Week 15: April 5, 2020 -- April 11, 2020

Top energy story of the week:

• Mexico holds up OPEC+ deal;

Favorite video:

Best news all week:

• UN may run out of money next month

Biggest non-story of the entire week:

• Sussex Royals said to buy Malibu house from Mel Gibson;

Top international story of the entire week:

• The surge begins;

Top international non-energy story:

• Wuhan flu;
• Boris Johnson released from hospital;

Top international energy story:

• OPEC+ to cut production;
• Mexico holds up OPEC+ deal;

Top national non-energy story:

• The epidemic that the media is not reporting;

Top national energy story:

• Gasoline demand plummets for second straight week; 
• Gasoline below 80 cents/gallon in Wisconsin; bragging rights;
• EIA's weekly petroleum report: records set;
• US crude oil in storage maxes out;

Top North Dakota non-energy story:

• ND 1804 east of Williston, under construction; from Williams County Road 42 to 1.25 miles east of Lunds Landing; complete reconstruction of the highway and includes passing and turning lanes;
• Equinor planning oil conditioning facility near Trenton, ND (southwest of Williston)
• Liberty will lay off 204 employees in the Bakken
• CLR to cut production by 30%;

Top North Dakota energy story:

Geoff Simon's top ND stories (does not include stories posted elsewhere on this page): pending

Operations:

• EOG to report two monster wells; 
• Huge, huge EOG well in Clarks Creek;
• Update on the Red Trail Energy permit in southwest North Dakota;

Operators:

• Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead! CLR with seven more permits; 
• CLR suspends dividend;

500K Wells:

• Bruin Fort Berthold, Antelope-Sanish; 
• CLR Rath Federal, Sanish;
• Whiting's Rolla Federal, Twin Valley;
• BR Dodge well in Dimmick Lake;
• Oasis Osprey well south of Williston;
• Oasis Peregrine well south of Williston; 
• Petro-Hunt USA well in Charlson oil field;
• CLR Nashville well in Catwalk; 
• Slawson Submariner Federal well in Big Bend;

Fracking:

• Slawson Submariner Federal well fracked with 101 stages; 16.2 million lbs;
• Slawson Submariner Federal well fracked with 99 stages;

Pipeline:

• Keystone XL work to begin in Montana;

Commentary:

• The surge that never happened;
• Breakevens -- RBN Energy;
• Global economy; Saudi Arabia in trouble;