Saturday, December 31, 2022

Week 52: December 25, 2022 -- December 31, 2022

Top US energy story of the year:

Top story:

  • Joe Biden is still president

Top international non-energy story:

  • Russian-Ukraine war continues
    • Ukraine destroying Russia's conventional military with cast-off weapons from US
  • Covid-19 surges in Asia
    • all the attention on China, but Japan, South Korea also experiencing surge

Top international energy story:

  • Russia to flood global economy with diesel just before sanctions kick in
  • EU energy crisis averted (at least for now): warm weather and de-industrialization
  • Texas grid -- ERCOT -- holds just fine

Top national non-energy story:

  • various agencies, states recommend US mask indoors again; data doesn't support that recommendation -- yet
    • cases plummeting

Top national energy story

  • WTI ends at $80.29 last trading day of 2022
  • natural gas: proved reserves in US sets a new record
  • oil: US oil reserves increased by 16%
  • STR acquires MNRL
Javier Blas:

Focus on fracking: most recent edition.

Top North Dakota non-energy story:

  • Polar vortex shuts down 1/3rd Bakken production

Top North Dakota energy story:

Geoff Simon's top North Dakota energy stories:

Bakken economy:

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