In The Marcellus: Drilling Ten (10) Natural Gas Wells From One Pad

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In Central Pennsylvania, CONSOL has finished drilling all ten wells on the Hutchinson pad in northwestern Westmoreland County. The 10-well Hutchinson pad, the company believes, is the industry's largest single pad drilled to date in the Marcellus Shale.

Remember: the October hearing dockets has a case presented by QEP for ten wells on a 2560-acre spacing unit. Case 15695. They may not all be on the same pad, but there's not much land to work with in this area where much of it is under water (Missouri River). It will be interesting to follow.

Case 15695:

Application of QEP Energy Co. for an order amending the field rules for the Heart Butte and/or Van Hook Fields creating one 2560-acre spacing unit in the Bakken Pool described as Sections 2 and 3, T.149N., R.92W., Dunn and Mountrail Counties, ND and Sections 34 and 35, T.150N., R.92W., Mountrail County, ND authorizing the drilling of up to ten horizontal wells within each spacing unit at any location .....

Update: screenshot taken May 8, 2014:

The ten wells sit on two 5-well pads, all spaced at four sections:

• 23331, 2,282, QEP, MHA 1-03-34H-150-92, t3/13; cum 114K 3/14;
• 23332, 2,348, QEP, MHA 3-03-34H-150-92, t3/13; cum 116K 3/14;
• 23333, 2,310, QEP, MHA 1-03-35H-150-92, t3/13; cum 110K 3/14;
• 23334, 1,949, QEP, MHA 3-03-35H-150-92, t3/13; cum 90K 3/14;
• 23335, 1,791, QEP, MHA 1-03-35H-150-92, t3/13; cum 74K 3/14;
• 23336, 1,386, QEP, MHA 4-03-35H-150-92, t12/13; cum 21K 3/14;
• 23337, 873, QEP, MHA 1-03-02H-149-92, t12/13; cum 12K 3/14;
• 23338, 1,831, QEP, MHA 3-03-02H-149-92, t12/13; cum 28K 3/14;
• 23339, 2,217, QEP, MHA 2-03-02H-149-92, t12/13; cum 46K 3/14;
• 23340, 2,306, QEP, MHA 4-03-02H-149-92, t12/13; cum 67K 3/14;