Week 29: July 18, 2021 -- July 24, 2021

Best story of the week:  

• Weber (as in grilling) to go public. 
  

Top story of the week:

• Joe Biden is still president. 
• The next frontier: Bezos vs Branson; Bezos launch/recovery: July 20, 2021;
  

Energy story of the year?

• Natural gas.

Least followed story of the week:

• Opening ceremony, Tokyo, Japan, Olympics 202One.

Top international non-energy story:

Top international energy story:

• Saudi Arabia suddenly cancels Motiva expansion plans;

Top national non-energy story:

• Dow closes above 35K for the first time ever; other major indices set all-time records;
• GM recalls Chevy Bolts (second time these cars have been recalled); serious, serious problems;
• Report: shortest recession on record, February - April, 2020;
• BLM national championship television ratings tank;

Top national energy story:

• WTI finishes the week at $72;
  

Top North Dakota non-energy story:

Top North Dakota energy story:

• Production "flat as a pancake"; lack of fracking crews;

Geoff Simon's top North Dakota energy stories:

• Quick connects.
• May production: "flat as a pancake"; struggle to find frack crews;
• Whiting to acquire additional acres in the Bakken;
  

Operators:

Operations:

• Slawson brings an old Jackknife Federal well in Van Hook back on line;
• BR has taken most of its incredible Midnight Run wells off line;
• Well taken off line in 2015; brought back on line with good results;
• Petro-Hunt brings old well back on line; goes over 500K bbls crude oil;
• Slawson bringing an old Mustang well back on line;

Other formations in the Williston Basin:

• Stonewall.

Wells:

• CLR Kukla Chimney Butte well goes over 500K bbls crude oil;
• CLR Dvirnak well in Jim Creek goes over 500K bbls crude oil;
• A CLR Rath Federal well trends toward 600K bbls crude oil;
• A CLR Rath Federal well trends toward 500K bbls crude oil;
• MRO Ostlund Reunion Bay well goes over 500K bbls crude oil;
• A Zavanna Panther well goes over 550K bbls crude oil;
• A Bruin Antelope field well goes over 600K bbls crude oil;
• An MRO Elk USA well goes over 500K bbls crude oil;
• An Enerplus Baker well goes over 500K bbls crude oil;
• An old QEP Henderson well goes over 600K bbls crude oil;
• An old BR well drilled back in 2011 jumps 20x in oil production;
• A Rimrock FBIR Smith well goes over 500K bbls crude oil;
• Equinor brings an old Enderud well back on line; good results;
• After being off line fourteen months, Whiting brings a Brown well in the Sanish back on line;
• A Whiting Littlefield well in the Sanish goes over 600K bbls crude oil;
• Oasis brings a North Tobacco well back on line after being offline for more than a year;
• A not-atypical Petro-Hunt well: goes over 261K bbls crude oil in twelve months;
• A WPX well trends toward 600K bbls crude oil;
• A WPX Hidatsa North Three Forks well goes over 670K bbls crude oil in less than four years;
  

Fracking:

• Long pole in the tent in the Bakken: frack crews;
  

Pipelines:

• MDU begins construction on natural gas pipeline gathering expansion;
• Keystone XL doppelganger: flipping the Capline;

Refineries:

• Update: Dickinson renewable diesel plant;

Bakken economy:

• Legacy Fund July 2021 deposits posted;