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Permalink Reply by Dexter Green on January 2, 2015 at 5:41am

Yes, but it is atypical.  And expensive, relative to the benefit.

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Permalink Reply by rmc on January 2, 2015 at 12:41pm

Has it ever been done?

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Permalink Reply by Trapper on January 3, 2015 at 4:41am

Time was when we had oil/gas men with real job experience here who would answer your question. Where have they gone?

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Permalink Reply by Dexter Green on January 3, 2015 at 7:01am

Some have been chased off because certain posters accuse anyone in the industry of lying to them.  

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Permalink Reply by Trapper on January 3, 2015 at 8:15am

Sad Dexter but probably true.

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Permalink Reply by KAR on January 3, 2015 at 4:57am

Well as they say... anything can be done if you have enough time or money. However I highly doubt any operator would go back in and extend a wellbore. It would be more cost effective to just drill a new well. First off the bit would be have to be small enough to fit into the current casing which could cause problems with completions and productions later down the line if it is too small. Also since the well was completed and fractured they would have to squeeze cement into the fractures to prevent circulation loss during drilling which would almost negate any positive to even lengthening the lateral. It's not impossible, but I don't see any reason why an operator would do it.

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