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Midwest economic survey suggests further


slowdown OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Little


economic growth is expected over the next several months in nine Midwest and Plains states because problems in the global economy are slowing business in the region, according to a new survey released Jan. 3.


The region’s economy still ap-


pears much healthier than it did during the recession of 2008 and 2009, but the debt concerns in Europe and sluggish pace of the nation’s economy are causing a slowdown, Creighton University economist Ernie Goss said. The overall index in the sur-


vey of business leaders and sup- ply managers slipped to a neutral score of 50 in December from 52.6 in November. The survey uses a collection of indexes ranging from zero to 100. Goss said that any score above 50 suggests growth while a score below 50 suggests decline for that factor. North Dakota’s overall index


slipped to 55.6 in December from 57.9 in November. Goss predicts a 2012 job growth


of 3.4 percent in North Dakota and a 5.7 percent increase of its infl a- tion-adjusted GDP.


BAKKEN STOCK WATCH MARKET SUMMARY


Jan. 9, 2012


Nasdaq composite


2,676.56 +2.34


JJ AS O Jan. 9, 2012


Standard & Poors 500


1,280.70 +2.89


JJ AS O N D


BAKKEN OPERATING COMPANIES CLOSING PRICE, MONDAY, JAN. 9, 2012


Company Name Baker Hughes


Basic Energy Services Baytex Energy Corp Berkshire Hathaway Calfrac Well Services Carbo Ceramics Inc Chesapeake Energy


Symbol Price BHI


Stock 51.58


20.89 56.38


BAS BTE


BRK-B 76.29 CFW.TO 29.28 CRR 130.11 CHK 23.56


CH Robinson Worldwide Inc CHRW 67.58 Complete Production Services CPX Concho Resources Conoco Phillips


35.00


Continental Resources Credo Petroleum


CXO 100.97 COP 72.94 CLR


74.34


Denbury DNR 17.38 Dresser Rand Group Earthstone Energy


Enbridge Energy Partners LP EEP Enerplus Resources Fund


ERF


Enterprise Products Partners LP EPD EOG Resources Inc. Exxon Mobil


GeoResources GEOI Halliburton HAL


Kodiak Oil & Gas


MDU Resources Nabors Industries


National Oilwell Varco Newfi eld


KEG KOG


EOG 102.17 XOM 85.50 28.44 35.38


Hess HES 56.90 Key Energy


Magnum Hunter Resources MHR 5.87 Major Drilling Marathon Oil


38.92


15.70 9.66


MDI.TO 16.45 MRO 30.64 MDU 21.38 NBR 19.23 NOV 71.55 NFX


DRC 51.60 ESTE 17.25 32.98 25.34 47.16


Ticker


Ticker Stock Company Name


Northern Oil & Gas Nustar Energy LP Oasis Petroleum


Occidental Petroleum Oil States International Oneok Inc


Petroleum Development Pioneer Drilling


Symbol Price NOG 24.52 NS


OAS 31.38 OXY OIS


57.26 96.93


OKE Plains All American Pipeline PAA


77.59 86.76


PETD 32.07 PDC 10.07 72.88


Precision Drilling Corporation PDS 10.83 Pure Energy (Canada) QEP Resources, Inc.


PSV.TO 8.98 QEP


CRED 10.68 Questar STR Quicksilver Resources Rosetta Resources


Schlumberger Limited SM Energy Co Statoil ASA


Stone Energy


30.84 19.63


KWK 6.90 ROSE 45.75 SLB


SM 78.07 STO SGY


26.80


Sundance Energy (Australia) SDCJF.PK 0.44 Superior Energy Services Inc SPN 29.86 Talisman Energy TransCanada Corp


Triangle Petroleum Corporation TPLM 7.25 Unit Corp


US Energy Corp VOG


UNT 48.33 USEG


TLM 12.15 TRP


42.56


Vanguard Natural Resources VNR 28.29 Voyager Oil and Gas


2.90 2.66


Weatherford International LTD WFT 15.56 Whiting Petroleum Company WLL 52.10 Williams Companies


WMB 27.78


Wolseley WOS.L 2080.00 WorleyParsons WOR.AX 26.37


68.82 25.94


N D


2,000 2,250 2,500 2,750 3,000


Pct. change from previous: +0.09% High 2,683.78 Low 2,662.96


1,000 1,100 1,200 1,300 1,400


Pct. change from previous: +0.23% High 1,281.99 Low 1,274.55


Weekly US oil and gas rig count unchanged


HOUSTON (AP) — The number of rigs actively


exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. remained unchanged last week, holding at 2,007. Houston-based drilling product provider Baker


Hughes Inc. reported Jan. 6 that 1,191 rigs were explor- ing for oil and 811 for natural gas. Five were listed as miscellaneous. A year ago Baker Hughes reported 1,700 active rigs. Of the major oil- and gas-producing states, Texas gained 10 rigs, Arkansas gained two and Louisiana gained one. Alaska, California and Oklahoma each lost three rigs


and North Dakota, Pennsylvania and Wyoming each lost one. Colorado, New Mexico and West Virginia were unchanged. The rig count peaked at 4,530 in 1981. A low of 488 was recorded in 1999.


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