Top Stories
Top energy story:
Javier Blas:
Focus on fracking: link here.
Top story of the week:
- Liz Cheney loses her US House seat; amasses fortune; considers run for White House.
Top international non-energy story:
- Putin's war; tide is turning?
- US sends another billion dollars (in round numbers) to Ukraine this week; the check is in the mail; Ukraine will acquire more HIMARS
- Ukraine: ready to target nuclear plant as soon as it's safe to do so; Turkey's Erdogan to meet with Putin; doesn't want another Chernobyl;
- Ukraine: opening new front in Crimea; may gain back lost territory from previous war
- Putin: ready to negotiate?
Top international energy story:
- Rhine River is surging due to high rains in the Swiss Alps
- Russia is now starting to feel the effects of the sanctions, most of which won't start until December, 2022
Top national non-energy story:
- US equity markets surge but give back on Friday
Top national energy story:
- Regulator (FERC) gives "okay" for Warren Buffett / Berkshire Hathaway to acquire up to 50% of OXY
- WTI maintains at $88 - $91.
- US gasoline at $4.00 / gallon range and GasBuddy is cheering Joe Biden's policies.
Top North Dakota non-energy story:
- huge crypto loss this week raises questions re: North Dakota's own crypto mining hopes
Top North Dakota energy story:
- Denbury says it's ready to be acquired;
- NOG acquires bolt-on minerals in the Permian (Midland, Howard County)
Geoff Simon's top North Dakota energy stories:
Bakken economy:
- Legacy Fund August, 2022, deposits set highest amount since the boom, going back to December, 20214
- energy investing: stay the course;
- Warren Buffett continues to build his position in OXY,
- meanwhile it appears someone is (some ones are) building positions in DVN.
- the Dems will hold the US House and the US Senate in the fall elections.
Entertainment:
- best show on "television: "Only Murders In The Building"
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