Week 8: February 21, 2021 -- February 27, 2021

Top story of the week:

• WTI goes over $63/bbl;
• NASA's Perseverance transmits incredible video footage from Mars;
• Global oil company strategies starting to diverge;

Top international non-energy story:

• Saudi Arabia borrows at negative rates for first time ever;

Top international energy story:

• N.W.E. -- Rotterdam Light -- update;
• India sets NA crude oil import record;
• Pemex production update;

Top national non-energy story:

• IRS extends April 15th deadline for Texas residents;
• Apple to partner with Target;
• Tesla shuts down Model 3 line, Fremont, CA; semi-conductor shortage;
• Dow sets yet another record;
• Tesla having a bad week; shares fall below their S&P entry;

Top national energy story:

• Meme for E&Ps in 2021: free cash flow;
• Natural gas fill rate drops below 5-year average;
• Bankers see WTI over $70 by end of year;

Top North Dakota non-energy story:

• Legacy Fund deposits continue to trend up;

Top North Dakota energy story:

Geoff Simon's top ND energy stories:

• Quick picks, archived;
• Denbury to extend CO2 pipeline; great news for Bowman, southwest ND;

Bakken 101:

• EIA dashboards;

Operators:

• EOG: "double premium"; double-talk? 4Q20 earnings;
• CLR adds permits for more wells in their aggressive Long Creek unit;
• CLR inventory: immense; and, here;

Operations:

• Activity on the WPX Charles Blackhawk pad;
• Oasis activity in Willow Creek;
• CLR Boulder wells in Banks oil field are all off line now;

Wells:

• WPX Young Bird goes over 500K bbls crude oil;
• A WPX Good Voice goes avery 500K bbls crude oil;
• A BR Waterton well has just gone over 500K bbls crude oil;
• A Slawson Wolverine Federal well goes over 500K bbls crude oil;
• Inactive Slawson well back on line;
• Another great MRO well in the Antelope-Sanish;
• A CLR Syracuse well goes every 500K bbls crude oil;

Fracking:

Pipelines:

Bakken economy:

• Greenhouse proposed near Jamestown, ND;

Commentary:

• Bakken shale production, update;
• Comments on comments;
• Lots of work left to be done in the Bakken;
• The disconnect;
• Global warming scam in one graphic;
• The Bakken: running the numbers;