Geoff Simon's Quick Connects -- November 12, 2021

 Quick connects.

• Energy Transfer CEO on net-zero targets: 'It is insanity' -- E&E News

• Stark: Bakken still has plenty of horsepower left for Continental -- Williston Herald

• Op-Ed: Otter Tail Power exit is best for Coyote Plant -- American Experiment

• Gas prices at pump drop slightly nationwide, but still up in ND -- Williston Herald

• EIA: 2020 worst year for electricity service disruptions ever recorded -- S&P Global

• Bill would ease federal land, mineral exchanges in North Dakota -- Williston Herald

• Incident at Mandan Refinery prompts significant flaring, causes social media stir -- Bismarck Tribune

• Bismarck state lawmaker won't seek reelection, cites 'divisive, toxic times' -- Bismarck Tribune

• Hershey to acquire Dot's Pretzels; employees, ND headquarters to remain -- Fargo Forum

• Former North Dakota Secretary of State James Kusler dies at 73 -- Dickinson Press

• Manhunt ends peacefully at oil well as deputy talks down troubled individual -- Crosby Journal

• Armstrong nominates five students to U.S. military academies -- Grand Forks Herald

• Food MOU signed between Garrison Resource Center and MHA -- McLean County Independent

• New study says North Dakota is the happiest state in the US -- Dickinson Press

• Tioga will use $100,000 grant for training drone pilots -- Tioga Tribune

• DSU offers Master of Education in Elementary Education degree -- Dickinson Press

• ND school districts find new food solutions after distribution contract ends -- Grand Forks Herald

• ND Human Services announces new behavioral health training for educators -- Dickinson Press

• NDSU students will get second shot at $100 for coronavirus vaccine -- Fargo Forum

• Oil might be double today's price without OPEC production, UAW says -- Energy Now

• African energy chamber: Fossil fuels please, not wind and solar -- Master Resource

• Op-ed: Africa can't sacrifice its future prosperity for Western climate goals -- Wall Street Journal

• The oil price rally is far from over, crude could reach $120/bbl -- OilPrice.com

• NIMBY: Rural residents push back on large solar farms, loss of ag land -- Habitat

• Solar and wind have outgrown their production tax credit allowance -- Real Clear Energy

• Crude oil is back and it isn't going anywhere, demand on the upswing -- Yahoo Finance

• U.S. natural gas in storage in early November 3% below average -- EIA

• North Dakota coal industry sees opportunity in electric vehicles -- Washington Post