Bakken

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June 25, 2015
WPX Energy plans to increase its activity in the Williston basin during the second half of 2015 by resuming completions and increasing its rig count from one to three before year-end.
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June 23, 2015
High noon for the Obama administration’s stricter rules for fracing on public lands has arrived on the Wyoming range.
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June 22, 2015
Hedge funds reduced both bullish and bearish bets on oil for a fourth week as rising OPEC output was met with forecasts for a contraction in U.S. supply.
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June 15, 2015
HOUSTON -- Halliburton’s Completion Tools business line, a long-standing industry leader in total composite plug technology, has introduced the Illusion frac plug, the only fully dissolvable frac plug on the market.
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June 08, 2015
The shale oil boom that turned the U.S. into the world’s largest fuel exporter and brought $3 gasoline back to America’s pumps is grinding to a halt.
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May 22, 2015
While the 12 counties with Bakken production between North Dakota and Montana have lost the majority of their horizontal rigs over the last eight months, core areas of the shale play remain attractive, especially as oil prices creep towards $70/bbl, says an analyst with research and consulting firm GlobalData.
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May 18, 2015
ConocoPhillips said it’s capable of supplying U.S. oil to the global market and reiterated a call to end the nation’s ban on crude exports.
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May 12, 2015
Oil prices are set to slide as their rally to the highest level this year threatens to prolong a global glut, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
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May 12, 2015
The U.S. lost about 1% of the oil production flowing from its shale formations this month, and the decline is just starting.
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May 06, 2015
A BNSF Railway train carrying crude oil derailed in North Dakota, setting several tank cars on fire and prompting the evacuation of nearby residents, U.S. and local authorities said.
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April 23, 2015
Think the U.S. is awash in crude now? Thank the fracklog that it’s not worse.
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December 22, 2014
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Continental Resources has announced a revised 2015 non-acquisition capital expenditures budget of $2.7 billion. This level of activity is projected to yield 16% to 20% production growth in 2015 compared to estimated 2014 production.
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