Week 36: September 5, 2021 -- September 11, 2021

Top story of the week:

• Joe Biden is still president.
• Surging natural gas prices;
  

Top international non-energy story:

Top international energy story:

• Surging, all-time record prices for natural gas in UK and Europe
• Venezuela hits rock bottom; China eyeing opportunities
  

Top national non-energy story:

• Covid-19 is so yesterday;
• Ivermectin controversy gains steam;

Top national energy story:

• Hurricane Ida -- two weeks later, upwards of 66% of GoM oil still shut in.
  
• FERC widens the moat for pipeline companies.
• Gasoline demand: surprisingly good;
• Enbridge buys Moda;
• Chevron looking to sell Eagle Ford assets;
  

Top North Dakota non-energy story:

• ND county with highest GDP per capita; and, here;

Top North Dakota energy story:

• Top growing counties in the US;

Geoff Simon's top North Dakota energy stories:

• Quick connects.

Operators:

• Update: the Whiting $271 million Sanish deal;
  

Operations:

Wells:

• Random update of two monster EOG wells;
• A Veeder well with a huge IP;
• Random update of two huge WPX Mandaree Warrior wells;
• Random update of a Slawson Muskrat Federal well;
• An old Bruin / HRC well screams past 500K bbls crude oil cumulative;
• Another old Bruin / HRC well screams past 500K bbls crude oil cumulative;
• Update on a Bruin Eagle Nest pad;
• Huge WPX Spotted Wolf wells in Eagle Nest;
• WPX Fast Dog wells are starting to report IPs;
• BR's State Dodge well still a DUC, reports 126K in four months;
• Three Hess T R Slette wells with jump in production;

Fracking:

Pipelines:

• Enbridge buys Moda;
• WMB;

Bakken economy:

Commentary:

• Why US shale companies are so undervalued;
• All those job openings;
• Is North Dakota's oil industry finally coming back;
• Bobcat and radar;
• mRNA: game over;