Top story of the week:
- Joe Biden is still president
- DAPL is allowed to remain open;
- Colonial Pipeline shut down by Darkside ransomware; back into operation in about a week;
Top international non-energy story:
Top international energy story:
- Brent briefly touches $70;
- US blinks: gives Putin a waiver for Nordstream 2; got nothing in return; great negotiators.
- US blinks: removes sanctions on Iran; got nothing in return; great negotiators.
- Arctic ice melt allows Russia to move in; Biden administration makes a speech;
Top national non-energy story:
Top national energy story:
- Shale basin economics continue to improve;
- Oasis exits the Permian; returns to the Bakken as a pure-play Bakken operator;
Top North Dakota non-energy story:
Top North Dakota energy story:
- ND Supreme Court rules for oil companies on royalties; and, here;
- Natural gas in the Bakken; constraints;
- Natural gas constraints to impact ethane pricing in the Bakken;
Geoff Simon's top North Dakota energy stories:
Operators:
- Oasis permits, updated;
- Hunt Oil to put ten wells on one drilling unit;
- Kraken permitting picks up; no rigs;
- Enerplus acquisition in the Bakken, an update; Bruin acquisition;
- Saturn Oil & Gas: Oxbow acquisition north of Williston;
Operations:
Wells:
Fracking:
Pipelines:
Refineries;
Bakken economy:
