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Permalink Reply by john p halloran on May 25, 2012 at 4:51am

No,but a good question !!!

Permalink Reply by Dan on May 25, 2012 at 10:24am

I talked to a guy that works for the state and he was saying in the South hot spot where the shale is deep the thinking is to do the multi tiered laterals. Don't know if he was correct but it makes sense.  The depth of the shale might or might not mean anything,  there is more to the equation than depth.

Permalink Reply by Joseph-Ohio on May 25, 2012 at 12:20pm

I know.

TOC

S1

S2

Oily Gas

Oil

Ohio Geological Survey Projected High Yield

I note also if all of the early Ashtabula County Clinton wells got their oil from reservoirs / pools originated by the Utica Shale (like the geologists have told us in their published reports) then the Utica throughout Ashtabula County (like a big sponge) should provide plenty of oil and natural gas (just maybe not as Wet north of the Projected High  Yield boundary.

Don't let the landmen beat you up - get as much as you can for your land's natural resources.

Luck To Us All.

Permalink Reply by Joseph-Ohio on June 1, 2012 at 6:30am

Having thought about this one for awhile and with the benefit of comments from others who have posted and others that I've had opportunity to speak with - I'm beginning to see how the mechanics of fracturing might work.

It appears that they can fracture the source rock (shale) between the laterals (which may be 1000' or more apart).

It looks to me like if each lateral can reach out and fracture something like 500' (horizontally) in each direction, than it's also probable that each lateral would be capable of reaching out 500' (vertically) up and down.  That would mean that a 300'-350' thick Utica layer might not pose much of a problem insofar as fracturing it all is concerned. 

Then the geo pressure pushes the resources through the fissures and into the bore and up the vertical to the surface and recovery.

Multi-tiered laterals may be the exception perhaps dependent on the consistancy of the source rock (shale).

Just my best guesses on how the mechanics may work generally and I could be wrong.  Historically, I've had occasion to be wrong before ! 

Permalink Reply by john p halloran on June 1, 2012 at 6:53am

That sounds like a logical assumption !!