Week 47: November 20, 2021 -- November 27, 2021

Doofus of the week: "I don't have that number in front of me."

Top story of the year: flash crash -- orchestrated by WHO/China. Ends energy crisis in China.

Top story of the week:

• Brandon still president.
• Announces two-billion gallon release of crude oil from SPR. US SPR at 18-year low.
  
• Announces additional red tape, increased fees on US oil by 50%; accuses "Big Oil" of uncompetitive activity -- gives OPEC, a real cartel, a pass. LOL.
  
• Market crash.
• Oil crash.
• CCS in North Dakota's Mercer County; giant pipeline;
  

Top international non-energy story:

• WHO skips "XI"; moves to Omicrom for new Covid variant;

Top international energy story:

• Russia admits it's getting much more expensive to drill oil;
• Winter energy crisis unabated in Europe;
• COP to buy Hess out of Libya.
• Norway's crude oil demand does not decline despite huge EV penetration.

Top national non-energy story:

• New York governor declares "disaster emergency" over new variant, Omicrom;
• Samsung to build second "chip" plant in Texas; $17 billion;
• Brandon nominates Jay Powell for second term at the Fed.
• Apple announces acceleration of its autonomous vehicle program;

Top national energy story:

• SPR release: $5/bbl gift to Big Oil; decision backfires;
  
• Brandon continues to ask OPEC, Russia to increase crude oil production
• Appears to have forgotten he killed the Keystone XL

Top North Dakota non-energy story:

• Williston: top-growing micro-city in America.

Top North Dakota energy story:

• Update on Pipeline X.

Geoff Simon's top North Dakota energy stories:

• Quick connects.

Operators:

• Oasis: RBN Energy update.
• Enerplus "Wild Kingdom" permits renewed.
• MRO reporting monster Wolf-Fox wells in Moccasin Creek.
• Ragnar Exploration LLC; looking to drill 23 wells;
• Grayson Mill looking to drill up to twenty wells out in the middle of nowhere;
• MRO looking to place sixteen wells on a standup 2560-acre unit;

Operations:

• Hess reporting wells with incredible halo effects.
• Foundation Energy to recomplete a number of vertical Bakken wells.

Wells:

• An old Oxy well trending toward 800K;
• A monster well keeps getting better and better;
• After fifteen years, a huge jump in production;
• WPX Young Bird wells coming in huge;

Fracking:

Pipelines:

Bakken economy:

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