Week 52: December 20, 2020 -- December 26, 2020

Video of the week:

• Sophia rock-climbing.

Top story of the week:

• Biggest disappointment: Covid-19 relief bill (and still not passed);
• The WPX Topaz wells in the Bakken (see links below);

Top international non-energy story:

• Covid-19 out of control in Sweden; interestingly, this is the one story ZeroHedge is no longer reporting;
• Variants of Covid-19 popping up worldwide;

Top international energy story:

Top national non-energy story:

• Huge explosion in Nashville thought to be intentional;
• Still no charges in South Dakota attorney general in hit-and-run;
• Mortgage rates hit record low for record 16th time this year;
  

Top national energy story:

• December propane exports hit all-time high;
• FANG buys QEP; fanciful evaluation;
• CBR derailment in Washington State; sabotage considered; and, here;

Top North Dakota non-energy story:

Top North Dakota energy story:

Operators:

• MRO reporting huge wells in Reunion Bay;
• Several WPX Arikara wells going over 500K bbls crude oil cumulative;

Operations:

Fracking:

• Commentary; the Topaz wells here;

Wells of interest:

• Slawson Submariner Federal goes over 500K bbls crude oil;
• Nine-year-old CLR well produced over 630K bbls crude oil in last two years;
• An incredible XTO Little Pete Federal well;
• Two huge CLR wells returning to production;
• MRO with another record well;
• A huge Bruin Fort Berthold well returned to production;
• A WPX Roggenbuck well goes over 500K bbls crude oil cumulative;
• An old XTO State well with huge jump in production;
• A Bruin Fort Berthold well goes over 500K bbls crude oil cumulative;
• A Newfield Syverson will with nice jump in production;
• The incredible WPX Topaz wells; and, here;