| BMP ID: |
8388 |
| Title: |
Horizontal drilling improves well economics and reduces surface exposure |
| Text: |
"Minimizing Surface Exposure: Horizontal drilling improve[s] well economics in shale plays [and]...a side benefit of horizontal drilling is a reduction in surface exposure." |
| Source Publication Name: |
The American Oil & Gas Reporter |
| Citation Section: |
Technologies, Methods Reflect Industry Quest To Reduce Drilling Footprint |
| Citation Page: |
3/6 |
| Supplemental Documents: |
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| Usage Type: |
Recommended |
| Timing: |
• Drilling
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| Oil / Gas Field: |
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| Surface Ownership: |
• Federal
• State
• Private
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| Mineral Ownership: |
• Federal
• State
• Private
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| Primary Contact: |
Mr. Richard C. Haut
Houston Advanced Research Center
4800 Research Forest Drive
The Woodlands, Texas 77381 United States |
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| Categories: |
Land Surface Disturbance
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| Location: |
General / Federal |
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| General Comments: |
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| Cost-Benefit Analysis: |
“Horizontal drilling is a method of choice when it comes to shale due to its ability to improve well economics.†|
| BMP Efficacy: |
"Minimizing surface exposure is not as important in Texas or Oklahoma as it is in Wyoming or Alaska, where you are trying to minimize disruption of wilderness...That is why they
have gone to multiwell pads in the Rockies." |
| Date Entered: |
2010-12-07 14:16 UTC |
| Last Updated: |
2011-07-17 13:02 UTC |
