Editor's note: This is part 2 in a two-part series on managing Bakken byproducts. Part 1 can be found here. Water is a vital part of the complex lifeline that makes drilling in the Bakken oil play so ...

GRAND FORKS - Federal authorities plan to continue taking a hard look at the oil industry practice of hydraulic fracturing, a technology that is key to North Dakota's booming oil development. The ...

LONDON, Nov 12 (Reuters) - North Dakota's Bakken oil fields are so important for the growth of U.S. production, and as the herald of a worldwide shale revolution, that any sign output is starting to ...

WILLISTON, N.D. – 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 fracked again with the ...

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 ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Occidental Petroleum was among the first major U.S. oil drillers to make a big bet on the resurgence of domestic production, spending billions to grab oil patches from Texas to ...

Last year, when low oil prices cut North Dakota's Bakken drilling in half, things in Montana really didn’t look much different. It turned out the Treasure State really didn’t have much wealth beneath ...