Frackers Look to Increase Productivity with Refracs, New Tech
Is shale energy beginning to peter out? We're beginning to see stories in oil and gas publications about how the best locations to drill for shale oil and gas are gone, and the less desirable, less productive locations are now left. We don't know if that's true, but it seems people whose multi-billion-dollar businesses depend on it believe it--people like the CEO of Exxon Mobil, Darren Woods. The general attitude that we're running out has led to two notable strategies to keep the good times rolling: (1) refracing existing wells, and (2) researching new technologies and techniques to get more oil and gas from existing and new wells.
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