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Permalink Reply by 0i7okn54zwbdo on December 22, 2013 at 4:33pm

Length of lateral, frac technique, proficiency of the person steering the lateral (it's hard, even with self-guiding bits), etc could all make production dramatically different.

Permalink Reply by Mike on December 25, 2013 at 8:08am

This is an interesting topic. Does anyone have an idea what are the biggest factors in deciding on a length of the lateral? I would think that "while your there" it would pay to make them as long as economically possible, I'm sure it is not that easy tho.lol

Permalink Reply by Joseph-Ohio on December 25, 2013 at 2:01pm

The land would have to be leased before drilled - maybe short horizontals exist since lands beyond are not leased yet ? ?

Or maybe the lands are leased but the drilling was stopped for some reason (not enough infrastructure yet perhaps) and lands in the production / drilling unit that haven't been drilled are now only HBP (perhaps minimal production) or are perhaps considered 'Shut-In' ? ?

There looks to be a myriad of ways to throttle rate of development (or reasons drilling has been (perhaps temporarily) stopped).

Permalink Reply by Snort Widley on January 13, 2014 at 4:13pm

The lateral length was similar to Lennington and Buckeye. It is mostly determined by lease constraints. Mineral owners don't help themselves by hardballing lease renegotiations that would allow longer laterals and help make the play economic.

Permalink Reply by MJ on January 13, 2014 at 4:27pm

Thanks for the info.  I can see how that would work, I guess - unreasonable landowners hampering unit size.  We anxiously await your next cryptic post in a few weeks or months Mr Snort.

Permalink Reply by Joseph-Ohio on February 12, 2014 at 1:14am

Have since been advised that the lateral length indicated on the ODNR Map Graphic are not necessarily an accurate depiction of the actual length of the bore - now interpretting them as only directional vector indicators. 

For actual lengths need to check the Well Reports.