Week 18: May 1, 2023 -- May 7, 2023

Top story:

• Coronation: King Charles III -- Saturday, May 6, 2023
  
• Joe Biden is still president.

Top international non-energy story:

• Russian-Ukraine war continues; Russia Wagner Group to make major withdrawal; 
• Ukraine's counteroffensive to begin? 
  
• drone attack on Putin's Kremlin apartment; false flag attack?
  

Top international energy story: 

• OPEC+ sticks to production cuts
  

Top national non-energy story:

• Construction boom in California biggest since Great Depression (almost 100 years ago)
• banking crisis contained? at least for now?
  

Top national energy story:

Focus on fracking: most recent edition.

Top North Dakota non-energy story:

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Top North Dakota energy story:

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Geoff Simon's top North Dakota energy stories:

•  Quick connects.
  

Bakken economy:

Commentary:

Entertainment: 

• tParamount another huge earnings disappointment;