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Monday, May 10, 2010

Four Mile Laterals? Unstacked dual laterals?

Interesting discussion regarding four-mile laterals.

Is it possible to put a well in the middle of 2560-acre spacing unit, drill one well, and put in a lateral going north two sections, and another lateral going south two sections? I don't know, just asking. It is my impression that single vertical bore holes have been drilled with two laterals -- this is a stacked dual lateral, so I don't know why it wouldn't be possible for the laterals to go in opposite directions and be called "unstacked dual laterals."

Something tells me four-mile laterals are a bit tougher than a dual two-mile laterals.

Update, May 17, 2010: the referenced thread above continues to draw interest, and yes, there is talk (and more evidence) that we are talking about "unstacked dual laterals" and not four-mile laterals.  Time will tell.