propelled by JPMorgan, AAPL
• "Best bull market ever" -- CNBC;
• Arctic blast; and, here; and, here;
• Agricultural disaster for the midwest;

Top national energy story:

• Propane shortage; eight states declare emergency
• Equinor to sell Eagle Ford assets to Spanish oil company

Top North Dakota non-energy story:

• Worse sugar beet harvest in 75 years;

Top North Dakota energy story:

• DAPL expansion hearings in Linton, ND;
• Is EOG about ready to exit the Bakken?

Geoff Simon's top North Dakota energy stories:

• ONEOK bringing additional natural gas processing on line in North Dakota
• DAPL expansion hearings, Linton, ND
• Watford City airport "renovation" on course
• Crude oil production for September, 2019, not to be severely affected by wet weather 

Operations:

• Two EOG wells to report 50,000 bbls in first full month of production: here; and, here;
• A Whiting Rolla Federal well goes over 500,000  bbls crude oil;
• A Bruin Fort Berthold well goes over 500,000 bbls crude oil; drilled in 2013;
• A WPX Lawrence Bull well with 300,000+ bbls crude oil in ten months;
• Thirteen Enerplus wells moved to "producing or plugged' status;
• Update, re-posting: a Petro-Hunt Charlson well hits one million bbls crude oil; only eight years old;
• Random update of the CLR Carus wells; and, here;

Bakken 101:

• How Bakken operators are capturing oil that would otherwise be "orphaned";

Horse racing:

• A Keffiyeh for Covfefe;