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Marathon Oil Co., still the only company fracking with modern Bakken techniques in the Tyler Formation, appears to have taken a break from drilling at its sites there, a North Dakota Geological Survey ...

A new report by Abe Sauer in The Awl pulls back the curtain on the oil industry's quiet but quick takeover of North Dakota. In explaining the apocalyptic sight of "Dakota candles" illuminating the ...

We all are aware of the oil boom in western North Dakota. Most of us are excited about the employment opportunities and economic growth that the industry has brought to the region. And many of us are ...

The Bakken is a notoriously tough area for producers to drill, which is why the play has some of the highest well completion costs in the U.S. Producers can spend $10 million or more to drill a single ...

WILLISTON — Oil companies are hiring in the Bakken, and more jobs are expected to open up next year. Job Service North Dakota announced six oil companies are looking for workers to man fracking crews ...

HOUSTON, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Energy companies are slowing drilling in the Bakken Shale in North Dakota amid falling crude oil prices, the chief executive of natural gas producer EOG Resources Inc said ...

HOUSTON, Feb. 3-- Encore Acquisition Co., Fort Worth, plans to drill 9 operated and 19 nonoperated wells in 2009 in the Williston basin Bakken play, where it holds 300,000 net acres. Encore ...

Hess Midstream has revised its guidance due to reduced drilling activity by Chevron in the Bakken region, leading to suspension of the Capa gas plant project and lower capital expenditure plans. Hess ...