Week 10: March 7, 2021 -- March 13, 2021

Graph of the week:

• Gasoline demand;

Most fascinating story of the week:

• Something fishy going on with Brent;
• Burlington Northern contributes 25% of Buffett's earnings;
  

Top story of the week:

• Biden is still president;
• Dal and Cowboys reach deal: $160 million / 4-years; biggest NFL deal ever;
  
• Tariffs on Scotch suspended;
  
• US shuts down Canadian oil by killing Keystone; prefers Russian oil with greater CO2 emissions;
  
• Denmark banks will pay people to buy homes;
• Gasoline: fundamental set-up for surge in price; and, here, here, here; and California;
  

Top international non-energy story of the week:

Top international energy story of the week:

• Saudi Arabia's exports continue to fall;
• Shell game; going green; doubles profitability trading oil this past year. Sorry. Not sorry;
• Re-surging interest in Canadian oil;

Top national non-energy story of the week:

• Dow continues to set all-time records;
• South Dakota attorney general pleads not guilty to three misdemeanor charges related to "hit and run"
• Prediction: Governor Cuomo out of office by the Ides of March
  

Top national energy story of the week:

• Ovintiv selling assets in the Eagle Ford;

Top North Dakota non-energy story;

Top North Dakota energy story:

• January crude oil production decline due to weather; not rig count -- NDIC;

Geoff Simon's top North Dakota energy stories:

• Spring load restrictions now in place;

Geoff Simon's "quick connect" headlines here.

Operators:

• Most fascinating small "player" in the Bakken: NOG;
• CLR with three more permits in Long Creek Unit; and, here; altogether, 10 more added since original update;
  

Operations:

• Deep and deeper: CLR releases results of two "deep" wells;
• Comparing rigs this week; one year ago;

Permitting:

• Projections for 2021; Rystad: drilling years in the Bakken, projection doubled in the last six months;

Fracking:

Pipelines:

Bakken economy:

Commentary:

• Projected number of new permits, CY21;
• Crude oil issues to watch over the next twelve months;
• The price of oil -- for the archives;
• The blinding speed of the US shale revolution;
• Reader presents his/her take on the Bakken;
• US shale: folks are starting to "get it"; "woke";
• Going to the moon! Why US shale keeps exceeding expectations;
• Everything points to huge crude oil demand by end of the year;
• Idle rambling on the price of oil;