Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Refracking brings 'vintage' oil and gas wells to life By Anna Driver and Ernest Scheyder HOUSTON/WILLISTON NORTH DAKOTA (Reuters) ...

Refracturing of shale wells is a popular topic since operators can apply the latest technology to older wells, thereby increasing production without incurring all the costs of a new well. Well results ...

The technique itself is nothing new. Oil crews across the world have been schooled on its simple principles for generations: Identify aging, low-output wells and hit them with a blast of sand and ...

New fracking techniques for Bakken wells are allowing industry leaders to recover more oil without damaging surrounding lands, according to a new report by The Bismarck Tribune. Drilled but ...

HOUSTON/WILLISTON NORTH DAKOTA (Reuters) - A fracking boom isn't enough for U.S. oil and gas producers - they're now starting the re-fracking boom. Wells sunk as little as three years ago are being ...