Just wondering...horizontal clinton?

Hello,

Forgive my ignorance, most of you on this site appear to be well informed (ha! no pun intended) and I have a question that may seem obvious to y'all, which is...

Can a vertical Clinton well, or any currently producing vertical well, be turned into a horizontal well without having to re-negotiate with the mineral owner(s)?  I'm guessing that in doing so any mineral owners affected and not under lease would be approached for leasing, but would those already under lease be able to re-negotiate because the nature of the well has changed?

And, now that I'm asking, what is the overall likely hood of a vertical well being re-visited as a horizontal well?

Sorry if this has been discussed previously and I missed it.

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Permalink Reply by mbc on July 22, 2014 at 8:07am

Interesting.  Thanks!

Permalink Reply by Den on July 22, 2014 at 2:27pm

Most of the clinton was sucked dry in the early 1900's.  With most old leases for shallow stuff at 40 acres, not likely, kind of like the Disney analogy.  The recent clinton wells is to HBP land, especially at a time when most people except the oil men, didn't  know there was something bigger lurking deeper.  Yea, there's a little bit there, but not enough to quit your day job.

Mike MurphyPermalink Reply by Mike Murphy on July 22, 2014 at 5:31pm

there is alot of oil still in the clinton the big problem is the lack of formation pressure ....most of the clinton wasnt drilled til the late 60s through the early 80s and there are alotta areas that never got drilled ....in the mid 80s when oil drop from 38 dollars a bbl  to 13 alotta drilling companies closed up and drilling came to a stand still .... I CAN NAME several companies that went belly up .....mine was one of them .....east side of carroll county has alotta undrilled clinton along with many other areas where the producers just let leases run out....enervest has been releasing some of that and has a horizontal clinton program in the works right now  and from what i hear from old freinds of mine that still are involved in the oil patch these horizonals are doing real well enervest drilled one in northwest carroll and atleast one near robertsville and atleast 2 near louisville and just got a permit for one near easton st ne of canton 

Permalink Reply by Joseph-Ohio on July 23, 2014 at 12:26am

Mike,

How do you think the 'Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage' development technique would work on a long horizontal Clinton interval well (like the well James Vanderink's reply inquires about) ?

Would there be greater risk of potable (drinking water) well / aquifer / reservoir contamination in your opinion ?

Any such predicted / documented instances ?

Permalink Reply by Joseph-Ohio on July 23, 2014 at 12:55am

Mike or James or anyone who knows ?

Permalink Reply by Dexter Green on July 23, 2014 at 3:12am

EOR is maybe five years away from being the norm in the East Canto Oil Field.

Permalink Reply by Joseph-Ohio on July 23, 2014 at 3:22am

EOR= Enhanced Oil Recovery ?

Permalink Reply by Dexter Green on July 23, 2014 at 3:40am

Yes.

Permalink Reply by Joseph-Ohio on July 23, 2014 at 4:23am
Thanks.
Permalink Reply by James Vanderink on July 23, 2014 at 12:13am
Mike Murphy, how do you think a 5000' horizontal well in a Clinton high btu gas field would produce? I also remember the 25c gas.
Permalink Reply by Dexter Green on July 23, 2014 at 3:20am

The question seems simple on its face but the answer is impossible to give.  Drilling into sandstone traps is entirely different than drilling into a shale that is largely homogenous within the relatively small area of a wellbore's path.  A 5,000' lateral might hit four nice traps along the way or it might hit one, which means the EUR is wildly unpredictable.

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