Week 35: August 28, 2022 -- September 3, 2022

 

Top Stories

Top energy story: 

WTI plummets in price; down to $86.

Javier Blas:

Focus on fracking: this week's edition.

Top story of the week:

• US oil demand is surging; no one seems to notice.
  

Top international energy story:

• Russia exported record amount of crude oil in August, 2022, despite sanctions.
  

Top national non-energy story:

• Ukraine war drags on. 
• Apple's iPhone user base now number 1.
  

Top national energy story:

• US crude oil production sets new record since Covid-19.
• California announces that it will ban sale of new gasoline POVs as of 2035.
• California current EV penetration: 2% of cars registered in California are EVs.
  
• California announces grid emergency; implores folks not to charge EVs from 4:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
  

Top North Dakota non-energy story:

Top North Dakota energy story:

• Abraxas wells being transferred to Lime Rock Resources.
• A large Slawson case.
  

Geoff Simon's top North Dakota energy stories:

• Quick connects.

Bakken economy:

Commentary:

Entertainment:

• Amazon's "The Rings of Power" bombs.