Week 28: July 10, 2023 -- July 16, 2023

Locator: 45141TOP.

Top story:

• the stock market setting new records; NASDAQ at new record
  
• soft landing; no recession; one more 25-bp hike?
  

Top international non-energy story:

• Russian-Ukraine war continues but it seems "no one" knows.
  
• Prigozhin -- not seen in several days;
• Ukraine advances on Bakhmut
  
• NATO to admit Sweden; Turkey gets F-16 package from US in exchange;
  

Top international energy story:

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Top national non-energy story:

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Top national energy story: 

• US LNG production hitting new records
  
• WTI breaks $80 but pulls back; closes at $75 at end of week
• shares in majors slump
  
• record heat, nationally
  
• Texas grid holds: easily.
  

Focus on fracking: most recent edition.

Top North Dakota non-energy story:

• #1 among US states: GDP growth 1Q23, 12.1%
  

Top North Dakota energy story:

• MRO's Daniel well, a Three Forks second bench well.
  

Geoff Simon's top North Dakota energy stories:

•  Quick connects.
  

Bakken economy: North Dakota's 1Q23 GDP growth: #1 in the nation.

Commentary:

Entertainment: Mission Impossible, Barbie (pending); Oppenheimer (pending).