Wednesday, May 6, 2026

At Least The Third Company Drilling 4-Mile Lateral U-Shaped Horizontals -- May 6, 2026

Locator: 50731B. 

Tag: U-shaped laterals.

So, we have at least three operators drilling U-shaped wells; some are four-mile laterals; some are two-mile laterals.

See these links:

  • Kraken, December 21, 2025: link here. This post has been updated with the second well posted, and production for both wells updated. These are four section spacing with four mile laterals, U-shaped.
  • CLR, June 28, 2025: link here. This post has been updated with three new CLR Vera wells. These may be single-section spacing; two mile laterals, U-shaped.
  • Oasis, October 23, 2025: link here. Two-section spacing, four-mile laterals.

A reader writes me:

  • permit 42424, Oasis spud the HASSEL 5700 43-24 2BHP on April 28th
  • this well lateral is 4-miles long;
  • the pad is located across the road from the Forsyth well, but makes a complete “u” around the Forsyth well
  • goes all the way to the south end of section 36 then makes a “u” and goes back to the north. 

The well:

  • 42424, drl/conf, Oasis, Hassel 5700 43-24 2BHP, Marmon, npd,  
    • 1280-acre spacing, section 25 / 36 - 157-100;
  • the map