Sand Plugs and Side Tracking

For those interested in more of the nitty-gritty of drilling in the Bakken, this is an interesting press release, providing a bit more information than we often see. This particular press release talks to "sand plugs."

This has to do with Samson's Gene 1-22H.

In addition, there's an interesting thread over on the Bakken Shale Discussion Group discussing "side-tracking" when drilling horizontal wells.