Week 13: March 27, 2022 -- April 2, 2022

Top story of the week:

• Joe Biden is still president.
• Will Smith resigns from Hollywood's Screen Actors Guild.
  

Top international non-energy story:

• Putin's War enters fifth week.
• Biden calls for regime change in Moscow. 
  
• Saudi Arabia's foreign exchange reserves continues to fall.  
• Shanghai locked down for four days; Covid-19; price of oil slumps.
  

Top international energy story:

• Biden's Surge, SPR release, supported by nation's around the world.
• Myth of spare capacity exposed. 
  

Top national non-energy story:

• US markets: 1Q22 -- first "losing" quarter in two years.
• California votes reparations for African-Americans.
  

Top national energy story:

• Biden announces SPR release of one million bbls per day for six months. All SPR release posts will be followed here. 
• ISO NE: trending toward $1,000 / MWh.  
• ConEd will rollback supply charges.
  
• Gasoline demand not growing.
  

Top North Dakota non-energy story:

Top North Dakota energy story:

• Hydrogen hub, introduction.

Geoff Simon's top North Dakota energy stories:

• Quick connects.

Operators:

• Jack Stark steps down, effectively, as president, CLR.

Operations:

• Observations regarding wells coming off confidential list this past week.

Wells:

Fracking:

Natural gas:

Pipelines:

• FERC reverses itself; will start approving pipelines. And, here.
  

Bakken economy:

Commentary:

• Premium oil development acreage continues to expand in North Dakota.
• ESG is dead.
• Energy transition is over.