Week 28: July 11, 2021 -- July 17, 2021

Top story:

• Joe Biden is still president.

Most under-reported stories in the US:

• Proterra buses.
• GM tells Bolt owners to park their cars outside; away from structures; fire risk.

Top international non-energy story:

• Saudi Arabia foreign exchange reserves: an all-time low? And, here.
• Sir Richard Branson in space.

Top international energy story:

• Jim Cramer calls the top in oil: $72.
  

Top national non-energy story:

• Virgin Galactic plummets.
  

Top national energy story:

• US crud oil supply at 27.1 days;

Top North Dakota non-energy story:

Top North Dakota energy story:

Geoff Simon's top North Dakota energy stories:

• Air travel continues to recover; still trails pre-pandemic numbers
  
• Quick connects.

Operators:

• Kraken is drilling in the Sanish; how did they get there?
• WPX Raptor wells.
• WPX Mandan North wells.
• WPX Hidatsa wells.
• BR brings an old Three forks well back on line;
• CLR's LCU updated;
• XTO: fourteen HBU Marmon permits renewed.
  

Operations:

Wells:

• A well to watch: the WLL Littlefield well;
• An XTO Bobcat Federal well goes over 600K bbls crude oil;
• An XTO Bobcat Federal well trending toward 600K bbls cfrude oil;

Fracking: 

Pipelines:

• North Dakota pipeline carrying one-third of Bakken oil at risk.

Bakken economy:

• New seed-cleaning facility in Williston;
• Oil royalties in North Dakota vs New Mexico.

Commentary:

• DUCs not created equal.