UND Hockey -- US Men's College Hall Of Fame -- Nashville, TN -- October 30, 2021

The teams:

• UND: ranked 6th
• Penn State: unranked

Favorite: Penn State

Final:

• UND: 4
• Penn State: 6
  

Anticipation -- October 30, 2021

Here we go: Dallas Cowboys vs Minnesota Vikings -- tomorrow night, Sunday night football.

Sports tonight;

• 5:00 p.m.: NASCAR junior varsity.
• 7:00 p.m. World Series, MLB, game 4.
• 7:00 p.m. college hockey, at Nashville, Hall of Fame, North Dakota (UND) vs Penn State;
• Penn State analyst has UND favored;
• I may have this wrong, but it appears UND is ranked #6 overall; Penn State, unranked;
• UND: recent series split with #7 Quinnipac (now #5); game preview.
  

Dear John: apparently union reaches deal with John Deere. Needs to be fact-checked.

ISO NE: link here -- a spike to $135 / MWh early this morning.

Weather:

Covid vaccine rollout:

• prior to "the Biden mandate," vaccinations were running about 750,000 / day;
• now, after "the Biden mandate," vaccinations are trending toward 1.6 million / day.
• administration is delivering significantly more doses to those administering the vaccine. 

Influenza surveillance, US: negligible. 

Price Of Bacon -- Official Government Figures -- October 30, 2021

Link here. 

Hopefully they update this chart sooner than later in 2022. 

But going back to when records first posted:

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Let's go, Brandon.

This Tells Me One Thing: The US Permian Is The Swing Producer -- October 30, 2021

The definition of a swing producer: 30/90. Not what you "can" do; but, rather, what you did. Talk is cheap.

From twitter: 

Comment:

• ESG vs energy poverty debate swinging to Big Oil.

Week 43: October 24, 2021 -- October 30, 2021

Top story of the week:

• Let's go, Brandon.

Top international non-energy story:

• Saudi foreign exchange reserves surge;
• Maria Mondoli has died;

Top international energy story:

• Aramco profits, revenue surge:
• The Permian is the global swing producer;
• Saudi pivots to natural gas.

Top national non-energy story:

Top national energy story:

• WTI briefly hits $85;
• Cushing trending toward empty; and, here;
• Drilling activity drops off a cliff;

Top North Dakota non-energy story:

Top North Dakota energy story:

• Thirty-one active rigs in North Dakota;

Geoff Simon's top North Dakota energy stories:

• Quick connects.

Operators:

• Oasis on a roll; Oasis Midstream announces merger with Crestwood Equity Partners;

Operations:

• MRO reports another monster well;

Wells:

• An old EOG well goes over 900K bbls;
• An old QEP wells goes over 600K bbls;
• An old Whiting Tarpon Federal well back on line;
• After being off line for more than a year, an old Whiting well comes back on line;
• An old Bruin Fort Berthold well goes over 610 K bbls;
• An old Oasis well goes over 700K bbls;

Fracking:

Pipelines:

Bakken economy:

Commentary: