Week 47: November 17, 2019 -- November 23, 2019

Top international non-energy story:

Top international energy story:

• Chinese oil imports soar to record high;
• Tsunami of coal plants being built in China; 

Top national non-energy story:

• Schwab moving out of California; moving to Texas; here; and, here;
• 660 California companies moving facilities to Texas;
• A former Republican, Bloomberg enters the presidential race as a Democrat;

Top national energy story:

• Propane shortage continues;
• DAPL operator's activity in Texas will positively affect the Bakken;

Top North Dakota non-energy story:

• Meg-a-Latte moving to bigger location; now with three locations in the Bakken;

Top North Dakota energy story:
 
Geoff Simon's top North Dakota energy stories:

• After weeks of above normal releases, the volume of water discharged from Garrison Dam and other reservoirs on the Missouri River finally started dropping this week;

Operations:

• The Bird Bear wells have been completed; a neighboring well goes over 500K bbls of crude oil cumulative;
• A BR well, only two years old, goes over 500,000 bbls of crude oil cumulative;
• The CLR Carus wells; and, here;
• Slawson's case for three wells in a 320-acre drilling unit;
• How they do things in the Bakken -- EOG;
• How they do things in the Bakken -- CLR;
• The newly fracked BR Mathistad wells are monster wells;
• MRO reports a huge completed DUC -- the Yesenko well in Four Bears;
• Natural gas
• ONEOK bringing additional natural gas processing capacity on line for North Dakota;

Halo:

• A CLR Hawkinson well with a 13-fold jump in production; 
• Jump in production -- MRO, Jacqueline; 
• XTO, Serrahn, in Siverston; 
• EOG, Skaar, in Parshall;
• Slawson, Wolf, in Van Hook;
• CLR, Siverston, in Elidah; 
• MRO, Mark Sandstrom, in Reunion Bay;
• MRO, Luther USA, in Reunion Bay;
• CLR, Don, in Elidah;
• EOG, Bear Den, in Spotted Horn;

Bakken economy:

• Watford City airport update;

Miscellaneous:

• On track for about 1,500 new oil and gas permits for North Dakota, calendar year, 2019;
• Comparing the Bakken, Eagle Ford, and the Permian
• Bakken well production; a historical review;
• Shifting the focus to optimized production;
• From the Saudis: a technical analysis of the Bakken -- only five years left, maybe fewer;