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) ...

Refracking old wells was a key theme running through the conference calls of major oil and gas companies during the second quarter. However, because Chesapeake Energy and its peers don't have a lot of ...

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 ...

On Devon Energy's conference call, CEO Dave Hager detailed his company's history with refracking as well as its future plans: [We have a] working laboratory in the Barnett. And if you look what we ...

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 ...

Source: Flickr user Nestor Galina. There were several interesting themes that ran through many of the conference calls of major energy companies during the second quarter. One that stood out as ...